J.S. Williams (Dowlais) 1913 - 1939

Williams J. S. 1900-1938

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United Front (Musical group)

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J. S. Williams

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John Samuel Williams (of Dowlais), more commonly known throughout his life as 'J.S' or 'Jack Williams the Communist' was born in Bethseda, Caernarvonshire in 1900. He and his father moved down to the South Wales valleys at some point in the early years of the twentieth century and he worked as a coal hewer. J.S. Williams probably joined the Communist Party during the early-mid 1920s. He became unemployed in 1926 and remained unemployed for the rest of his life. He devote...

National Council of Labour Colleges (Great Britain)

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Merthyr Council of Action

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Communist party of Great Britain

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The Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) was founded in 1920. The Party was based upon the philosophy of Karl Marx (1818-1883) and was inspired by the Russian Revolution of November 1917. The Communists believed that before long revolution would over throw Capitalism and end the exploitation of the working class. The Communist Party supported the Russian Revolution and for many years accepted Russian funds in order to spread its ideas. During the next 70 years hopes of revolution...

South Wales Miners' Federation

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The South Wales Miners' Federation (SWMF) or 'The Fed' as it was sometimes known was founded in 1898. William Brac of the South Wales branch of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain (MFGB) became Vice-President, and the Lib-Lab MP for the Rhondda William Abraham (1842-1922), who was prominent within the Cambrian Miners' Association, became the President. Abraham was also Teasurer of the MFGB. He was often referred to as 'Mabon' (Welsh for the bard) by miners. A few months after its founding th...

National Unemployed Workers' Movement

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The National Unemployed Workers Movement (NUWM) was set up in 1921 by members of the Communist Party of Great Britain. It campaigned for better support for the unemployed and against the Means Test. Between 1921 and 1929 it was called the National Unemployed Workers' Committee Movement. Its main organiser in England was Wal Hannington, and in Scotland Harry McShane. The massive rise in unemployment in the early 1930s resulted in the work of the NUWM becoming more urgent ...