Alastair Chandler

Alastair Chandler (18 March 1884 – 23 March 1951) was a the 1st General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain and an avid British anti-war activist prior to the revolution. Born to a poor family living in the slums of, Chandler slowly grew to hate capitalism for the suffering he and his family endured during the. He began to take part in communist demonstrations in various British cities and was arrested several times for and vandalism. Chandler also partook in many anti-war protests against the and began to encourage political violence alongside Thomas Sinclair. It was at this point that the imperial government began to take the Communist Party as a potential threat.