Maybe I could also ask for Alan Hardmans Cartoons? (Men again, men?)
Some photos in the Book Liverpool a city that dared to fight, those expelled by Labour, Walton Prison...
Would like all photos on a slide show on DVD or part of an exhibition. Building houses ad, Cellar in Huntely (where interviews will be held). Tina C pregnant with Dave & Ti's son Jack 1984. Shaw st, Percy St. Big demo jack was born 2 days before...
Paving stones on trolly
Kids in mersey
Locations
Young students march
So before I go some reading:
1:
Roots of Liverpool - Special?
Population 1000 in 17c, to over 200,000 in 1841 due to Slave trade, docks etc.
1840's also sees Irish famine and 500,000 Irish come to Liverpool
14:
'Blood and anger of Irish - low wages. Divide and Rule. Casual Labour. Drop in wages despite expansion of Capital.
15:
'TU was restricted to the skilled trades who jealously guarded their posative principles'
16:
NALGO (TU) built by a tory!
1888 Liverpool Trades council revived 'Greatest depth of union organisation...from unskilled"
17:
LTC in 1891 has 121 delegates and 47 trades covered representing 46,000 workers
1900 LRC formed
18:
1910-1914 'Shadow of Revolution hung over Britian" Trotsky
18/19:
Trotsky argued "neither recession nor an economic upswing necessarily radicalises working class or results in strikes. It is the change from one period to another. " With a new generation of young workers impatient of LP and 'ossiefied TU'.
20:
Dock strike 1911 TOM MANN (Man...man..) meeting at Canning Place with 2-3, 000 people. After dockers won, Walton women rubber workers took strike action . "union ale" shared...
21:
13:8:1911 Troops drafted in with live amunnition. Behind barricades residents and community stood for 36 hours. 2 days later 3000 workers marched to Jail, jail was full.
22: 14th Aug eve of General strike (This day I ran away to Liverpool 1987)
23: Terrorial army forced to surrender and dual power exsisted!
1919 police strike
1926 General Strike UK
1932 Birkenhead Riots
50:
Seeds of conflict from Thatchers public expenditure cuts.
52: Red Clare
Companies offered relaxed planning
100% Capital allowance
1980 Liberals put through 34% rent rise.
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