The General Strike was An Attempted Revolution
During the General strike there was true governmental concern about
what seemed to be a revolutionary threat in the form of workers and
TUC members who went on strike as part of their efforts to improve
working conditions, reduce working hours and increase wages. Much
evidence is available from around this time giving us a clear insight
into the reasons for this concern and how it came about.
Source 1, an article from the British Gazette (controlled by the
Government) produced very early on in the strike highlights the key
concern felt by the Government at the time supporting both the
statement and introduction:
'The General strike is a challenge to Parliament and the road to
anarchy and ruin'
This quote is a direct example of how the Government viewed the
strikers and how they were desperate for public support to help reduce
the possibility of a national revolution, the bit that shows that they
do fear it is a revolution is when they talk about the General strike
being a 'challenge to Parliament' something most normal strikes are of
course not, this is backed up by the Daily Mail, Source 2, even more
explicitly than before by clearly stating, 'it is a revolutionary
movement intended to inflict suffering upon the great mass of innocent
persons in the community', this although more explicit than the first
quotation from the actual official governmental newspaper, is non the
less trying to influence the public opinion into seeing the stroke as
revolutionary, due to the fact that the source was printed in France,
evidence of the TUC's work on banning all printing in London, this
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...o prevent the build up of support for the
workers and thus keep the governments position safe and secure. Also,
the considerable lack of revolutionary behaviour such as violence,
acceptance of help from external influences (e.g. The Bolshevik) the
need of the army for support and attempted take over of government
goes against the alleged 'attempted revolution' which, if it were a
true revolution, would surely include the majority of these factors.
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