People's Press Printing Society
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The People's Press Printing Society (PPPS) is a readers' co-operative to own and publish a left-wing, British, daily newspaper Daily Worker, known as The Morning Star
from 1966. It was established in 1945, with shares sold at £1.
On the 6th January 1946, at the Albert Hall
in London, Bill Jones, the leader of the London busmen's trade union, handed over the formal document of transfer to William Rust (editor of the Daily Worker). Ownership of the Daily Worker was transferred from the Communist Party of Great Britain
(CPGB) to the PPPS, with CPGB retaining editorial and political control of the paper until in 1951, the Daily Worker Co-operative Society was established to act as the nominal publishers of the paper.
In addition to its role in the newspaper, it has published other material, such as:
The Morning Star
The Morning Star is a left wing British daily tabloid newspaper with a focus on social and trade union issues. Articles and comment columns are contributed by writers from socialist, social democratic, green and religious perspectives....
from 1966. It was established in 1945, with shares sold at £1.
On the 6th January 1946, at the Albert Hall
Royal Albert Hall
The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall situated on the northern edge of the South Kensington area, in the City of Westminster, London, England, best known for holding the annual summer Proms concerts since 1941....
in London, Bill Jones, the leader of the London busmen's trade union, handed over the formal document of transfer to William Rust (editor of the Daily Worker). Ownership of the Daily Worker was transferred from the 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:...
(CPGB) to the PPPS, with CPGB retaining editorial and political control of the paper until in 1951, the Daily Worker Co-operative Society was established to act as the nominal publishers of the paper.
In addition to its role in the newspaper, it has published other material, such as:
- 32 Questions on the freedom of the press.
- Science in the atomic age ..., 1947
- William Rust, The people rule in Yugoslavia
- Eudoras Joannides, Inside free Greece : exclusive reports of the Greek situation from Evdos Joannides /
- Alan Winnington, I saw the truth in Korea ... facts and photographs that will shock Britain!, 1950 /
- E. P. ThompsonE. P. ThompsonEdward Palmer Thompson was a British historian, writer, socialist and peace campaigner. He is probably best known today for his historical work on the British radical movements in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, in particular The Making of the English Working Class...
, The struggle for a free press, 1952 - Derek Kartun, USA '53; the truth behind Eisenhower, 1953 /
External links
- People's Press Printing Society records at National Library of WalesNational Library of WalesThe National Library of Wales , Aberystwyth, is the national legal deposit library of Wales; one of the Welsh Government sponsored bodies.Welsh is its main medium of communication...