Illustration of a strike meeting A detailed, full-length history of the UK Chartist general strike of 1842 against pay cuts and for universal male suffrage, by Mick Jenkins with an introduction by John Foster. Copied to clipboard General-strike-1842.pdf (10.94 MB) manufacturing and materials strikes general strikes United Kingdom Chartists 1842 general strike Mick Jenkins PDF
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