Socialism Finds a Niche

a draft chapter from an uncompleted doctoral thesis
'Popular Politics and Social Structure in Clerkenwell, 1860-1890'
​=Andrew Whitehead=

Here's the page where you can find links to all the available draft chapters of this thesis - and here's a link to a published article which draws on this research:

Tags: Clerkenwell, Clerkenwell Green, Finsbury, Holborn, St Luke's, socialism, socialist, SDF, Social Democratic Federation, Justice, Socialist League, Commonweal, unemployed agitation, new unionism, H.H. Champion, Phoenix Club, Patriotic Club
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Title of the figure below reads: Dues paying membership of SDF branches, 1885-1890; all figures based on a five-month rolling average - source: Justice