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11 October 2017
Poverty, repression and fightback on the docks
Biography: Harry Constable in his own words: This book is about Harry Constable, a leading activist in the struggle of the dock workers from before the war until the end of the 1950s
4 May 2016
1926 general strike: when workers tasted power
The 1926 general strike - whose 90th anniversary we celebrate this month - was, alongside the movement of the Chartists in the 19th century, the most important event in the history of the British working class.
31 October 2012
Start preparations for a 24-hour general strike
At the 20 October anti-austerity demonstration, three trade union leaders reflected the feelings of the majority of trade unionists in calling for a 24-hour general strike
20 October 2010
Days of Hope by Jim Allen, reviewed by Leigh Cartwright
Reviews: AT A car boot sale I bought (for 20p!) a book called Days of Hope by Jim Allen. The book, which can be found second-hand on the internet, was the fictional story (but historically accurate) of a group...
15 June 2006
THE MORNING Star (12 June) printed a review by Graham Stevenson of Socialist Party general secretary Peter Taaffe's book on the 1926 general strike. We print the review and a reply by Peter Taaffe printed on the 15 June.
"PETER TAAFFE has competently retold standard, secondary accounts of the 1926 general strike. Given that the author is a veteran leader of the Trotskyist Socialist Party (aka Militant), it is not surprising, however, that he focuses mainly on the question of whether the "fledgeling Communist Party had the right strategy programme and tactics to take full advantage of the strike".
8 June 2006
1926 General Strike book launch
OVER 30 people gathered in Ottakar's bookshop in Walthamstow to hear 'local author' and general secretary of the Socialist Party, Peter Taaffe, launch his new book - 1926 General Strike: Workers Taste Power...
4 May 2006
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27 April 2006
Workers taste power by Peter Taaffe
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13 April 2006
1926 General Strike - Workers taste power by Peter Taaffe
New Socialist Party book: This May sees the eightieth anniversary of the 1926 General Strike in Britain - the most important and earth-shattering moment in the history of the British working class...
4 May 2001
1926 general strike: A showdown between the classes
IT IS 75 years since the general strike, when four million out of the five and a half million organised workers struck for nine days in May 1926...
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