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A broadside newspaper because of England's historic General Strike...
A broadside newspaper because of England's historic General Strike...
Item # 698296
May 05, 1926
DAILY MIRROR, London, England, May 5, 1926 This is a small, somewhat crudely-produced issue of this famous tabloid printed during the historic General Strike in the United Kingdom.
A General Strike was called by the Trades Union Congress in support of the coal miners' stand against enforced pay cuts. It lasted only nine days in May but brought large parts of Britain to a standstill, including London where there were armored cars on Oxford Street.
This is a broadside edition (printed on one side only; reverse is blank), and measures just 8 by 13 inches, typewriter-set, nice condition.
background: During the 1926 United Kingdom general strike (3–12 May 1926), the Daily Mirror—already a leading national tabloid—faced major disruption in publishing yet managed to appear in emergency form (for example 12 May 1926) despite industrial breakdown. In its editorial commentary it struck a critical tone toward the strike movement, describing the action of the workers as being “led … to take part in this attempt to stab the nation in the back by a subtle appeal to the motives of idealism in them.” Spartacus Educational. Thus the Mirror sided with the establishment‑view of the strike as a threat to national stability, rather than aligning with the sympathetic labour perspective.
Category: The 20th Century
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