Britain between the wars

[Victor Grayson]

There are some accounts of the NUWM hunger marches if you look for them. The Jarrow march hasn't been written out of history in quite the same way as they have as it wasn't a CPGB thing possibly.

The PLP's attitude towards the unemployed has generally been the subject of much criticism, in the speeches of one V Grayson included, and deservedly, one would have to say, so.

 

[RedRedRose]

The Jarrow march hasn't been written out of history in quite the same way as they have as it wasn't a CPGB thing possibly.

Agreed. There was a a lot of hostility to Wal Hannington's outfit from the rest of labour movement. In terms of cultural resonance, the Jarrow Crusade was helped because the BBC began television broadcasting the month after the march began: November 1936.

I am also reminded that there is a scene in 'Our Friends in the North' that also discusses Jarrow.

 

[The39thStep]

There are some accounts of the NUWM hunger marches if you look for them. The Jarrow march hasn't been written out of history in quite the same way as they have as it wasn't a CPGB thing possibly.

The PLP's attitude towards the unemployed has generally been the subject of much criticism, in the speeches of one V Grayson included, and deservedly, one would have to say, so.

The Right To Work marches of the late 1970s were inspired by the NUWM