Jimmy Shields (journalist)
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Jimmy Shields (journalist)
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Jimmy Shields was a British communist activist and newspaper editor. Born in Greenock, Shields joined the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) in 1921. Out of work, he moved to South Africa in 1925, where he joined the Communist Party of South Africa, becoming its General Secretary within months. During this period, one of his speeches convinced Edwin Thabo Mofutsanyana to join the party. Shields returned to Scotland in 1927, where he served in various posts for the CPGB, culminating in his e
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