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NATIONAL CONGRESSES AND SIMILAR CONFERENCES |
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National congresses and similar conferences
CP/CENT/CONG. According to the rules adopted in 1943, the National Congress was the 'supreme authority' of the party and responsible for laying down the 'general lines' of its work. Delegates' notes on party congresses, like those of its leading committees, can again provide a useful source of supplementary information, although the more open character of these events and their occasional nature meant that it was often feasible and acceptable to provide full stenographic reports. Along with a mass of related documentation, there are full reports of all congresses from the 20th (1948) to the 28th (1963). For all earlier congresses, beginning with the First Unity Convention in 1920, printed materials are variously supplemented by circulated reports and congress materials, delegates' and observers' notes and press cuttings. There are also full proceedings for the CP's 15th and last pre-war congress, held as a symbolic protest in Chamberlain's home city of Birmingham in September 1938. From 1973, proceedings were tape-recorded and the tapes, along with other sound materials formerly in the CPGB archives, are now deposited with the National Sound Archive. Stenograms of earlier congresses will be found in the Moscow archives. In between the more turbulent affairs of the 1920s and the 1980s, one could have wished that party congresses had been less meticulously choreographed. There were, however, moments of tension, as in 1945, 1956-1957 and increasingly from 1968 as party unity ebbed. For the values, the rituals, the language and the political culture of British communism, as well as insights into a wide spread of party activities, the congress materials provide an important source. Description drawn from Kevin Morgan's introduction. |
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BROWSING 21-30 OF 37 RESULT(S) IN NATIONAL CONGRESSES AND SIMILAR CONFERENCES |
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28th Congress, 1963 |
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From box CP/CENT/CONG/14. FILE 01: Printed congress materials: EC report, draft resolutions, amendments and resolutions from party organisations, Congress report, reports by Peter Kerrigan and John Gollan, 12-15 April 1963. --... (more...) |
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29th Congress, 1965 |
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From box CP/CENT/CONG/15. FILE 06: Published congress documents: congress report, EC report, EC statements on the International Communist Movement, draft EC resolutions, resolutions and amendments from party organisations, 'Turn Left for... (more...) |
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30th Congress, 1967 |
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From box CP/CENT/CONG/16. FILE 01: Published congress materials: Congress report ('Comment'), EC report, draft resolutions, resolutions and amendments from party organisations, draft and amended revised versions of the 'British Road to... (more...) |
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31st Congress, 1969 |
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From box CP/CENT/CONG/17. FILE 01: Published congress materials: congress report, pre-congress discussion in 'Comment', draft resolutions and amendments from party organisations, EC report, before and after 15-18 Nov 1969. -- FILE... (more...) |
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32nd Congress, 1971 |
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From box CP/CENT/CONG/18. FILE 01: Published congress materials: congress report, draft resolutions, resolutions and amendments from party organisations, EC report, 13 -16 Nov 1971. -- FILE 02: Copy of 'Appeal' document... (more...) |
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33rd Congress, 1973 |
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From box CP/CENT/CONG/18. FILE 10: Published congress materials: congress report ('Comment'), EC report, draft EC resolution, resolutions and amendments from party organisations, 10-12 Nov 1973. -- FILE 11: Delegates' materials: administrative... (more...) |
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34th Congress, 1975 |
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From box CP/CENT/CONG/19. FILE 07: Published congress materials: congress report ('Comment'), EC report, draft EC resolution, resolutions and amendments from part organisations, 15-18 Nov 1975. -- FILE 08: Preparatory congress materials:... (more...) |
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35th Congress, 1977 |
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From box CP/CENT/CONG/19. FILE 13: Published congress materials, 12-15 Nov 1977. -- From box CP/CENT/CONG/20. FILE 01: EC report and documents from EC sub-committees, material on nominees to the EC, before... (more...) |
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36th Congress, 1979 |
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From box CP/CENT/CONG/20. FILE 07: Published congress materials, 10-13 Nov 1979. -- FILE 08: Delegates' materials: speeches, report-back guide and list of new EC, 10-13 Nov 1979. -- FILE 09: Preparatory... (more...) |
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37th Congress, 1981 |
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From box CP/CENT/CONG/21. FILE 01: Published congress material: EC report, congress report ('Comment'), draft resolutions, resolutions and amendments from party organisations, 14-17 Nov 1981. -- FILE 02: Delegates' materials: congress documents,... (more...) |
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