Tom Colyer

He opposed the war, joining the Independent Labour Party, and refused to assist in compiling the National Register, which was to be used for conscription.

Tom became its state vice-president, but as a supporter of the October Revolution, he was a founder of the Communist Party USA split.

[1][2] In 1922, Tom and Amy were detained on Deer Island and threatened with deportation back to the United Kingdom for their communist activism.

[1][2] Back in the UK, Tom published Americanism: A World Menace,[3] which criticised the country for its anti-communism, Fordism, and religious influence in politics.

However, at the end of the year, he resigned from the movement, objecting to the co-option of Sunday Worker representatives onto its governing body.