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- Reg_Birch abstract "Reginald Birch (7 June 1914 - 2 June 1994) was a British Maoist trade unionist.Born in Kilburn, Birch became a toolmaker and joined the Amalgamated Engineering Union (AEU). He became active in the union and also in supporting the Republican government of Spain against the fascist invasion and coup (see Spanish Civil War). He joined the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) in 1938.In 1941, Birch worked with Wal Hannington to organise a strike at a firm in Stonebridge. This action was illegal under wartime regulations, but the two were merely bound over to keep the peace. Soon after, Hitler invaded the Soviet Union, and the CPGB opposed wartime strike action. Throughout the war, Birch continued to organise his workmates in a succession of factories.In 1956, Birch was elected to the executive committee of the CPGB, following the 1956 invasion of Hungary. Journalist Peter Paterson observed:{{cquote|When I asked him how he could possibly have sided with the 'tankies', so called because of the use of Russian tanks to quell the revolt, he said 'they wanted a trade unionist who could stomach Hungary, and I fitted the bill'."In 1960, he was elected as a full-time AEU official. The union was soon renamed the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers, and in 1966, Birch was elected to its executive. Birch challenged William Carron for the leadership on two occasions. On the second, the CPGB supported Hugh Scanlon's candidature over that of Birch. Increasingly at odds with the revisionists of the CPGB, Birch left the party soon afterwards. With the writer and wartime pilot William Ash, he formed the Communist Party of Britain (Marxist–Leninist) (CPB (M-L)) in 1968.Birch continued to support various strikes, including the Ford strike, 1971. He met Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai. In 1975, he was elected to the general council of the Trades Union Congress, the only Maoist ever to hold such a post. In 1977, he became a member of the Energy Commission. He retired in 1979, but remained chairman of the CPB (M-L) until 1985.".
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- Reg_Birch comment "Reginald Birch (7 June 1914 - 2 June 1994) was a British Maoist trade unionist.Born in Kilburn, Birch became a toolmaker and joined the Amalgamated Engineering Union (AEU). He became active in the union and also in supporting the Republican government of Spain against the fascist invasion and coup (see Spanish Civil War). He joined the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) in 1938.In 1941, Birch worked with Wal Hannington to organise a strike at a firm in Stonebridge.".
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