Society, Politics & Law
Section 4: Enduring Controversies around Glasgow 1919: (Mis)representing Red Clydeside?
...change might be immanent. The non-revolutionary left sections of the working class could also feel empowered and excited by the apparent spectacle of a working-class seizure of power in Russia. In the post-war upheavals which swept Europe, the 40 Hours strike certainly tapped into these feelings of a broader, international working-class challenge. However, these feelings...