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Saturday, August 22, 2020
Agrégation anglais 2021 BBC et le service public de l'audiovisuel. Post sixteen: the general strike of 1926
There has only ever been one general strike in Britain, in 1926. It profoundly affected the nation, but has often been neglected. It was a key moment in the life of the BBC. This piece on Youtube by Ken Loach, sympathetic to the working class movement, looks at the last days before the strike, and the strike itself.
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