The General Strike was An Attempted Revolution

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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.

· my teacher said i needed to mention more about the sources 'weight'

throughout the essay and also briefly explain what we mean by the term

'weight', you know, like its heavy if it is not one sided and light if

it is...

· I also needed to include some of the points of my conclusion more

throughout the essay too. ? Don't quite get that one but it may help u

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