Hardie, James Keir
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Hardie, James Keir (1856–1915). Socialist politician. Born in Lanarkshire, Hardie grew up in extreme poverty. While working as a journalist he was instrumental in organizing the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire miners, becoming secretary of the Scottish Miners' Federation in 1886 and, in 1887, chairman of the Scottish Labour Party. In 1892 he was elected as an independent Labour MP for South West Ham; the following year he established the Independent Labour Party. Hardie was a thoroughly class-conscious socialist (outraging Westminster opinion by wearing a cloth-cap and tweed jacket in the Commons), but was also acutely aware of the moderate nature of the British trade union movement, and he deliberately downplayed his socialist creed in order to persuade the Trades Union Congress of the need for the foundation (1900) of the Labour Representation Committee, forerunner of the Labour Party. Hardie believed that international working-class solidarity would prevent war in 1914, and never recovered from the realization of the strength of nationalism amongst the working classes.
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Profile - Keir Hardie: The Old Labour prophet
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 2/26/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...named William Aitken lent his name to the birth certificate. Three years later, Keir's mother married David Hardie, a ship's carpenter. James Keir Hardie was the name her son would use from then on. At that time at least, David Hardie...
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Memorial marks the centenary of Keir Hardie.(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 12/4/2006; 700+ words
; ...memorial to Labour Party founder James Keir Hardie has been unveiled. The unveiling...was watched by up to 80 people. Keir Hardie was the MP for Merthyr and Aberdare...is such a fitting memorial to Keir Hardie now in Aberdare. 'I am enormously...
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Was `Keir Hardie' only a plaster prototype?; MERTHYR TYDFIL: Town hall statue mystery.(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 5/21/2002; 623 words
; A BUST of James Keir Hardie, the first Labour MP...white plaster effigy of Keir Hardie, resembling an Old Testament...Independent councillor Dave James of Penydarren, a former...borough, recalled that the Keir Hardie bust in the old town hall...
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 "South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)")
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Bust of Labour icon Keir Hardie is unveiled.(News)
Newspaper article from: South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales); 12/4/2006; 442 words
; ...Founding father of the Labour Party James Keir Hardie has been commemorated in the former...Ann Clwyd. She has followed in Keir Hardie's footsteps as the current chairwoman...Indian government in recognition of Keir Hardie's work to champion the cause...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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THE TRUTH ABOUT THE PRINCE OF WALES, THE LABOUR FIREBRAND AND THEIR BITTER CLASS FEUD; In the week that Keir Hardie was accused of being 'evil' and a threat to the British Empire.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 8/12/2000; 700+ words
; ...Ayrshire-born radical called James Keir Hardie, the first leader of the Labour...concern centred on the fact that Hardie was visiting India and on October...for this unwelcome turnaround: James Keir Hardie, a small, bearded former Ayrshire...
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Leading Labour: From Keir Hardie to Tony Blair.(Review) (book review)
Magazine article from: History Review; 9/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; Leading Labour: From Keir Hardie to Tony Blair **** Kevin...leaders of the Labour Party from Hardie to Blair are so thought-provoking...Labour movement in the way Hardie, Mann or Henderson were'. Or James Callaghan, Wrigley might have...
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Tony's values are Hardie perennials
Newspaper article from: Evening News - Scotland; 2/26/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...that Labour's founding father James Keir Hardie would turn in his grave at Labour...broken man. In the century since James Keir Hardie and his comrades laid the foundations...reviled is yet another Scot, James Ramsay MacDonald who formed the...
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A HARDIE BIRTHDAY TO YOU; LABOUR AT 100: A TRIBUTE TO ITS GREATEST LEADER.(News)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland); 2/27/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...the father of the Labour Party, James Keir Hardie. The British Labour Party was...of that political braveheart, Keir Hardie. But what would he make of today...find remarkable resonance today. Keir Hardie and his colleagues founded the...
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Birth of Kier Hardie: August 15th, 1856.(August's Anniversaries)(Biography)
Magazine article from: History Today; 8/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...of a farm girl named Mary Kerr or Keir (herself illegitimate) and, probably...was two, the little boy became James Keir Hardie after his mother married David Hardie...At the age of ten the young Keir Hardie went to work down a local mine...
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The Spin Doctor: A Hardie route through politics; Lurking in the corridors of.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Wales On Sunday (Cardiff, Wales); 7/21/2002; 700+ words
; ...democratic socialism as did Peter Hain, Michael Foot and Keir Hardie.'' Keir Hardie as New Labour icon - now that's a thought worth...only shortlists? nONE of the women selected, Irene James, will be up against Plaid's Brian Hancock in Islwyn...
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James Keir Hardie
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
James Keir Hardie The British politician James Keir Hardie (1856-1915) helped to initiate...Parliament: The Story of the Early Life of James Keir Hardie (1923); Hamilton Fyfe, Keir Hardie...
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Hardie, James Keir
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Hardie, James Keir (1856–1915). Socialist politician. Born in Lanarkshire, Hardie grew up in extreme poverty. While working...established the Independent Labour Party. Hardie was a thoroughly class-conscious socialist...
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Hardie, (James) Keir
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Hardie, (James) Keir (1856–1915) Scottish socialist politician. In 1888, he founded the Scottish Parliamentary Labour Party. In 1892, Hardie entered Parliament as the first socialist MP. In 1893, he founded...
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MacDonald, James Ramsay
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
MacDonald, James Ramsay (b. 12 Oct. 1866, d. 9 Nov. 1937). British Prime Minister...he joined the Independent Labour Party in Southampton in 1894. With Keir Hardie , he was at the heart of the creation of the Labour Representation Committee...
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Labour Party
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
...Independent Labour Party (ILP) in 1893, whose president was Keir Hardie , the first socialist member of Parliament. The ILP created...minority administration. Following Wilson's resignation, James Callaghan became prime minister. During the 1980s, led...
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