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- John Maclean was a Glasgow schoolteacher who became one of the finest socialist leaders the British working class has so far produced. He was a fierce opponent of British imperialism and the leading figure in the opposition to the First World War.
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Jan 18, 2024 · John Maclean is a hero of the socialist movement, but he is not a widely known figure in history. As the author of a Maclean biography once put it, we are now a century on from Maclean’s...
John Maclean (24 August 1879 – 30 November 1923) was a Scottish schoolteacher and revolutionary socialist of the Red Clydeside era. He was notable for his outspoken opposition to World War I , which caused his arrest under the Defence of the Realm Act and loss of his teaching post, after which he became a full-time Marxist lecturer and organiser.
Nov 30, 2023 · JOHN Maclean died 100 years ago today. He was, along with the likes of James Connolly and Jimmy Reid, one of the most important socialist sons of Scotland. Trained as a teacher but outside the school system, he became a very effective revolutionary Marxist educator, training many socialists and trade unionists.
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Nov 26, 2023 · THIS month marks 100 years since the passing of one of Scotland’s greatest socialist campaigners, John Maclean (1879-1923). A commemorative cairn in his memory stands stoically on Glasgow’s McArthur Street surrounded by the rubble and debris of the neighbouring Shawbridge shopping arcade.
Nov 18, 2018 · To Lenin and to Trotsky, John Maclean was a foremost leader of the revolutionary movement in Britain. To the British intelligence services during the First World War, on the other hand, he was regarded as “the most dangerous figure in Britain”.
John Maclean lived from 24 August 1879 to 30 November 1923. He was a revolutionary socialist politician who played an important part in the Red Clydeside movement. The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline.
Nov 30, 2023 · “Scotland’s greatest socialist, John Maclean, died 100 years ago today, at the tragically young age of 44. Maclean was a socialist educator, teaching Marxist economics and politics to crowds of hundreds of workers at a time, as often on street corners as indoors.
