Politics, Protest & Class, Page 2

Claude Robinson (b.1898) – Politics and Protest: the Jarrow Crusade Part 1

‘The historical importance of the unemployment in Jarrow, unlike that which swept the world after the Wall Street collapse in 1929, consists …

The national movement had rushed at us, engulfing the whole country (7). Faizur Rasul uses the first movement for independence lead by …

The dock strike was still on and to make matters worse, a rail strike began which meant that I couldn’t get back …

Molly Keen does not appear to be a particularly political person herself, however she describes the current social views of the working …

‘I shall look forward to hearing whether you find my epistle worthy of consideration in your proposed Social History Early 20th Century’ (Harris, …

George grew up in a way that limited his world-view. He was born in the late 19th Century into a working class family …

Thomas Jordan grew up on a colliery in Usworth, County Durham and followed his father down the mines aged 14. Although in …

The nineteenth and twentieth century was a time of great political reform but also a struggle for inclusion. Political reform was brought …

”A letter had been written to the Lieut.Colonel H.K.Gordon, who had endeavoured to interest the King in the blunder of the condemned …

In Mary’s memoir, she chooses not to discuss anything political. This could be due to her not taking a personal interest in …