Nine Days in May: The General Strike of 1926

The General Strike of 1926: the tragic story of how the world's best organized working class confronted the world's most powerful, and self-confident, government.

In May, 1926, nearly three million British workers downed tools to support nearly one million of their countrymen, miners whose employers meant to lengthen their working day and cut their pay. This General Strike brought the country to a grinding halt - which, according to Conservative Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, represented a ...