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John Maclean was a Scottish socialist and revolutionary who played a significant role in organizing the unemployed workers of Glasgow, earning him a year's imprisonment for his activism. His efforts highlighted the power of organized labor and the struggles of the working class during the early 20th century.

What is recorded here

This brown commemorative plaque records: John Maclean 1879 - 1923 socialist pioneer who spoke here frequently to unemployed workers was sentenced to one year's imprisonment in 1921. In his defence he declared that the only city in the world where the unemployed were organised and where there were no riots was Glasgow.

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