Monty Goldman

Monty Goldman (born 1931) is an activist in the Communist Party of Britain and former Communist Party of Great Britain member who was expelled in the 1980s during that party's factional conflicts.^[1][2] Goldman has stood in elections for more than forty years.^[3]

Goldman, whose father Sidney participated in the Battle of Cable Street against Oswald Mosley's blackshirts,^[4] himself has a long record of campaigning against racism and fascism,^[5] having taken part in the protest against the appearance of the then British National Party (BNP) leader Nick Griffin on the BBC's Question Time television programme^[4] in October 2009.

Goldman stood for election for Mayor of Hackney in 2002 and 2010 and for Parliament for Hackney South and Shoreditch in 1997 and 2005.^[6][7] His latest electoral candidacy was on 6 May 2010, securing 2033 votes in the contest for mayor of Hackney,^[8] which he said was the highest Communist vote ever achieved in his lifetime as a candidate in Hackney.^[9]

References

1. Laybourn, Keith (2015). Marxism in Britain: Dissent, Decline and Re-emergence 1945-c.2000. Routledge. p. 132. ISBN 978-0415758673.
2. Laybourn, Keith (1999). Under the Red Flag: A History of Communism in Britain. The History Press. p. 176. ISBN 978-0750914857.
3. "Elected mayoral hopefuls unveiled". BBC. 5 April 2006. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021.
4. "I'll fight BNP... just like Dad fought the Blackshirts, says Monty Goldman". Daily Mirror. 24 October 2009. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012.
5. "Monty Goldman: Communist candidate for Mayor of Hackney". Hackney Citizen. 24 April 2010. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
6. "Hackney South and Shoreditch Constituency". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 1 March 2013.
7. "Communists urge vote against war / Election 2005 latest / Election 2005 / Britain / Home – Morning Star". Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
8. "Hackney Council – 2010 Election Results – Mayoral Election". Archived from the original on 11 May 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
9. "Left vote scores high in east London / Britain / Britain/World / Home – Morning Star". Archived from the original on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2010.

External links

• Hackney Museum – Oral History Interview with Monty Goldman recorded in June 2010.