Hugo Dewar

Hugo Dewar (1908 – June 1981) was a Trotskyist activist influential in founding many of the early British Trotskyist groups.

Dewar was both in Leyton in London in 1908.[1] He had joined the Independent Labour Party in 1928, and in 1930 co-founded the Marxian League.[2] He joined the Communist Party of Great Britain in 1931, but was expelled the following year. He was one of the founders in 1932 of the Communist League, and remained active in International Left Opposition groups until he was drafted into the army in 1943.[3] He was an adult education tutor.

References

  1. ↑ "Papers of Hugo Dewar (1908-1980), Trotskyist". mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
  2. ↑ Alexander, Robert Jackson.International Trotskyism, 1929-1985: A Documented Analysis of the Movement. Duke University Press, 1991, p438
  3. ↑ "Papers of Hugo Dewar, Trotskyist (1871-1891)". Trotskyist Sources at the Modern Records Centre. Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
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