{"product_id":"the-future-in-our-past-isbn-9781836742616","title":"The Future in our Past","description":"\u003cb\u003eA fresh, accessible history of the 1926 General Strike on its centenary – telling a story of working-class community then and now.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Future in Our Past \u003c\/i\u003etells the remarkable story of Britain’s only ever General Strike on its centenary. It is an on-the-ground account of how workers brought the country to a standstill for nine extraordinary days. Callum Cant and Matthew Lee take us on a journey through a Britain living on its nerves, from the London docklands to the South Wales coalfields and the railways and warehouses of middle England. They compare the struggles of 1926 with those of workers in these same communities today. We meet a Bangladeshi courier involved in wildcat strikes on the Isle of Dogs. The great grandson of a Welsh miner facing redundancy at the blast furnaces of Port Talbot. This is social history at its most immediate and relevant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChurchill feared that labour militancy presaged a Bolshevik-style revolution. But for socialists, dreams of a brighter future would have to wait. Cant and Matthew Lee ask why this monumental standoff ended in defeat for the unions despite their huge mobilisation. They set out why the General Strike still matters and the lessons it has fIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. The Road to 1926:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. South Wales: ‘And I swear to God if I ever see the Sun...’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. East London: ‘I began to hate the police’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. Swindon: ‘That is a lie!’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: ‘Be loyal to instructions and trust your leaders’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgementsCallum Cant is the author of \u003ci\u003eRiding for Deliveroo\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor o\u003ci\u003ef Feeding the Machine\u003c\/i\u003e. He writes for the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e on strikes, the future of work and workers’ rights. He is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Essex and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eNotes from Below\u003c\/i\u003e, a journal of worker writing\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMatthew Lee is a librarian and independent researcher and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eNotes from Below\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a contributing author to the upcoming book \u003ci\u003eHigher Education’s Labor Upsurge.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233670410469,"sku":"NP9781836742616","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781836742616.jpg?v=1767739453","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-future-in-our-past-isbn-9781836742616","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}