Winter of Discontent

The Good and Bad Old Days - The Whinger

Ret Marut — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 11:32:53 +0000

These notes are not revolutionary, they don't even claim to be radical,... I_just nicked them and adapted them from an old seventies cyclopedia I found in a charity shop!. But they do tell a story, and they illustrate a big process of change at a critical turning point.

From; The Whinger - Irregular journal of hysterical madterialism; No. 6, Oct 2007.

The Winter of Discontent - An Introduction

catch — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 23:00:45 +0000

THE WINTER OF DISCONTENT: AN INTRODUCTION

HISTORY & CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE U.K.

(Written around 2002)

NOW IS THE WINTER OF OUR DISCONTENT

1978-1979: Winter of Discontent

Alex... — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 14:10:20 +0000

The factors that provoked the widespread stoppage of work by thousands of British workers in the winter of 1978-79 began with the Labour government of James Callaghan's attempt to enforce limits on pay rises to curb inflation. Inflation had reached a height of nearly 26.9% in August 1975.