Image taken from the front cover of the New Leader 10th June 1927
General Strike 100 National Partnership and Exhibition
We are delighted to be part of the General Strike 100 national partnership of museums libraries, archives and history groups, coordinated by the General Federation of Trade Unions.
There are lots of ways you can get involved in the General Strike 100 celebrations.
Interactive map and website
Explore our interactive map to find your nearest General Strike 100 places of history and visit organisations taking part via the link in the comments. You can find the interactive map here.
Follow our social media channels
Keep up to date with all things #GeneralStrike100 via our dedicated Facebook page and Instagram account.
Commemorative merchandise
We are delighted to say that thanks to Radical Tea Towel company, you can purchase limited edition merchandise that helps us fund the project.
Donate
A project of this scale is only possible through the incredible donations of organisations and individuals. Donate to help us deliver the best 100 anniversary we can.
In May, we will open our exhibition, at the Working Class Movement Library.
The Great Betrayal: One Hundred Years On: the lessons of the 1926 General Strike re-visited
The Working Class Movement Library holds an extensive collection of materials related to the 1926 strike, including books, pamphlets, papers and first hand sources from the strikers. These documents offer genuine insights into the experiences and perspectives of working-class people during the strike. The exhibition will feature these core items, alongside government propaganda, official press publications, BBC news transcripts, photographs, cartoons, posters and flyers. Together, they support our mission to provide open access to our collections for working-class communities to engage with and interpret their history from a class perspective relevant to current politics and economics.
This project is supported by: Beamish, the Living Museum of the North, Campaign for Trade Union Freedom, General Federation of Trade Unions, National Coal Mining Museum for England, People’s History Museum, Radical Tea Towel Company, Society for the Study of Labour History, Strike Map, TUC Library Collections – London Metropolitan University, Working Class History, Working Class Movement Library amongst others.