Grand National Holiday, and Congress of the Productive Classes: William Benbow Published in 1832 this pamphlet is possibly the earliest published advocacy for a general strike as…
The Chartist Grand National Holiday: The General Strike of 1839 An article by Past Tense on the first attempted general strike called by the Chartist movement for August 1839. It also compares the ideas of the strikes main proponent, William Benbow with other theorists on Mass and General Strikes.
