Near to Revolution?

The 1911 Liverpool General Transport Strike Centenary Saturday 8th October 2011 Conference
Venue: 68 Hope Street Liverpool Tickets: 5 waged/3 unwaged
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Strikes rapidly spreading from seamen to dockers to railwaymen to tram workers and other workers Tom Mann addressing crowds of thousands of strikers A city polarised between mass pickets and blacklegs protected by the police Strike controlled goods movement A carter and docker shot dead by soldiers as crowds resist prisoners being taken to Walton gaol Running battles and a gunboat sent up the Mersey Police drafted in from other cities and the army billeted on Edge Lane This was Liverpool in 1911. On the brink of revolution? A mythical or pivotal moment in the rise of a radical city? What lessons are to be drawn from 1911 as we face the current crisis in 2011? This is history meant for you!

Near to Revolution? The 1911 Liverpool General Transport Strike Centenary Conference
The 1911 Liverpool General Transport Strike was the major flashpoint of the 1910-14 Great Unrest. Edwardian Britain was shaken as mass strikes swept across its industrial heartlands. The crisis of the old order was deepened by suffragette militancy and the Irish nationalist rebellion. When war broke out these struggles were only interrupted. The battles of the 1910-14 Great Unrest resumed after the war and played their part in establishing mass trade unionism among workers and helped the Labour Party usurp the Liberals as the main rivals to the Tories but the radicalism of the Great Unrest not only fostered Labours rise but also aided the arrival of the British Communist Party, briefly would be rival for the loyalty of the working class.

This is history meant for you

The history of 1911 is still relevant today as working people and their families face the greatest assault on living standards and public services by Camerons coalition since the 1930s. The conference will provide meetings of popular history with discussion and debate on different aspects of 1911, including Sessions include: Opening Plenary by Eric Taplin, author of Near to Revolution: The Liverpool General Transport Strike of 1911 Liverpool as Port City of Empire The Role of Revolutionary Syndicalism in the Emergence of Trades Unionism The Adventures of Radical Firebrand Tom Mann The Changing Impact of Protestantism and Catholicism among Liverpools workers Changing Working Class: Class Composition in 1911 & Today 1911 and its legacy The Strange Death of Liberal England and the Rise of Labour Party The conference will close with a panel discussion and Q&A on the relevance of 1911 for the politicoeconomic moment of 2011. Confirmed participants include Bob Crow General Secretary of the RMT and Charlie Kimber National Secretary of SWP. Find The 1911 Liverpool General Strike Centenary Conference on Facebook