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1. THE PEOPLE AND THE STREET There was a tinkle of breaking glass, sounds of feet scuffling and loud voices, that were quietened by a bellow, " Now then, TURN IT UP!" More quarrelling voices and then the loud one again, saying, " Come on now, out you go." The door swung open and slammed...

FOREWORD TO THE SECOND EDITION ^^hen I wrote, almost seven years ago: "This book ends at one of the most critical moments in our history, when more than ever before their own fate and the fate of the world lies in the capacity of the people for right jud^ent followed by right action," I hardly...

Chapter 1 : The Unions as " Schools of War " (1800-50)wcrCj 3tS " first-born sons of modern industry." So they were naturally the pioneers of trade unionism, the organisation of the economic struggle of the new class of working men against the new class of capitalist employers, against the...

PREFACE One hundred years ago the First International or International Working Men's Association was founded. The guidance and leadership of Marx inspired its work throughout, and laid the foundations of the modern working class movement and international communism. During this century...