It was their last resort.
Eventually the regime won, but at the cost of really showing their true colors and who they stand with.
So the strikers were at least effective in that.
A lesson from history and for eternity.
They deserve respect and admiration.
Not every battle can be won, not every revolution succeeds.
But they can.
The only sure way to lose is to resign in your fate.
Last effective protest was the women’s pay movement in 1968. Where all women at the factory strike. Plus many other female employees throughout the UK.
It was effective in that the law changed. Equal pay for women passed as a lawin 1971.
Question Then became is the legal requirements enough.
HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
They were far from effective.
CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Which is the point, the last time the UK protested in a big way people were brutall masacred by the government.
Bloomcole@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It was their last resort.
Eventually the regime won, but at the cost of really showing their true colors and who they stand with.
So the strikers were at least effective in that.
A lesson from history and for eternity.
They deserve respect and admiration.
Not every battle can be won, not every revolution succeeds.
But they can.
The only sure way to lose is to resign in your fate.
HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Last effective protest was the women’s pay movement in 1968. Where all women at the factory strike. Plus many other female employees throughout the UK.
It was effective in that the law changed. Equal pay for women passed as a lawin 1971.
Question Then became is the legal requirements enough.