Socialism Collection (page 5)

Revolutionary crowds at the Tverskaya, Moscow, Russia, c1905-c1917(?). Found in the collection of the Russian State Film and Photo Archive, Krasnogorsk

Revolutionary barricades on Seleznevskaya Street, Moscow, Russia, during the uprising in 1905. The Russian Revolution of 1905 broke out after troops fired on protesters trying to deliver a petition

Unrest and violence in Russia, 1906. Cover from the French satirical magazine L Assiette au Beurre showing the face of a fanatic aiming a revolver

Blessed Russia!, 1905. Cover from French satirical magazine L Assiette au Beurre, showing a decapitated head, probably representing Tsar Nicholas II

Karl Marx, German social, political and economic theorist. Marxs (1818-1883) theories formed the basis of modern Communism

Karl Marx, German political, social and economic theorist, late 19th century. The father of modern communism, Marx (1818-1883)

William Morris (1834-1896), English socialist, artist, craftsman and poet
William Morris (1834-1896), English socialist, craftsman and poet. Morris, one of the founders of the Arts and Crafts Movement, was also a prominent early British socialist

Annie Besant (nee Wood) (1847-1933), British socialist and theosophist, 1890. An active campaigner for womens and workers rights, Annie Besant was a powerful public speaker and a prolific writer

Clement Atlee (1883-1967) British Labour statesman, 1932
Clement Atlee (1883-1967), British Labour statesman, 1932. Labour MP for Limehouse from 1922, Attlee became leader of the Labour Party in 1935

Charles Fourier, French social theorist. Fourier (1772-1837) believed that universal harmony could be achieved by reorganizing society into cooperatives called phalanxes

Eduard Bernstein, German socialist leader. Bernstein (1850-1932) was an associate of the Marxist social and economic theorist Friedrich Engels

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish dramatist, critic and Fabian, c1930. The author of such well known works as Pygmalion and Saint Joan, Shaw was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1925

Mass meeting of Chartists on Kennington Common, London, 10 April 1848. In centre is the wagon carrying Feargus O Connor and the other delegates

Chartists procession from the mass meeting towards Blackfriars Bridge, London, 10 April 1848
Chartists procession from the mass meeting on Kennington Common towards Blackfriars Bridge, London, where the police stopped them crossing the Thames, 10 April 1848

The July Revolution, France, 1848: election of the President of the Republic, December, 1848. Taking the ballot boxes to the Hotel de Ville, Paris

Disturbances in Madrid, Revolution in Spain, 1848

Barricade in the Strada di Toledo just before the attack, Revolution in Naples, 15 May 1848

The crowd storming the Arsenal in Berlin, Revolution in Prussia, March 1848. Wood engraving, 1848

Chanting crowd in front of the Foreign Ministry, The July Revolution, France, February 1848
Scene in front of the Foreign Ministry with the crowd chanting Mourir pour la patrie, The July Revolution, France, February 1848

Troops charging the crowds in Berlin, Revolution in Prussia, March 1848

Fighting at the barricades, The July Monarchy, France, 1848 (c1885)

Irish nationalists at Mullinahone acclaiming William Smith O Brien as their leader, July 1848
Muster of Irish nationalists at Mullinahone acclaiming William Smith O Brien (1803-1864) as their leader, July 1848. The Insurrection failed

Soviet poster commemorating May Day, 1950. Artist: A Bearob
Soviet poster commemorating May Day, 1950

Lets Do It!, poster, Russian, 1944. Artist: I Serebriany
Lets Do It!, poster, Russian, 1944. A female worker lifting a pallet of bricks

The Knight and his Companion, 1887. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Knight and his Companion, 1887. The Knight in this cartoon is Prince Bismarck of Germany. A General Election had been held in Germany in mid-February 1887

The Tempter, 1886. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Tempter, 1886. The spectre of Anarchy looms tall over the working class man as, blindly, he heads towards the edge of a precipice

The Knight and His Companion (Punch, March 5, 1887), 1887. Creator: John Tenniel
The Knight and His Companion (Punch, March 5, 1887), 1887. ['Suggested by Albert Durer's famous picture, "Knight, Death and the Devil"]

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