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General Strike

Great Britain · Politics / Labour Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1926Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1926

Clement Richard Attlee Attlee, 1st1926

Politics / Labour Party

Attlee opposes the 1926 General Strike, believing that strike action should not be used as a political weapon

Arthur Jenkins1926

South Wales · Politics / Labour Party

Arthur Jenkins is imprisoned after disturbances during the General Strike.

Names involved

Arthur JenkinsClement Richard Attlee Attlee, 1st

Provenance

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