No Justice Without a Struggle

Overview

Unemployment in the 1930s conjures up images of the Jarrow March—but there was far more to unemployed protest than that. This full regional history of the National Unemployed Workers' Movement portrays the impact of mass unemployment, poverty, and oppressive benefits systems, and analyzes the reactions of the trade unions and the Communist and Labour parties. It also discusses questions of gender, opposition to fascism, and local electoral politics. The book uses oral history and draws on state, police, and trade union records, Communist and NUWM archives together with comprehensive newspaper coverage.

Author Biography

Don Watson is a retired research and development officer in local government in the North East. He has contributed to books and articles on labor history for more than 20 years, including Labour History Review; Media, Culture and Society; North East History; Scottish Labour History; and Socialist History. He is the coauthor of An Inspiring Example: The North East of England and the Spanish Civil War.