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Alex Smith

Alex is the founder and CEO of The Cares Family. He was editor and first director of LabourList in 2009-2010, during which time he established the site as the number one Labour blog, and later an aide to Ed Miliband.

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‘General strike 1926: Why it happened, failed and couldn’t happen now’

It was the biggest demonstration of working-class “selflessness, loyalty, creativity and resolve” that Britain has ever seen. And…

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‘The beautiful mess that was the General Strike’

The General Strike – whose centenary is now upon us – is one of those beautiful messes which…

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‘Organised labour has transformed the world of work for the better’

Were the leaders of the 1926 General Strike, A.J. Cook and Walter Citrine, transported to the present day,…

Joanne Thomas

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