Solidarity with Strings: The British Labour Movement’s Response to the Strikes of the West Indies 1934-1939

2026/03/22 by Christian Høgsbjerg · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Australian History and Society #Caribbean history, culture, and politics #Colonial History and Postcolonial Studies

paper · doi:10.1080/03086534.2026.2646697

openalex publication_date 2026/03/22 · openalex created_date 2026/03/23 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/15

Abstract

The wave of strikes in St Kitts, St Vincent, British Honduras, British Guiana and St Lucia, which were followed by labour rebellions in Barbados, Trinidad and Jamaica during the Great Depression of...

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