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Dave Springhall, the Glossary

Douglas Frank Springhall (28 March 1901 – 2 September 1953), known as Dave Springhall, was a British communist activist.^[1]

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British expatriates in the Soviet Union
British spies for the Soviet Union
Deaths from laryngeal cancer
People from Kensal Green

Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery

The Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery is Beijing's main resting place for the highest-ranking revolutionary heroes, high government officials and, in recent years, individuals deemed of major importance due to their contributions to society.

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Battle of Jarama

The Battle of Jarama (6–27 February 1937) was an attempt by General Francisco Franco's Nationalists to dislodge the Republican lines along the river Jarama, just east of Madrid, during the Spanish Civil War.

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Battle of Lopera

The Battle of Lopera took place between 27 and 29 December 1936 during the Spanish Civil War.

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British Battalion

The British Battalion (1936–1938; officially the Saklatvala Battalion) was the 16th battalion of the XV International Brigade, one of the mixed brigades of the International Brigades, during the Spanish Civil War.

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British people

British people or Britons, also known colloquially as Brits, are the citizens of the United Kingdom, the British Overseas Territories, and the Crown dependencies.

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Communism

Communism (from Latin label) is a sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology within the socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered around common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange that allocates products to everyone in the society based on need.

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Communist International

The Communist International (Comintern), also known as the Third International, was an international organization founded in 1919 that advocated world communism, and which was led and controlled by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Dave Springhall and communist International are Stalinism.

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Communist Party of Great Britain

The Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) was the largest communist organisation in Britain and was founded in 1920 through a merger of several smaller Marxist groups.

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GRU (Soviet Union)

Main Intelligence Directorate (ˈglavnəjə rɐzˈvʲɛdɨvətʲɪlʲnəjə ʊprɐˈvlʲenʲɪjə), abbreviated GRU (p), was the foreign military intelligence agency of the General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces until 1991.

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Harry Pollitt

Harry Pollitt (22 November 1890 – 27 June 1960) was a British communist who served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) from July 1929 to September 1939 and again from 1941 until his death in 1960. Dave Springhall and Harry Pollitt are Anti-revisionists, communist Party of Great Britain members and Stalinism.

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Head and neck cancer

Head and neck cancer is a general term encompassing multiple cancers that can develop in the head and neck region.

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International Lenin School

The International Lenin School (ILS) was an official training school operated in Moscow, Soviet Union, by the Communist International from May 1926 to 1938.

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J. R. Campbell (communist)

John Ross Campbell (14 October 1894 – 18 September 1969) was a British communist activist and newspaper editor. Dave Springhall and J. R. Campbell (communist) are British newspaper editors and communist Party of Great Britain members.

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Kensal Green

Kensal Green is an area in north-west London, and along with Kensal Town, it forms part of the northern section of North Kensington.

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Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a social democratic political party in the United Kingdom that sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum.

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Lincoln Battalion

The Lincoln Battalion (Batallón Abraham Lincoln) was the 17th (later the 58th) battalion of the XV International Brigade, a mixed brigade of the International Brigades also known as the Abraham Lincoln Brigade.

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London Borough of Richmond upon Thames

The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in southwest London, England, forms part of Outer London and is the only London borough on both sides of the River Thames.

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MI5

MI5 (Military Intelligence, Section 5), officially the Security Service, is the United Kingdom's domestic counter-intelligence and security agency and is part of its intelligence machinery alongside the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), and Defence Intelligence (DI).

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Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact

The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, officially the Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, was a non-aggression pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union with a secret protocol that partitioned between them or managed the sovereignty of the states in Central and Eastern Europe: Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland and Romania.

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Morning Star (British newspaper)

The Morning Star is a left-wing British daily newspaper with a focus on social, political and trade union issues.

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National Unemployed Workers' Movement

The National Unemployed Workers' Movement was a British organisation set up in 1921 by members of the Communist Party of Great Britain.

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Official Secrets Act 1939

The Official Secrets Act 1939 (2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 121) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Peter Kerrigan

Peter Kerrigan (26 June 1899 – 15 December 1977) was a communist activist in Britain. Dave Springhall and Peter Kerrigan are British people of the Spanish Civil War, communist Party of Great Britain members, international Brigades personnel and international Lenin School alumni.

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Political commissar

In the military, a political commissar or political officer (or politruk, a portmanteau word from politicheskiy rukovoditel; or political instructor) is a supervisory officer responsible for the political education (ideology) and organization of the unit to which they are assigned, with the intention of ensuring political control of the military.

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R. Palme Dutt

Rajani Palme Dutt (19 June 1896 – 20 December 1974), generally known as R. Palme Dutt, was a leading journalist and theoretician in the Communist Party of Great Britain, and briefly served as its fourth general secretary during World War II from October 1939 to June 1941. Dave Springhall and R. Palme Dutt are Anti-revisionists, British expatriates in the Soviet Union and communist Party of Great Britain members.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.

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Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil War (Guerra Civil Española) was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans and the Nationalists.

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Special Operations Executive

Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a British organisation formed in 1940 to conduct espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance in German-occupied Europe and to aid local resistance movements during World War II.

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Ted Bramley

Edward F. Bramley (1905 – February 1989) was a British communist activist.

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The National Archives (United Kingdom)

The National Archives (TNA; Yr Archifau Cenedlaethol) is a non-ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.

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Trade union

A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages and benefits, improving working conditions, improving safety standards, establishing complaint procedures, developing rules governing status of employees (rules governing promotions, just-cause conditions for termination) and protecting and increasing the bargaining power of workers.

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Trotskyism

Trotskyism is the political ideology and branch of Marxism developed by Russian revolutionary and intellectual Leon Trotsky along with some other members of the Left Opposition and the Fourth International.

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William Rust (journalist)

William Charles Rust (24 April 1903 – 3 February 1949) was a British newspaper editor and communist activist. Dave Springhall and William Rust (journalist) are British newspaper editors, British people of the Spanish Civil War and communist Party of Great Britain members.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Springhall

Also known as Douglas Springhall.

Dave Springhall, the Glossary

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See also

British expatriates in the Soviet Union

British spies for the Soviet Union

Deaths from laryngeal cancer

People from Kensal Green

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