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Magnificent Fight
- The 1919 Winnipeg General Strike
Engelsk Paperback

Magnificent Fight

- The 1919 Winnipeg General Strike
Engelsk Paperback

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In May 1919, 30,000 Winnipeg workers walked away from their jobs, shutting down large factories, forcing businesses to close and bringing major industries to a halt. Mounted police and hired security, at the behest of the ruling class, violently ended the protest after six weeks. Two men were killed. What started as trade union revolt, the Winnipeg General Strike became a mass protest and was branded as a revolution. In Magnificent Fight, Dennis Lewycky lays out the history of this iconic event, which remains the biggest and longest strike in Canadian history. He analyzes the social, political and economic conditions leading up to the strike. He also illustrates the effects the strike had on workers, unions and all three levels of government in the following decades. Far from a simple retelling of the General Strike, Magnificent Fight speaks to the power of workers' solidarity and social organization. And Lewycky reveals the length the capitalist class and the state went to in protecting the status quo. By retelling the story of the Strike through the eyes of those who witnessed it, Lewycky's account is both educational and entertaining.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
222
ISBN-13:
9781773630977
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1773630970
Udg. Dato:
15 apr 2019
Længde:
21mm
Bredde:
152mm
Højde:
244mm
Forlag:
Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
Oplagsdato:
15 apr 2019
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