The People's Press Printing Society (PPPS) is a readers' co-operative with the purpose of owning and publishing a left-wing, British, daily newspaper. The co-operative was established in 1945, with shares sold at £1. Originally the paper was titled the ''Daily Worker'', but the publication was re-launched as the ''

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'' in 1966. On 6 January 1946, at the

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in London, Bill Jones, the leader of the London busmen's

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, handed over the formal document of transfer to William Rust (editor of the ''Daily Worker''). Ownership of the ''Daily Worker'' was transferred from the

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(CPGB) to the PPPS, with CPGB retaining editorial and political control of the paper until in 1951, the Daily Worker Co-operative Society was established to act as the nominal publishers of the paper. The Daily Worker Co-operative Society became the Morning Star Co-operative Society which later became bankrupt and the sole ownership for the publication of the ''Morning Star'' fell under the People's Press Printing Society. The People’s Press Printing Society has a difficult financial existence, making a £41,179 loss in 2013 and a £1,137 surplus in 2014.

Publications other than the Morning Star

* ''32 Questions on the freedom of the press.'' * ''Science in the atomic age ...'', 1947 * William Rust, ''The people rule in Yugoslavia'' * Eudoras Joannides, ''Inside free Greece : exclusive reports of the Greek situation from Evdos Joannides'' / *

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, ''I saw the truth in Korea ... facts and photographs that will shock Britain!'', 1950 / * E. P. Thompson, ''The struggle for a free press'', 1952 *

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, ''USA '53; the truth behind Eisenhower'', 1953 /

References

External links

People's Press Printing Society
records at

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