From: Fishman N. [mailto]N.Fishman@swansea.ac.uk[/mailto]
Ann: Togliatti,Thorez and Pollitt. Western European Communist leaders in comparative perspective
Socialist History Society meeting, Saturday 31 January 2009, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1. (nearest tube: Holborn), 2.0-4.30.
Speakers: Donald Sassoon, John Bulaitis and Andrew Thorpe.
Discussants: Stephen Hopkins, Giuseppe Vatalaro.
Speakers will examine similarities and differences between the three men and focus in particular on their strategies for their respective parties in the post-1945 period. How well did each and his party deal with the problems of the Cold War? How did each man deal with relations with the USSR? What was the quality of their leadership and their approach to their party memberships.