After Cable Street: Joe Jacobs 1940-1977 - Alan Woodward

A biography of working class communist Eastender Joe Jacobs that covers the years after his autobiography "Out of the Ghetto". Published in 2011 by Gorter Press / Socialist Libertarians.

Author

PDF courtersy of Splits and Fusions archive.

Libcom also hosts a Black Flag review of this publication by Liz Willis.

Contents

Foreword
Some dates and events
Shop stewards, workplaces, unions and occupation
Joe and the internal dimension
Strike reporting
Politics and organisations
Expulsion and conclusion
Index

Attachments

After Cable Street- Joe Jacobs 1940-1977- Alan Woodward.pdf.pdf (23.11 MB)

Comments

Thank you for uploading this…

Thank you for uploading this! Looks like it contains lots of interesting details about the life of a working class militant, although I did notice page 17 is missing which is a shame.

Ah good spot Mair. I will…

Ah good spot Mair. I will see if anything can be done.

Hi Mair - that's fixed now,…

Hi Mair - that's fixed now, cheers.

Great work, both

Great work, both

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