A great project is underway on the radical history of Hackney, part of which concerns Lenin’s time in London, including the meeting of the fifth congress in the Brotherhood Church.
13 January, 2013
Lenin in Hackney
Posted by stalinsmoustache under Lenin | Tags: Hackney, radical history |[2] Comments
14 January, 2013 at 6:24 am
Wow. Do you buy the anecdote about Stalin getting jumped by the dockworkers at the pub?
14 January, 2013 at 6:46 pm
Nah, Stalin would have wiped the floor with them, assuming they didn’t get on famously. He was a consumate scrapper.