The Future in our Past
The General Strike, 1926/2026
$28.86
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
25 August 2026
Summary
The Future in Our Past tells the remarkable story of Britain’s only ever General Strike on its centenary. It is an on-the-ground account of how workers brought the country to a standstill for nine extraordinary days. Callum Cant and Matthew Lee take us on a journey through a Britain living on its nerves, from the London docklands to the South Wales coalfields and the railways and warehouses of middle England. They compare the struggles of 1926 with those of workers in these same comm…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781836742616 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1836742614 |
| Author: | Callum Cant, Matthew Lee |
| Publisher: | Verso Books |
| Imprint: | Verso Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 25 August 2026 |
| Weight: | 134g |
| Dimensions: | 10mm x 129mm x 198mm |
Critics Review
This radical approach to the General Strike places the TUC’s collective failure to believe centrally amongst the causes for its defeat. Today, it uncovers opportunities where others have emphasised weakness. It should be widely read – Huw Beynon, coauthor of The Shadow of the Mine
A superb, innovative approach that interweaves a vivid historical account of the epic General Strike with perceptive social reportage on workers’ struggles in the transformed world of employment today – Ralph Darlington, author of Labour Revolt in Britain 1910–14
Callum Cant
Callum Cant is the author of Riding for Deliveroo and coauthor of Feeding the Machine. He writes for the Guardian on strikes, the future of work, and workers’ rights. He is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Essex and co-editor of Notes from Below, a journal of worker writing.
Matthew Lee is a librarian and independent researcher and co-editor of Notes from Below. He is a contributing author to the upcoming book Higher Education’s Labor Upsurge.
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