We shall not be moved : how Liverpool's working class fought redundancies, closures and cuts in the age of Thatcher
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We shall not be moved : how Liverpool's working class fought redundancies, closures and cuts in the age of Thatcher
Manchester University Press, 2016
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Description
The city of Liverpool had frequently been prone to industrial unrest for most of its recent history, but it was the dawn of Thatcher and the sanctioning of neoliberal economic strategies which made Liverpool a nucleus of resistance against the encroaching tide of right-wing politics and sweeping de-industrialisation. This critique explores six case studies which will illustrate how elements of a highly politicised local working-class fought against the rapid rise in forced redundancies and industrial closures. Some of their responses included strikes, factory occupations, the organisation and politicisation of the unemployed, consent to radical left-wing municipal politics, as well as tacit endorsement a period of violent civil unrest. This critique concludes that in the range, intensity and use of innovative tactics deployed during these conflicts, Liverpool was distinctive. -- .
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Unravelling of the post-war consensus and the peculiarities of Liverpool
2. Employment and unemployment on Merseyside, 1945-98
3. British Leyland's closure of the Triumph TR7 Plant in Speke: 'The Shape of Things to Come'?
4. The TGWU 6/612 Branch for the Unemployed: Working-Class Politicisation and Mobilisation
5. The Toxteth Riots, 1981: unemployed youth take to the streets
6. The Militant Tendency and the Liverpool City Council's fight to save 'jobs and services', 1983-86
7. Sit-ins and factory occupations: a case study of Cammell Laird Shipyards
8. The Liverpool Dock Strike of 1995-98: the end of the line?
Conclusion
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