Reporting the General Strike: Contemporary accounts of “The Nine Day Wonder”
Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick,
Reporting the General Strike: Contemporary accounts of “The Nine Day Wonder”,
<www.warwick.ac.uk/go/generalstrike >(19. I 2026).
U maju 1926. godine radnici širom Velike Britanije obustavili su rad u znak podrške rudarima koji su se suočavali sa smanjenjem plata i produžavanjem radnog vremena. Štrajk je pokrenut od strane Saveza sindikata (The Trade Union Congress) koji je na obustavu rada pozvao lučke radnike, zaposlene u sektorima transporta, proizvodnje električne energije, gasa, teške hemijske industrije, u građevinarstvu i štamparijama. Iako je štrajk okončan nakon svega devet dana porazom i podelama među učesnicima, bila je to nedelja u kojoj je više od tri miliona radnika bilo ujedinjeno i solidarno u svojim zahtevima. Značajna arhivska građa za proučavanje Generalnog štrajka je pohranjena u Arhivskom centru Univerziteta Vorvik, osnovanom 1973. godine, koji predstavlja glavno nacionalno arhivsko središte za britanske arhive sindikata i organizacija poslodavaca. Stranica posvećena Generalnom štrajku daje mogućnost uvida u sadržaje glavnih arhivskih zbirki, a posebno su izdvojeni digitalizovni materijali u količini od 450 dokumenata koji uključuju novinske članke, biltene, radijske transkripte, izveštaje i druge izvore. Vizuelni materijal je zastupljen u odeljku Štrajk u slikama i sadrži tematski organizovane fotografije, pretežno scene iz Londona, rad dobrovoljaca na razbijanju štrajka, posledice nereda u prestonici, a tu su i slajdovi, nastali na osnovu slika iz novina, časopisa i drugih publikacija. Posetiocima sajta je predstavljen i hronološki uvid u razvoj događaja tokom dana koji su se nizali u vremenu pre, za vreme i posle štrajka.
”In May 1926, workers across Great Britain stopped working in support of miners who were facing wage reductions and longer working hours. The strike was initiated by the Trade Union Congress, which called on dockworkers, as well as employees in the transport, electricity, gas, heavy chemical industries, construction, and printing sectors to join the work stoppage. Although the strike ended after just nine days, marked by defeat and divisions among participants, it was a week during which more than three million workers stood united and showed solidarity in their demands.
A significant body of archival material for studying the General Strike is housed at the Modern Records Center of the University of Warwick, established in 1973, which serves as the main national archival repository for British trade union and employers’ organization records. The webpage dedicated to the General Strike provides insight into the contents of the main archival collections, with particular emphasis on a set of 450 digitized documents, including newspaper articles, bulletins, radio transcripts, reports, and other sources.
Visual material is presented in the section “The Strike in Pictures” and includes thematically organized photographs, mostly depicting scenes from London, the work of volunteers involved in strikebreaking, and the consequences of unrest in the capital. It also features slides created from images published in newspapers, magazines, and other publications. Visitors to the site are also offered a chronological overview of the unfolding events during the days leading up to, during, and following the strike.”
Originalno objavljeno u Godišnjaku za društvenu istoriju 2, 2025, str. 118-119.
Slobodan Mandić, ”Prikazi sajtova (Web adrеsar) XLIX”, u:
Godišnjak za društvеnu istoriju 2, 2025, Bеograd, 2026, str. 117-122.
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