General strike

action. Nuns are known for telling the truth, so they are pretty reliable. A nun who witnessed the tragic event tells us, “Everett’s shingle workers had been on strike over pay.” ("Recalling Everett's 'complicated' Day - HeraldNet.com." The Daily Herald. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Jan. 2016.) This quote lets you know that the workers had been on strike. This dissatisfaction led to Wobblies going to Everett to speak out against the issue. Their intentions were assumed, which led cops to go try to defend themselves

May 15, 1919.(Reilly, 2006, 1).Winnipeg General Strike (social) After the war, Canadian factories that manufactured war supplies were permanently closed. This produced a lot of unemployment and bankruptcy. The cost to live was increasing dramatically and many people (who were still employed) could not compete with the inflation.(CBC, N/A, 1). WW1 veterans who had returned home after the war found that the wages were far too low.(School Work Helpers, 2016, 1). Some people wished to be employed, while

Winnipeg General Strike: On, May 1919 a strike occurred in the city of Winnipeg. Workers went on strike to improve working and living conditions. The employers wanted $0.85/hour and 8 hours of work/day. May 1st, building and metal traders council voted to go on strike. May 15th, 30 000 workers went on strike as well. Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal went on a strike to support the strike occurring in Winnipeg. The government declared federal workers to return to work. On June 21st, Bloody Saturday

century. The three most significant events in the 20th century were The Winnipeg General Strike, the rationing and the joining of Newfoundland. To start off, The Winnipeg General Strike that started from 15 May to 25 June 1919 was a Canada’s best-known strike. People in Canada started to fight for their rights, demanded for a higher wage, shorter working

even though Benjamin's text is clearly influenced by Sorel, this work is full of intriguing theoretical steps which are unimaginable in Sorel. This is due to their different backgrounds: as Benjamin himself suggests, Sorel discusses the types of strikes 'from political, rather than purely theoretical considerations' (Benjamin 1979, 145). Benjamin is surely not an activist. Moreover, his reading of Sorel is determined by the Judaist perspective which is much more salient in the early Benjamin's texts

although these traits are admirable as aforementioned, Mac’s motives and actions cause some of his better qualities to be overlooked. For Mac, most of what he does is to benefit his cause and what he is working towards, which is ultimately a massive strike by thousands of workers on an apple farm. However, there are points throughout the novel in which we see Mac force others to give up something, possibly even their life for “the cause” which is what he deems to be the greater good. We see this when

The Strike by Sergei Eisenstein is a 1925 silent film depicting a variety of factory workers in pre-Soviet Russia carrying out a strike, and then being suppressed by governmental forces. Eisenstein uses an, at the time, novel editing technique which he entitled “the montage of attractions” in order to engage and manipulate his viewers attentions. In this critique, the final scene of The Strike, will be examined in order to bring to light the brutal editing, visual techniques, and associations between

Evgeny Bauer’s “The Revolutionary” (1917) and Sergei Eisenstein’s “Strike” (1925). Both of these films utilize several interesting artistic choices and convey their stories well to the audience- yet for in order for a film to be truly revolutionary, it has to convey a bold message along with a unique performance. While Bauer’s film left me with a greater appreciation of early cinema as an art form I think that Sergei Eisenstein’s “Strike” is the truly revolutionary film. While Bauer’s “The Revolutionary”

was a very good movie. It was suspenseful, engaging, and covered an especially relevant topic in this day and age. From the civilian side of things, the military and its use of drone strikes tend to be simplified into black and white “good” or “bad” situations, almost like you would see in movies. If a drone strike succeeds in saving lives, then it was a good move. If there was significant collateral damage, then it was a bad move. However it turns out, for better or for worse, there is always risk

How far was the failure of the general strike due to the actions of the conservative government? (24) The general strike of May 1926 was not a success for those attempting to force the government to act to prevent wage reductions and worsening conditions for coal miners. Had the TUC been more prepared to strike and followed through with what the miners wanted them to do, the government would have been faced with a much tougher challenge. Despite this, even if the conservative government were faced