1919 Winnipeg General Strike: Lessons for Creating a Better World in 2019
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4 guests assess the legacy of the Winnipeg General Strike and its meaning for today
By Michael Welch, John Clarke, and Leo Panitch
Global Research
“The worker must get a more equitable share of the wealth of the world. And this Strike has already demonstrated the ability of the workers to get his if he consolidated their forces. Withdraw your labour power from the machine, said he, at once profits cease.” – published in Western Labor News, Strike Buletin (May 20, 1919). [1]
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The period following the end of the first World War was one of considerable labour unrest in North America and around the world. [2]
Revolutions had sprung up in Russia, Germany and Hungary. One in five wage labourers in the United States ...