Syndicalism and Strikes, Leadership and Influence: Britain, Ireland, France, Italy, Spain, and the United States

@article{Darlington2013SyndicalismAS,
  title={Syndicalism and Strikes, Leadership and Influence: Britain, Ireland, France, Italy, Spain, and the United States},
  author={Ralph Darlington},
  journal={International Labor and Working-Class History},
  year={2013},
  volume={83},
  pages={37 - 53}
}
  • R. Darlington
  • Published 1 March 2013
  • Economics, History
  • International Labor and Working-Class History
Abstract The explosion of industrial and political militancy that swept the world during the early years of the twentieth century gave the revolutionary syndicalist movement a prominence and notoriety it would not otherwise have possessed, while at the same time providing a context for syndicalist ideas to be broadcast and for syndicalists to assume the leadership of major strikes in a number of countries. This article sheds new light on the complex nature of the relationship between… 
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