Tanks and troops on the streets in the years of red Clydeside Snapshots of Glasgow's revolutionary and working class radical history from the 18th to the 20th centuries. Copied to clipboard Files radical-glasgow.pdf (5.27 MB) strikes Scotland Glasgow John Couzin PDF Comments
1919: The 40-hours strike The 40 Hours strike led by the Clyde Workers' Committee was the most radical strike seen on Clydeside in terms of both its tactics and its…
The 1972 miners' strike: popular agency and industrial politics in Britain A detailed and informative account of the successful nationwide strike of UK miners in 1972, written…
Glasgow Busmen in action - Solidarity This pamphlet is about the Glasgow bus strike of April 1964. It tries to draw some lessons which may be of value to other busmen and perhaps even…
Glasgow mechanics strike solidarity On Tuesday, nine mechanics walked out on official strike after failing to agree to a pre-Christmas pay deal, over 50 other workers refused to cross picket lines.
The fight for freedom of speech on Glasgow Green, 1916-1932 The history of the successful struggle to restore freedom of speech and assembly in one of Britain's…
1937: The Clydeside apprentices’ strike The strong Scottish strike of apprentices which help turn them from isolated individuals with no employment rights into organised, unionised workers.
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