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Thread #158817   Message #3763005
Posted By: Keith A of Hertford
05-Jan-16 - 06:29 AM
Thread Name: History and mythology of WW1
Subject: RE: History and mythology of WW1
You have based much of your arguments on a WW1 on a historian in the employ of Britain's military establishment

Everything I have claimed is fully endorsed in the works of Margaret Macmillan (Canadian), Catrional Pennel, Max Boot (US) and many others.
They all say the same on those issues Jim, directly contradicting the lies fed to you by extreme political groups.

Dave,
The British, or more specifically the English, have always been a subservient nation, at least as far back as the 11th century.

Your ignorance of history is astonishing!

"100 years ago the working class responded to the terrible conditions imposed on them by taking mass industrial action in what became known as the 'great unrest'. The Liberal government was already beset with a political and social crisis, including looming civil war in Ireland and mutiny at the top of the armed forces over Home Rule.

The civil unrest of the women's suffrage movement added to the government's woes. But it was the inspiring strike action of the organised working class, in many cases in defiance of their national leaders, that had the potential to transform political and social relations in Britain.

It was the breadth and spontaneity of the action throughout 1911 and 1912 that shook the political establishment to the core, and took the trade union leaders unawares. Combining concession with coercion, the government was forced to intervene directly in negotiations while deploying troops against striking workers. The union leaders struggled to regain authority and control over unofficial action as workers rejected their attempts to reach shoddy agreements with the employers.

There were 872 different strikes in 1911. There were 18 separate disputes in Lancashire alone"
http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/11183