What is it about?

A critique of strikes and radicalism in Britain, 1911-14

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Why is it important?

The great labour unrest is central to our understanding of syndicalism in Britain

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The great abour unrest has been studies for its rank and file militancy (new wine), but this article argues that labour leaders also developed an effective counter-strategy in the 'greater unionism' (old bottles).

Dr Emmet O'Connor
University of Ulster

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This page is a summary of: Old Wine in New Bottles? Syndicalism and ‘Fakirism’ in the Great Labour Unrest, 1911-1914, Labour History Review, January 2014, Liverpool University Press,
DOI: 10.3828/lhr.2014.2.
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