| 1930 |
1931 |
1932 |
1933 |
1934 |
| Co-op Union recognises the Folk. Folk works with "No More War" movement. |
Leslie Paul's "The Green Company" printed. Basil Rawson takes Sheffield Pioneers to Germany. |
"The Pioneer of the Folk" launched - paper written for young members. |
First "mass camp" at Ross-on-Wye. Includes foregin delegations.
Red Falcons suppressed in Germany. |
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Mosley leaves Labour Party to form the "New Party". Ramsey Macdonald forms 2ns National Government. |
Famine in USSR due to collectivisation. |
Nazi rise to power leads to crushing of socialist, communist & Trade Union movement. |
Chinese Communist Party "Long March". |
| Nazis emerge as major political force. |
Japanese occupy Manchuria signalling the rise of Japanese militarism. |
Gandhi commences civil disobedience against British treatment of "untouchables". |
Hitler becomes chancellor. Germany becomes one party state. First concentration camp opened. |
Nicaraguan Sandino killed in cold blood by General Somoza. |
| 1935 |
1936 |
1937 |
1938 |
1939 |
| Labour Party announces its support for the Woodcraft Folk. ADC moves indoors. |
"The Training of Pioneers" by Leslie Paul printed. |
International Camp at Brighton sees over 2000 participants. Henery Fair first paid National Organiser. |
Leslie Paul's "Republic of Children" first published. Folk takes part in Co-op Wembley Pageant. Folk House purchased. |
Folk delegation takes part in IFM peace camp in Liege. Return home just as war breaks out. |
Show trials begin in USSR.
Congress of Industrial Organisations in USA formed. |
Battle of Cable Street in London leads to fascist defeat on the streets. Trotsky finds refuge in Mexico. |
London bus strike. |
USSR show trial finds Bukharin, Rykov and Jagoda guilty. |
Nazi-Soviet Pact leads to Western Communist Parties opposing war with Nazi Germany. |
| Keynes advocates state intervention on unemployment. |
Spanish Civil War starts. Germany reoccupies the Rhineland. |
Sino-Japanese war commences. The Moscow show trials start under Stalin. |
Nazis carve up Czechoslovakia.
Austria absorbed by Nazi Germany. |
World War Two commences. |
