Reform, revolution and direct action amongst British miners : the struggle for the Charter in 1919 /
by Martyn Ives.
- 1 online resource (x, 351 pages)
- Historical materialism book series, volume 123 1570-1522 ; .
- Historical materialism book series ; 123. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / with Paul Blackledge -- Part One -- Political alternatives in the labour movement in 1919 -- The Miners' Federation of Great Britain : bureaucratic reformists, militant miners and the development of the Miners' Charter -- Fife and Lanarkshire -- Nottinghamshire -- South Wales -- Selling Sankey -- Part Two -- Introduction: A background sketch of the summer's crisis -- Perspectives on nationalisation in the period of manoeuvre -- A second wave of unrest -- Yorkshire -- The demise of direct action and the triumph of electoralism.
"In Reform, Revolution and Direct Action amongst British Miners, Martyn Ives offers a new perspective on one of the most volatile periods in labour history. His research into the astonishing coalfield militancy of 1919 reveals it was a watershed year on a par with 1926. Indeed the General Strike was in many ways merely its dim echo. Whilst historians have skated over the labour unrest of 1919, Martyn Ives uncovers a remarkable incidence of unofficial mass strikes in the coalfields, waged against mine-owners, government and trade union leaders alike. Led by revolutionaries, and infused with political radicalism, this mass movement offered a glimpse of an alternative road to socialism, based upon the organised industrial power of the working class"--Publisher's website.
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Miners' Federation of Great Britain--History. Great Britain. Royal Commission on Coal Industry 1919 --History. Great Britain. Royal Commission on Coal Industry 1919. Miners' Federation of Great Britain.
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Coal miners--Political activity--History--Great Britain--20th century. Strikes and lockouts--Coal mining--History--Great Britain--20th century. Radicals--History--Great Britain--20th century. Charters--History--Great Britain--20th century. Coal mines and mining--Government ownership--History--Great Britain--20th century. Labor movement--History--Great Britain--20th century. POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Process--Political Advocacy. Charters. Coal miners--Political activity. Coal mines and mining--Government ownership. Labor movement. Radicals. Strikes and lockouts--Coal mining.