Raising the Red Flag

<p><em>Raising the Red Flag</em> is a stirring exploration of the origins of the British Marxist movement, from the creation of the Social Democratic Federation to the foundation of the Communist Party.</p><p>It tells a story of rising class struggle, the founding of the Labour Party, the fight against World War One, the Russian Revolution, and the explosive year of 1919.</p><p>The book also uses new archival sources to re-examine Marxist organisations such as the British Socialist Party, the Socialist Labour Party, and Sylvia Parkhurst''s Workers'' Socialist Federation.</p><p>Above all, this is the story of men and women who fought to liberate the working class from capitalism through socialist revolution. </p>