File spoon-archives/marxism-international.archive/marxism-international_1997/marxism-international.9708, message 151


Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 07:41:39 +0100
From: Chris Burford <cburford-AT-gn.apc.org>
Subject: Re: M-I: Good on ya, Damon!


In an interview before the election Damon Albarn was reported to have been
a member of the Woodcraft Folk in childhood. This was the English
alternative to the Boy/Girl Scouts on the one hand and the Young Pioneers
on the other. It was promoted by Communists and left wing socialists eg
members of the co-operative movement. 

Perhaps in a quiet way it was quite successful. 

It appears probably to be a form of Communist united front politics. Did it
exist in other countries? Does anyone know anything about its history?

Chris Burford

London.



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