1926 General Strike - Workers Taste Power
By Peter Taaffe
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Introduction
By Peter Taaffe, first published in 2006. Written on the eightieth anniversary of the 1926 General Strike in Britain, this is the story of the most important and earth-shattering moment in the history of the British working class.
To commemorate the event and more importantly, to draw out the lessons from this movement, Peter Taaffe outlines the course of the nine days that shook British capitalism to its foundations. But 1926 General Strike - Workers Taste Power is more than a narrative and chronology of events. Following the public-sector workers’ strike of March 2006, the biggest strike since 1926, the book discusses the use of the demand for a general strike.
It looks at the revolutionary possibilities of the General Strike and the question of whether the fledgling Communist Party of Great Britain had the right strategy, programme and tactics to take full advantage of the strike and the period.
To commemorate the event and more importantly, to draw out the lessons from this movement, Peter Taaffe outlines the course of the nine days that shook British capitalism to its foundations. But 1926 General Strike - Workers Taste Power is more than a narrative and chronology of events. Following the public-sector workers’ strike of March 2006, the biggest strike since 1926, the book discusses the use of the demand for a general strike.
It looks at the revolutionary possibilities of the General Strike and the question of whether the fledgling Communist Party of Great Britain had the right strategy, programme and tactics to take full advantage of the strike and the period.
Article by Hannah Sell, Socialist Party general secretary, September 2022
Heading for a general strike?
With even TV presenters talking about the possibilities of a general strike, things are definitely changing. In this article from the September 2022 issue of Socialism Today, Hannah Sell looks at the historical experience of general strikes and the prospects for one of the most powerful weapons of the working class being on the agenda in Britain.
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