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:''Not{{Otherpeople3|the toBritish besocialist confused with [[H. M. Wicksactivist|Harry M. Wicks]] (1889-1956) of the [[CommunistAmerican Partycommunist USA]],and who was a [[Comintern]]Cominterm representative to [[Australia]]|H. M. Wicks}}
'''Harry Wicks''' (16 August 1905 -– 26 March 1989) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] socialist activist.
 
'''Harry Wicks''' (16 August 1905 - 26 March 1989) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] socialist activist.
 
==Biography==
Born in [[Battersea]], [[London]], he went to work on the railways and joined the [[National Union of Railwaymen]] in 1919. He joined the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], but after [[Black Friday (1921)|Black Friday]] moved to the [[Communist Party of Great Britain]] (CPGB). After studying with [[A. E. E. Reade]], he came to support [[Leon Trotsky]] and the [[International Left Opposition]].
 
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*Sam Bornstein and [[Al Richardson (historian)|Al Richardson]], ''War and The International''
*[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]
 
==External links==
*[http://dscalm.warwick.ac.uk/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=DServeadv.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=%28%28Level%3D%27collection%27%29AND%28Reference_Code%3D%27wic%27%29%29 Catalogue of Wicks' papers], held at the [[Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick]]
 
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