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Silvertown - The Lost Story of a Strike That Shook London and Helped Launch the Modern Labor Movement (Hardcover)
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Silvertown - The Lost Story of a Strike That Shook London and Helped Launch the Modern Labor Movement (Hardcover)
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In 1889, Samuel Winkworth Silver's rubber and electrical factory
was the site of a massive worker revolt that upended the London
industrial district which bore his name: Silvertown. Once referred
to as the "Abyss" by Jack London, Silvertown was notorious for
oppressive working conditions and the relentless grind of
production suffered by its largely unorganized, unskilled workers.
These workers, fed-up with their lot and long ignored by
traditional craft unions, aligned themselves with the socialist-led
"New Unionism" movement. Their ensuing strike paralyzed Silvertown
for three months. The strike leaders-- including Tom Mann, Ben
Tillett, Eleanor Marx, and Will Thorne--and many workers viewed the
trade union struggle as part of a bigger fight for a "co-operative
commonwealth." With this goal in mind, they shut down Silvertown
and, in the process, helped to launch a more radical, modern labor
movement. Historian and novelist John Tully, author of the
monumental social history of the rubber industry The Devil's Milk,
tells the story of the Silvertown strike in vivid prose. He rescues
the uprising-- overshadowed by other strikes during this
period--from relative obscurity and argues for its significance to
both the labor and socialist movements. And, perhaps most
importantly, Tully presents the Silvertown Strike as a source of
inspiration for today's workers, in London and around the world,
who continue to struggle for better workplaces and the vision of a
"co-operative commonwealth."
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