general strike references

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while most of the accounts of general strikes listed on this site are linked to online sources, the internet, despite its vastness, holds a small fraction of the information available about general strikes. the references listed below are primarily scholarly works on the subject, but also constitute a very minor portion of the available material on the subject.

perhaps the greatest resources for information about general strikes (and undoubtedly the least recognized, utilized and appreciated) lie in the hearts and minds of workers around the world who risked their health, safety, liveliehood and their lives fighting to empower themselves and their fellow workers. nothing captures the essence of the general strike than simple conversation with those involved. if you really want to know about the profound impacts general strikes have made, i recommend you turn off you computer and put away your books and talk to your grandparents, parents, neighbors, elders and fellow workers.

"unless we remember we cannot understand." -- edward m. forster

"there is no more radical idea than a long memory." -- u. utah phillips

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1. bercuson, david jay -- confrontation at winnipeg: labour, industrial relations, and the general strike (montreal: mcgill-queen's university press, 1974)



2. chaplin, ralph -- the general strike (re-published by the industrial workers of the world, may 1985)



3. cook, bernard a. -- "the typographical union and the new orleans general strike of 1892," louisiana history 24, no. 4 (1983)



4. crook, wilfrid harris -- the general strike: a study of labor's tragic weapon in theory and practice (chapel hill: the university of north carolina press, 1931)



5. goodstein, phil h. -- the theory of the general strike from the french revolution to poland (boulder: east european monographs, 1984)



6. history committee of the general strike committee -- the seattle general strike, (seattle: the seattle union record, 1919)



7. industrial workers of the world -- the general strike for industrial freedom, (originally published by the industrial workers of the world, 1946)



8. laybourn, keith -- the general strike: day by day (united kingdom: allan sutton publishing limited, 1996)



9. masters, d. c. -- the winnipeg general strike (toronto: university of toronto press, 1950)



10. penner, norman, ed. -- winnipeg 1919: the strikers' own history of the winnipeg general strike (toronto: james lewis & samuel, 1973)



11. roediger, david r. -- "america's first general strike: the st. louis 'commune' of 1877," midwest quarterly 21, no. 2 (1980)



12. shugg, roger wallace -- "the new orleans general strike of 1892," the louisiana historical quarterly 21, no. 2 (April 1938)



13. thompson, fred w. and patrick murfin -- the i.w.w.: its first seventy years. 1905 - 1975 (chicago: industrial workers of the world, 1976)



14. woll, matthew -- "more lessons than one in seattle strike" (editorial), american federationist 26, no. 3 (March 1919)


15. zinn, howard -- a people's history of the united states (new york: harper & row publishers, 1980)