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Bert Pearce (Welsh Communist Party) Papers Series
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Welsh language and culture

The series comprises newspaper cuttings, leaflets and articles on Wales, the Welsh language and culture, including a questionnaire on the Welsh language answered by the Welsh Committee of the Communist Party, 1957, notes on 'Problems of Welsh national development today', 1967, and typescript of 'Languages and the National and Colonial question' by W. B. Lockwood, 1955.

Trade Unions

The series comprises papers relating to trade unions, including the Wales TUC, Amalgamated Union of Engineering workers (AUEW), National Union of Seamen, and the Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU), with analyses of the occupations and union membership of Communist Party Wales members.

People's March for Jobs

The series relates to the three marches that were organised between 1981 and 1983. The first, 1-30 May 1981, was the month long People's March to London, from Yorkshire to London, and from Liverpool to London. It included a South Wales Section, 15-22 May, from Llanelli, Neath, Pencoed, Tonypandy, Porth, Aberdare, Treforest, and Llanrumney to London. -- The second, 16-18 Sept. 1982, was a three day march in Wales from Rhondda, Merthyr, Ebbw Vale and Pontypool to Cardiff. It was jointly organised by the People's March for Jobs, Wales TUC and the Jobs for Youth Campaign. -- The third, April-June 1983, was the People's March for Jobs and Peace, organised by the TUC from Glasgow and the North west to London.

People's March for Jobs

New Constitution

The series comprises papers relating to the demise of the Communist Party of Great Britain and the formation of the Democratic Left, including the draft constitution and manifesto of the Democratic Left, and its publication entitled The New Times, with papers relating to the Communist Party Great Britain and Communist Party Wales.

Minutes and papers

The series consists of files relating to the activities of the Communist Party in Wales, including Welsh Executive Committee minutes, papers relating to devolution, local government, industry, and miscellaneous material, 1939-1998. Most files include material on a range of different subjects. Dates are wide ranging in some cases, and appear to be files that have been gathered together for a certain meeting or other purpose. Further details of the contents of the files are noted on file level when of particular importance. Some files are specifically Young Communist League, Llanelli branch, North Wales area, Secretariat and correspondence files. The minute book of the New Era Union Class, 1916-1919, is also included.

Minutes and papers

The series comprises minutes and papers of the Democratic Left and the Democratic Left Wales, with some Democratic Left and Communist Party Great Britain conference papers, and Green Socialist Network papers.

Miners

The series includes Communist Party policy and research documents on the mining industry, especially in South Wales, with papers relating to health issues including pneumoconiosis, and to the campaigns to stop the closure of pits. The series also includes material relating to the NCB, NUM, and trade unions; publications, leaflets, correspondence and newspaper cuttings.

Great Britain. National Coal Board

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