Engels: giant of the socialist movement - video
- Written by Lindsey German
- Published in Engels 200
On the bicentenary of Engels' birth, Lindsey German looks at his life as a socialist revolutionary, activist and theoretician
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Lindsey German
As national convenor of the Stop the War Coalition, Lindsey was a key organiser of the largest demonstration, and one of the largest mass movements, in British history.
Her books include ‘Material Girls: Women, Men and Work’, ‘Sex, Class and Socialism’, ‘A People’s History of London’ (with John Rees) and ‘How a Century of War Changed the Lives of Women’.
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