Monty Goldman is an activist in the Communist Party of Britain

Communist Party of Britain

The Communist Party of Britain is a communist political party in Great Britain. Although founded in 1988 it traces its origins back to 1920 and the Communist Party of Great Britain, and claims the legacy of that party and its most influential members Harry Pollitt and John Gollan as its...

 and former Communist Party of Great Britain

Communist Party of Great Britain

The Communist Party of Great Britain was the largest communist party in Great Britain, although it never became a mass party like those in France and Italy. It existed from 1920 to 1991.-Formation:...

 member who was expelled in the 1980s during that party's factional conflicts. Goldman has stood in elections for more than forty years.

Goldman, whose father Sidney participated in the Battle of Cable Street

Battle of Cable Street

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 against Oswald Mosley

Oswald Mosley

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's blackshirts

Blackshirts

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, himself has a long record of campaigning against racism and fascism, having taken part in the protest against BNP leader Nick Griffin's appearance on the BBC Question Time programme in October 2009.

Goldman stood for election for Mayor of Hackney

London Borough of Hackney

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 in 2002 and 2010 and for Parliament for Hackney South and Shoreditch

Hackney South and Shoreditch

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in 1997 and 2005. His latest electoral candidacy was on May 6, 2010, securing 2033 votes in the contest for mayor of Hackney, which he said was the highest Communist vote ever achieved in his lifetime as a candidate in Hackney.