Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akabatana neYoung Communist League pazera remakore gumi nematanhatu panguva ye1926 United Kingdom general strike
, uye nokukurumidza pashure pacho akaonekwa achitungamirira misangano nemutungamiri wesangano revashandi vechikomonisiti Arthur Horner, uye gare gare akabatana neCPGB. Kunyange zvazvo akanga ariwo nhengo UK Labour bato, iye akaramba upenyu nhengo CPGB. Mumakore ake ekuyaruka muReading, Silverthorne akazvitsigira nekutengesa "Mushandi wezuva nezuva" kuvashandi vezvitima, uye akashanda saNanny weKudzidza Labour Party MP uye muvambi weSocialist Medical Association (SMA), Somerville Hastings. Hastings aizivikanwa kuti akatsigira vavariro yaSilverthorne yokuva mukoti. Muna Kurume 1931, Silverthorne akatanga kudzidziswa semukoti paRadcliffe Infirmary muOxford, uko hanzvadzi yake yakura Olive yakanga yatoshanda semukoti. Akazvipira semukoti wevanoshanyira nzara yeLancashire vachipfuura neOxford panguva yeNational Hunger March, uye aiwanzo "kuzvibatsira kuti awane mabhandeji uye mabhandeji" kubva kumapazi eRadcliffe Infirmary. Munguva yaaive kuOxford, akapihwa zita remadunhurirwa rekuti "Red Silverthorne" nekuda kwezviitiko zvake zvechiKomonisiti, uye aizovewo shamwari nemunyori wenhoroondo weMarxist Christopher Hill waakasangana naye kuburikidza nesangano reOxford remakomonisiti rinozivikanwa seOctober Club.