General Strike 1926: a Century on From the Strike that Stilled the Nation

General Strike 1926: a century on from the strike that stilled the nation

One hundred years ago this week workers all over the UK walked out of work on strike and brought the nation to a standstill and it was no different…

Stalin, Trotsky and the 1926 British General Strike

May 4 marked 100 years since the beginning of the 1926 British General Strike. The strike, defeated after nine days, was a pivotal experience for the working class in Britain and internationally. The WSWS is re-publishing a lecture, “Stalin, Trotsky and the 1926 British general strike” by Chris Marsden, the National Secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (UK). It was first delivered at a summer school of the Socialist Equality Party (US) held…

1926 General Strike centenary news as a field of class battle - Socialist Party

Dave Nellist, Coventry Socialist Party “The field of battle is no longer transport but news” (Winston Churchill, Tory Chancellor of the Exchequer, 5 May 1926, as he commandeered the Morning Post building, the production base for the government’s British Gazette). The 1926 General Strike, in support of 1.2 million miners who had already seen their wages cut in half and now faced a further 40% cut, has been outlined in recent editions of the Socia…