The Spanish Civil War and the British labour movement

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The Spanish Civil War and the British labour movement

Statement of responsibility

Tom Buchanan

Title variation

The Spanish Civil War & the British Labour Movement

Creator

• Buchanan, Tom, 1960-

Subject

• Labor unions -- Great Britain -- Political activity | History -- 20th century
• Labour Party (Great Britain) -- History -- 20th century
• Public opinion -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
• Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Participation, British
• Great Britain -- Relations -- Spain
• Spain -- Relations -- Great Britain
• Trades Union Congress -- Political activity | History -- 20th century
• Working class -- Great Britain -- Political activity | History -- 20th century
• Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Public opinion

Language

eng

Summary

This book draws on a mass of documentary material to provide a major reinterpretation of British labour's response to the Spanish Civil War. It challenges the view that the labour leadership ' betrayed' the Spanish Republic, and that this polarised the movement along `left' versus 'right' lines. Instead, it argues that the overriding concern of the major leaders was to defend labour's institutional interests against the political destabilisation caused by the conflict, rather than to defend Spanish democracy. Although the main advocates of this position were trade union leaders associated with the labour right such as Walter Citrine and Ernest Bevin, the book argues that their dominance reflected the centrality of the trade unions to labour movement decision-making rather than the abuse of union power to achieve political goals.--

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UkCbUP

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index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks