ment ended war-time control of the returned them to private ownership.
left them to fight alone. They were defeated stated that must be wielded by a minority through the shop stewards movement...
the Communis Minority Movement. nent trade union leader associated with this body.
ch, Cook became secretary of the Miners' Federapay, not a second on the day.
ing force behind general strike in support of the miners, on 3 May 1926.
the movement for this. Even Cook's intransigence was not enough to deal with this situation.
the workers, once unleashed, movement through.
after which the eight hour day was imposed on them.
was a class struggle leader. For over 50 years there was no equal to Cook in the British labour leadership. Today, around the miners strike, that has begun to change.
But the post-war boom ended in 1920, and the employers counter attacked. In 1921, the governmines and The miners fought back, but the collapse of the Triple Allianc The end of the boom, and the employers' offensive, forced the syndicalist currents in Britain to reconsider their perspectives. At the Second Congress of the Comintern in 1920, Jack Tanner had the dictatorship of the proletariat • the revolutionary minority of the proletariat in England as expressed bane madeguacy bruis positonto dear will lI crisis and the deepening employers' offensive, led Cook was the most promiIn the year of the Minority Movement's launtion of Great Britain. By now, the coal owners were again pressing for wage cuts and longer hours. He coined the slogan 'not a penny off the With the Minority Movement he was the driv me lols decision to cal a The General Council's betrayal found the left incapable of responding. They had not prepared Like others, he had expected the militancy of would carry the The miners fought on alone until November, Cook's political weaknesses are clear. But he FRIDAY 19 October, Polytechnic North London, Of the 3000 students who have turned up to protest his presence. 4 are arrested. The campaign against his VI CoCHICC moving towards a decisive point.
Kingsway Princeton CFE Harrington is not just a racist with lunatic ideas. He is a fascist organiser, responsible for the timidation violence that is meted out by the National Front. very presence in a college is inwandalor. students, lecturing staff and auxilliary staff alike.
He should not be allowed into the college to study at all.
But the police protect his and there is a danger that NUS, NATFHE and NALGO will back down supporti pickets. This would open students and staff to vic timisation from both the
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deomed. To unresisting No Nazis in our colleges!
Holloway Road Site. Patrick Harrington, National Front organiser, is escorted to his lectures by police.