Chartism - Bronterre O’Brien and Working Class Radicalism mp3

A 1982 talk on the Chartist leader, James Bronterre O'Brien - from a seven part series of talks which were grouped together under the title of 'Socialist Thinkers – People Who History Made'. The speaker is Steve Coleman, Socialist Party of Great Britain.

O'Brien had a dedicated group of supporters/followers who carried the mantle of his politics and legacy long after the slow political death of Chartism in the early 1850s, and this group of radicalised workers were one of the few groups who tried to sustain any sort of genuine independent working class politics during the difficult times of the 1850/60s Britain.

Audio file - 88 mins, 80.3 MB

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