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Duncan Hallas

Duncan Hallas, English author and politician (died 2002)

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Born
December 23, 1925
Died
September 19, 2002
Zodiac sign
Capricorn
Birth year
1925

About Duncan Hallas

Duncan Hallas (23 December 1925 – 19 September 2002) was a prominent member of the Trotskyist movement and a leading member of the Socialist Workers Party in Great Britain. Born into a working-class family in Manchester, Duncan Hallas joined the Young Communist League at the age of 14 in 1939 but soon became disillusioned owing to the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. When factional disputes broke out in The Club (the name adopted by British Trotskyists after entering the Labour Party) Hallas became a supporter of Tony Cliff's positions. Hallas was a founder member of the tiny Socialist Review Group when it was organised in 1951 and wrote its only major founding.

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Duncan Hallas timeline

  1. Born into a working-class family in Manchester, Duncan Hallas joined the Young Communist League at the age of 14 in 1939 but soon became disillusioned owing to the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact.
  2. Hallas was a founder member of the tiny Socialist Review Group when it was organised in 1951 and wrote its only major founding.

The world when Duncan Hallas was born

Duncan Hallas was born in 1925. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1925

  • #1 song"Sweet Georgia Brown"
  • Top movieThe Gold Rush (Charlie Chaplin)
  • Best-selling bookThe Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentRed Grange signs with the Chicago Bears
  • Top headlineThe Scopes Trial captivates America
  • Technology milestoneTelevision demonstrated by John Logie Baird
  • Defining fadCharleston dance craze
  • Notable inventionMasking tape
  • World population1.98 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderCalvin Coolidge
  • Sports championPittsburgh Pirates (World Series)
  • U.S. population115.8M

1925 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Duncan Hallas's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19252026
Gas$0.22$3.45/gal
Average home$5,900$435,000
Average income$3,600$67,500
Movie ticket$0.25$11.95
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population115.8M341 million

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