
Johnnythefox
Que sera sera
- Nov 11, 2018
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ThanksThis is s great thread Johnny. I learned a lot about you in this thread from reading about the Glasgow you grew up in. Thanks for sharing this...
Yes! I'd forgotten that one, seen a few of those on people.so that's why they call it a 'Glasgow Smile'......
Of course it was Churchill who sent in the tanks/army to deal with the strikers, it was the English army as the Scots had been confined to barracks for fear of sympathising with the cause.On the 27th January 1915, one hundred years ago, over 10,000 workers, led by the Red Clydeside, went on strike in protest of the sub standard working conditions and pay that the munitions workers had to suffer.
This prompted parliament to pass the Munitions Act of 1915 which made it illegal for anyone to leave their job if they were working in aid of the war effort.
The protestors raised the red flag – Y Faner Goch! First used to represent the socialist and communist movement in Merthyr Tydfil (during the Merthyr Rising) June 1st 1831.
a year earlier the abusive treatment of workers started the fall of British rule in Ireland and around that time the Treorchy miners were assaulted by the military on orders from Churchill at Westminster.
I tried posting the entire speech but it's too many characters, as relevant today as it was then.
https://speakola.com/political/jimmy-reid-glasgow-university-1972
It is, I remember him well, he stayed round the corner from where I grew up. He led the workers against the government and got support from John Lennon.This is incredible.
ThanksReally great thread. I live in the USA I only learned about Glasgow through serendipity and wanted to learn more.