Great John Maclean

Great John Maclean has come home to the Clyde

The life and times of Scotland’s greatest socialist

by Donald Robertson

ABOUT THE BOOK
John Maclean was a Scottish school teacher, and revolutionary who helped to plant the seeds of Marxism in Scotland. This book is the story not just of the man, but of everything that was happening around him: from the rent strikes on the Clyde; to the Hands off Russia protests about Allied intervention against the Bolsheviks; to the twists and turns in the formation of the Communist Party of Great Britain and to the rekindling of the movement for Scottish independence.
Available August 2025, 590 pages

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Donald Robertson was born in Kinlochleven. He co-founded the Australian music and arts magazine Roadrunner, was the first editor of Countdown magazine, and is the author of books about rock music. He lives in Sydney and blogs at roadrunnertwice.com.au.

Available for £28 from Resistance Books