"Daily Worker Poster, 26th Birthday" [NMLH.2012.60.3.28]

Catalogue Number
NMLH.2012.60.3.28

Object Name
Poster

Title
26 Birthday Daily Worker

People
Harry Pollitt, J.R. Campbell, Bert Lloyd, Ewan MacColl, Alan Bush, Dave Michaelson

Date
1955

Description
Purple poster, marking the 26th 'Birthday' of the Daily Worker.


The Daily Worker was a national newspaper aligned with the Communist Party of Great Britain, renamed as the Morning Star in 1966.


This poster advertises a celebration for the 26th anniversary of the founding of the paper, with speakers including the Dean of Canterbury, Harry Pollitt, and J.R. Campbell, and mustic from Bert Lloyd, Ewan MacColl, Alan Bush and Dave Michaelson.