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Kenny Macaskill

Glasgow 1919

The Rise of Red Clydeside

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The arrival of January 1919 sees Europe in turmoil, with revolution breaking out across the Continent. Glasgow's industrial community has been steeled by radicalism throughout the Great War, and as the spectre of mass unemployment and poverty threatens, a cadre of shop stewards, supported by political activists, is ready to strike for a forty-hour week. They face a state nervous of their strength and anxious about the wider consequences of their action, with the War Cabinet monitoring the situation closely.On 31 January, now known as Bloody Friday, tensions came to a head when 60,000 demonstrators clashed with police in George Square. The Sco… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-78590-458-5
  • EAN: 9781785904585
  • Produktnummer: 29499162
  • Verlag: Biteback Publishing
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
  • Seitenangabe: 320 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 784 KB

Über den Autor


Kenny MacAskill is a former SNP politician, serving as MSP from 1999 to 2016 and as Scottish Justice Secretary from 2007 to 2014. Prior to that he was a senior partner in a law firm. Since stepping down from politics he has been writing columns for newspapers and magazines on current and historical affairs. He is also the author of The Lockerbie Bombing (2016) and Jimmy Reid (2017).

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