{"product_id":"silvertown-9781583674352","title":"Silvertown","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1889, Samuel Winkworth Silver’s rubber and electrical factory\u003cbr\u003ewas the site of a massive worker revolt that upended the London\u003cbr\u003eindustrial district which bore his name: Silvertown. Once referred\u003cbr\u003eto as the “Abyss” by Jack London, Silvertown was notorious for\u003cbr\u003eoppressive working conditions and the relentless grind of production\u003cbr\u003esuffered by its largely unorganized, unskilled workers. These\u003cbr\u003eworkers, fed-up with their lot and long ignored by traditional craft\u003cbr\u003eunions, aligned themselves with the socialist-led “New Unionism”\u003cbr\u003emovement. Their ensuing strike paralyzed Silvertown for three\u003cbr\u003emonths. The strike leaders— including Tom Mann, Ben Tillett,\u003cbr\u003eEleanor Marx, and Will Thorne—and many workers viewed the\u003cbr\u003etrade union struggle as part of a bigger fight for a “co-operative\u003cbr\u003ecommonwealth.” With this goal in mind, they shut down Silvertown\u003cbr\u003eand, in the process, helped to launch a more radical, modern\u003cbr\u003elabor movement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHistorian and novelist John Tully, author of the monumental social\u003cbr\u003ehistory of the rubber industry The Devil’s Milk, tells the story\u003cbr\u003eof the Silvertown strike in vivid prose. He rescues the uprising—\u003cbr\u003eovershadowed by other strikes during this period—from relative\u003cbr\u003eobscurity and argues for its significance to both the labor and socialist\u003cbr\u003emovements. And, perhaps most importantly, Tully presents\u003cbr\u003ethe Silvertown Strike as a source of inspiration for today’s workers,\u003cbr\u003ein London and around the world, who continue to struggle for better\u003cbr\u003eworkplaces and the vision of a “co-operative commonwealth.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Tully","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48089923125499,"sku":"9781583674352","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_01570d59-dacc-4d9a-8747-06bc28c1031d.jpg?v=1770443653","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/silvertown-9781583674352","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}