The General Strike by Harry Wicks

First published in `1976 in the Workers League paper Workers News and then as a pamphlet, Harry Wicks’ account of the 1926 General Strike is being republished under the Revolutionary History imprint for the strike’s centenary, with the addition of a glossary providing background information for the contemporary reader. Wicks participated in the strike as a railway worker and Communist Party member, becoming a Trotskyist and in 1971 joined the International Socialists.

Available mid-April 2026

To order copies at £4.00 + P&P email harry.wicks.gs@btinternet.com

ISBN: 978-1-80605-859-4

Printed by Habro Printing Co. Ltd (TU), Featherstone

Cover image: Henry Sara and A.J. Cook. © Look and Learn