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Book SynopsisWilf Page was a champion of agricultural workers, a promoter of justice in the countryside, a rural communist councillor during the difficult cold war years and a lifelong community activist. He is best known for his role in the National Union of Agricultural Workers, and in the European Federation of Agricultural Unions, but he was also a prominent local politician in Norfolk, and was a communist councillor for Edgefield for twenty-eight years. On his death, an obituary in "The Times" accurately reported that Wilf's communism had not been of the 'big Russian bear' variety, but had been about 'the community owning the wealth'. He was a man whose tireless battle for justice lasted until the last day of his life.
Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Norfolk's labour heritage 2. Early days 3. Drifting in London and Jersey 4. Flying in India 5. Labour Party agent and councillor 6. Blacklisted communist 7. Union and community activist 8. The national arena 9. The 1970s 10. Retirement and continuing activism 11. Pensioners' activist Bibliography Index Published in association with Unite the Union and the Marx Memorial Library ISBN 9781905007974 192 pages, plus 16 pages of photographs GBP13.99 paperback September 2009 Price: GBP13.99 books
