Bill Brain
British socialist activist
About Bill Brain
Lived 1891 – 1961 (aged 69–70).
William Thomas Edward Brain (1891 – 1961) was a British socialist activist.
Born in Birmingham, Brain became an engineer and joined the Friendly Society of Iron Founders, then later, the Transport and General Workers' Union. He also joined the Socialist Labour Party (SLP), and led the Wolverhampton Unemployed Workers' Committee..
Many members of the SLP were inspired by the October Revolution in Russia, with some forming a Communist Unity Group, aiming to form a single, national, communist party. Brain did not join the Communist Unity Group, but he nevertheless attended the founding conference of the Communist Party of Great Britain, representing the Birmingham SLP.
Brain's last stint on the CPGB executive was in 1927, after which he remained in the party, but was less prominent.
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Who was Bill Brain?
British socialist activist
When was Bill Brain born?
Bill Brain was born in 1891.
When did Bill Brain die?
Bill Brain died in 1961.
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