The 100th anniversary of the General Strike has seen a number books, events and discussions. The focus here is on new research which can bring fresh insights into what the Strike was about, what’s its politics and potential were, and what remains relevant one hundred years on.
Edd touched on a number of important research issues. Some points:
The centrality of oil supplies at the Thameshaven depot in Essex where workers had struck
The use of a paramilitary force in the last official days of the strike to try and break picket lines and the presence of a small number of fascists in this organisation.
The reports sent by police to the Government on who strikers were which reliably referenced if they were thought to be Jewish or foreign.
The role and form of the General Strike as a strategy in the class struggle and its relation to the Mass Strike
Edd Mustill, Britain’s Revolutionary Summer. The General Strike of 1926
Britain’s Revolutionary Summer | Oneworld
Recording of the seminar.
Organised by the London Socialist Historians Group
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