2026 is the centenary of the British general strike of 1926.
Over nine days, more than 1.5 million workers shook the ruling class in one of the biggest class battles in Britain’s history.
This pamphlet, published by Socialist Alternative, uncovers the real lessons of the general strike, both in 1926 and through the history of the international working-class movement.
It is more important than ever that we preserve and uncover the lessons of these events for a new generation of socialists and working-class fighters.
Chapters include:
- France 1968: The greatest general strike
- What is the union bureaucracy and where does it come from?
- Greece 2008-15
- Striking against genocide
- The United States, the general strike and Trump
- With added appendix: Leon Trotsky on various categories of the general strike (1935)
