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‘Radicals: John Murdoch and the Birth of Scottish Socialism’

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On 28 April 2015, the Centre was delighted to welcome Calum Cameron White to discuss ‘Radicals: John Murdoch and the Birth of Scottish Socialism’. Below is this listener’s brief summary of the lecture. In comparison to contemporaries like Keir Hardie or Michael Davitt, John Murdoch has been neglected by historiography. This ‘half-buried folk hero’ was… Continue reading