Sherry, Dave
John Maclean: Red Clydesider
- ISBN 13:
- 9781914143960
- author:
- Sherry, Dave
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Bookmarks Publications
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2023
- Pages:
- 134
- Dimensions:
- 1 x 17.7 x 17.7 centimetres (0.1
- Genre:
- Biography, Historical, ,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
This updated edition marks the centenary of John Maclean's death, a Glasgow schoolteacher who became one of Britain's finest socialist leaders. A fierce opponent of empire, Maclean was seen as public enemy number one by the British war cabinet, yet regarded as Britain's outstanding revolutionary by Lenin and others.
Maclean played a key role in Red Clydeside, spearheading the rank and file revolt against wartime price spirals and helping to lead the successful Glasgow rent strike of 1915. His legacy continues to inspire those who fight for workers' power and anti-imperialism.
Maclean's powerful message remains relevant today, as he warned in his speech from the dock: 'I am not here as the accused. I am here as the accuser of capitalism dripping with blood from head to foot... Fifteen years from the close of this war we are into the next war: if capitalism lasts, we cannot escape it.'
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