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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"General strike"”.
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Labor Strikes in the Columbus Textile Mills During the Summer of 1934
<p>One major and three minor textile strikes occurred in Columbus, Georgia, during the summer of 1934. Each minor strike centered around issues at separate mills -- the Muscogee Manufacturing Company, the Georgia Webbing and Tape Company, and the Eagle and Phenix Mills. On September 1, a …
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Documentary Film as Evidence in the Digital Era
… 2011. The shooting was done during the two-day general strike and the demonstrations that took place to protest against the recent cruel austerity measures as well as the widespread corruption in Greek politics. The website was also created by me and I am solely responsible for its design and …
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Peterborough Trades Union Council 1899-1979: A Forgotten Arena for Working Class Politics
… early interwar and post-war periods and the 1926 General Strike, neglecting much of the significant work which trades councils have done. This kind of analysis has led academics to conclude that trades councils had three functions: industrial; political; and civic. But their work also suggested …
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Military fictions: Stories about soldiers, 1914-1930
… to society's problems in the years before the General Strike. The war books published at the end of the twenties are more varied than has often been suggested, though many contemporary readers wanted them all to preach a message of wars futility. These and later fictions tell us as much about …
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Under one banner: The General Federation of Trade Unions c. 1899-1926
… thesis is a study of the early history of the General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU) from their creation in 1899 until the events surrounding the 1926 general strike. The GFTU were created by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) to bring together all trade unions under one banner by acting as an …
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Confronting the challenge of socialism: the British Empire Union and the National Citizens’ Union 1917-1927
… government in October 1922; and its role in strikebreaking. It looks at how both organisations had a part in the development of Conservative strategies for defeating the electoral challenge of the Labour Party. It assesses the relationship between the British anti-socialist right and fascism …
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Geology and characterization of coal at the Mushithe Coal Occurrence, Soutpansberg Coalfield, Limpopo Province, South Africa
… calcrete, shale, quartzite, quartz vein with a general strike direction to the north-east. The host rocks including coal were intruded by dolerite dykes and this resulted in the devolatilization of coal. The current study concluded that the Mushithe coal was formed in a wet swampy environment. …