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John Maclean (24 August 1879 – 30 November 1923) was a Scottish schoolteacher and revolutionary socialist of the Red Clydeside era. He was notable for his outspoken opposition to World War I , which caused his arrest under the Defence of the Realm Act and loss of his teaching post, after which he became a full-time Marxist lecturer ...
Jan 18, 2024 · John Maclean is a hero of the socialist movement, but he is not a widely known figure in history. As the author of a Maclean biography once put it, we are now a century on from Maclean’s...
Nov 30, 2023 · Formed in 1982 from the defunct Scottish Republican Socialist Party (SRSP), the SRSM joined the SSP from 1998 to 2006. The main public activity of the SRSM is the annual John Maclean march and rally each November on the anniversary of his death.
- Professor Gregor Gall
Nov 30, 2023 · “Scotland’s greatest socialist, John Maclean, died 100 years ago today, at the tragically young age of 44. Maclean was a socialist educator, teaching Marxist economics and politics to crowds of hundreds of workers at a time, as often on street corners as indoors.
John MacLean was a Scottish schoolteacher and Marxist educator. His Marxist evening-classes produced many of the activists who became instrumental in the Clyde revolts during and after WWI.
May 3, 2019 · When the Scottish Socialist Party was founded in 1996 it saw itself as the direct heirs to John Maclean. Like him the SSP unites the twin objectives of socialism and sovereignty around the aim of a Scottish Socialist Republic.
John Maclean was a Glasgow schoolteacher who became one of the finest socialist leaders the British working class has so far produced. He was a fierce opponent of British imperialism and the...
