Lee, Hermione. Virginia Woolf. Chatto and Windus, 1996.
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National Council for Civil Liberties
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Employer | Pat Arrowsmith | Also in 1971, PA
worked for the National Council for Civil Liberties
(now called Liberty) as a caseworker. |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Virginia Woolf | Adrian
(1883-1948) was the youngest Stephen child. After Vanessa's marriage he lived with Virginia at 29 Fitzroy Square, then moved with her to 38 Brunswick Square. Like Thoby, he studied at Trinity College, Cambridge
... |
| Literary responses | Ali Smith | The chair of the judges, Shami Chakrabarti
(an Independent Labour Party
politician, then a director of Liberty
, formerly the National Council for Civil Liberties) described AS
's work as a tender, brilliant, and witty... |
| politics | Virginia Woolf | But Woolf recorded in her diary in May 1940: Thinking is my fighting. |
| politics | Evelyn Sharp | Both kept up their political activity during the 1930s with active membership of such organizations as the National Council for Civil Liberties
(whose first executive committee Sharp sat on) and of PEN International
. Even... |
| politics | Mary Butts | MB
was working for the National Council Against Conscription
(a forerunner of the National Council for Civil Liberties
). qtd. in Blondel, Nathalie. Mary Butts: Scenes from the Life. McPherson & Company, 1998. 4 |
| politics | E. M. Forster | After 1924, EMF
turned from writing novels to social and political causes, in particular the issue of freedom of expression. In 1928 he campaigned against the suppression of Radclyffe Hall
's The Well of Loneliness... |
Timeline
Earlier 1916: A British organization was founded called...
National or international item
Earlier 1916
A British organization was founded called the National Council Against Conscription
. This lasted only until 1919, but it was the prototype for the better-known National Council for Civil Liberties
(now Liberty), founded in 1934.
Blondel, Nathalie. Mary Butts: Scenes from the Life. McPherson & Company, 1998.
443n8
24 February 1934: The National Council for Civil Liberties...
National or international item
24 February 1934
The National Council for Civil Liberties
was founded by journalist Ronald Kidd
, who had witnessed the treatment of hunger marchers in London in November 1932.
Liberty: A Brief History. http://web.archive.org/web/20080807173131/http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/about/1-history/index.shtml.
Blondel, Nathalie. Mary Butts: Scenes from the Life. McPherson & Company, 1998.
443n8
24 February 1934: The National Council for Civil Liberties...
National or international item
24 February 1934
The National Council for Civil Liberties
was founded by journalist Ronald Kidd
, who had witnessed the treatment of hunger marchers in London in November 1932.
Liberty: A Brief History. http://web.archive.org/web/20080807173131/http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/about/1-history/index.shtml.
Blondel, Nathalie. Mary Butts: Scenes from the Life. McPherson & Company, 1998.
443n8
1934: The Incitement to Disaffection Act, designed...
National or international item
1934
The Incitement to Disaffection Act, designed to facilitate the suppression of grassroots political dissent, was passed despite the efforts of the newly-formed National Council for Civil Liberties
.
Porter, Bernard. “How the Judges Stood in the Way of Socialism”. London Review of Books, 1 June 2000, pp. 27-8.
27
Late 1936: The Public Order Act passed through parliament,...
Building item
Late 1936
The Public Order Act passed through parliament, aimed at outbreaks of violence following demonstrations and counter-demonstrations connected with Oswald Mosley
's British Union of Fascists
.
Liberty: A Brief History. http://web.archive.org/web/20080807173131/http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/about/1-history/index.shtml.
Porter, Bernard. “How the Judges Stood in the Way of Socialism”. London Review of Books, 1 June 2000, pp. 27-8.
28
21 January 1941-26 August 1942: The Daily Worker, the newspaper of the British...
Building item
21 January 1941-26 August 1942
The Daily Worker, the newspaper of the British Communist Party
, was suppressed under Defence Regulations.
Rust, William. Daily Worker Reborn. Daily Worker, 1943.
16
Rust, William. Lift the Ban on the Daily Worker. Daily Worker League, 1942.
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