What Happened at Leeds. Report Published by the Council of Workers & Soldiers' Delegates. Offered with: T.L.S. from Russell to Ronald Gray of the Hammersmith Bookshop, dated 21 November, 1964, regarding the Leeds meeting. Also with the carbon copies of two letters from Gray at Hammersmith Books, who were proposing to reprint the report, addressed to Russell.

[RUSSELL, Bertrand and others]:

Verlag: London: Adelphi, 1917., 1917

Beschreibung

'Russell played a significant part in the Leeds Convention in June 1917 an historic event which saw well over a thousand 'anti-war socialists' gather; many being delegates from the Independent Labour Party and the Socialist Party, united in their pacifist beliefs and advocating a peace settlement. The international press reported that Russell appeared alongside a number of Labour MPs, including both the future Prime Minister, Ramsey McDonald, and the future Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Snowden and that former Liberal MP, and anti-conscription campaigner, Professor Arnold Lupton, was also a guest. After the event, Russell told Lady Ottoline, 'to my surprise, when I got up to speak, I was given the greatest ovation that was possible to give anybody' ' (Wikipedia, citing Russell, 'A Summer of Hope' in Pacifism and Revolution, 1916-18 (Psychology Press, 1995), and 'British Socialists Peace Terms Discussed', The Sydney Morning Herald, 5 June 1917). Ray Monk, Bertrand Russell: The Spirit of Solitude, 1872-1921, Vol. 1, pp. 497-8. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 24517

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Titel: What Happened at Leeds. Report Published by ...

Verlag: London: Adelphi, 1917.

Erscheinungsdatum: 1917

Einband: Soft cover

Zustand: Very Good

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