the nature of revolution

The great French Revolution—that’s the 1789-96 one, didn’t happen in Britain—nevertheless it had a profound effect on both [British] artisans—I won’t call them workers because most of them weren’t wage workers—and intellectuals. ..

german workers and the birth of the united front

In response, worker solidarity actions began halting arms shipments to Poland in Britain, Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Danzig. When the British government decided in July to send war materiel to Poland, the Labour Party and British unions threatened a general strike, forcing..

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