Researching Peter Taaffe
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 143 people with the Taaffe surname? In that year Taaffe was ranked number 3436 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Peter means "A Rock" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Peter Taaffe on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Peter Taaffe and the Taaffe Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 389 people with the Taaffe surname in the UK? Taaffe is now ranked number 3675 for popularity in the UK. |
Taaffe Family History Databases
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Taaffe Forums
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Some Famous People called Peter Taaffe
Peter Taaffe
Peter Taaffe (born April 1942) is a British Marxist (Trotskyist) political activist and journalist. He was the general secretary of the Socialist Party of England and Wales from its founding until 2020 and was a member of the International Executive Committee of the Committee for a Workers' International (CWI).
Taaffe was the founding editor of the Trotskyist Militant newspaper in 1964, and became known as a leading member of the entryist Militant group. Taaffe was expelled from the Labour Party in 1983, along with four other members of Militant's editorial board
Taaffe was influential in the policy decisions of Liverpool City Council of 1983–1987, according to the council's deputy leader Derek Hatton, in the formation of the Militant tendency's policy regarding the Poll Tax in 1988–1991, and the Militant tendency's "open turn" from the Labour Party in the late 1980s, becoming general secretary of Militant's eventual successor, the Socialist Party in 1997. He retired as general secretary after the party's February 2020 congress but remains on the party's executive committee as political secretary.
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