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- ↑ Notes on a Stay in Catalonia Archived 2011-08-10 at the Wayback Machine by August Thalheimer, accessed 29 January 2010
- ↑ Glasgow apprentices Strike Archived 2011-08-10 at the Wayback Machine by Ernest Rogers,accessed 29 January 2010
- ↑ Revolutionary History, Letters Archived 2011-08-10 at the Wayback Machine by Ernie Rogers, accessed 29 January 2010
- ↑ Some Comments & Anecdotes On The Mood Of The Working Class During The Blitz & How Far The Working Class Supported The War by Ernie Rogers, accessed 29 January 2010
- ↑ "The British Oehlerites". 11 March 2018.
- ↑ "Rogers: Obituary - Joe Thomas (1912-1990)".
- ↑ The Life and Times of Joe Thomas - the road to libertarian socialism by Alan Woodward, Gorter Press, 2009, p13
- ↑ Barberis, Peter; McHugh, John; Tyldesley, Mike (2000) Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations: Parties, Groups and Movements of the 20th Century. A&C Black, p165-9