Canada's largest and most famous example of class conflict, the
Winnipeg General Strike, redefined local, national, and
international conversations around class, politics, region,
ethnicity, and gender. The Strike's centenary occasioned a
re-examination of this critical moment in working-class history,
when 300 social justice activists, organizers, scholars, trade
unionists, artists, and labour rights advocates gathered in
Winnipeg in 2019. Probing the meaning of the General Strike in new
and innovative ways, For a Better World includes a selection of
contributions from the conference as well as others' explorations
of the character of class confrontation in the aftermath of the
First World War. Editors Naylor, Hinther, and Mochoruk depict key
events of 1919, detailing the dynamic and complex historiography of
the Strike and the larger Workers' Revolt that reverberated around
the world and shaped the century following the war. The chapters
delve into intersections of race, class, and gender. Settler
colonialism's impact on the conflict is also examined. Placing the
struggle in Winnipeg within a broader national and international
context, several contributors explore parallel strikes in Edmonton,
Crowsnest Pass, Montreal, Kansas City, and Seattle. For a Better
World interrogates types of commemoration and remembrance, current
legacies of the Strike, and its ongoing influence. Together, the
essays in this collection demonstrate that the Winnipeg General
Strike continues to mobilize-revealing our radical past and helping
us to think imaginatively about collective action in the future.
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