First of our three-part miniseries about the UK’s 1926 general strike, which saw one and three-quarter million workers walk out in the biggest single work stoppage in British history. In collaboration with the <a href="https://generalstrike100.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">General Strike 100</a> project and told using interviews with striking workers themselves.<br /><br /><i>Our podcast is brought to you by <a href="https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">our Patreon supporters</a>. Our supporters fund our work, and in return get exclusive early access to podcast episodes without ads, bonus episodes, two exclusive podcast series – <a href="https://www.patreon.com/collection/675995" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Fireside Chats</a> and <a href="https://www.patreon.com/collection/804050" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Radical Reads</a> – as well as free and discounted merchandise and other content. Join us or find out more at <a href="https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">patreon.com/workingclasshistory</a></i><i></i><br /><ul><li>Listen to <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/e119-1926-strike-154486702" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Part 2</a> and <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/e120-1926-strike-155073145" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Part 3</a> now (without ads) by joining us on Patreon</li><li>Listen to <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/e120-1-1926-155633267" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">our bonus episode</a> to hear more from two participants in the general strike, exclusively on Patreon</li></ul><br /><b>More info</b><br /><ul><li>Find out about events to commemorate the strike in your area (and beyond!) on the <a href="https://generalstrike100.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">General Strike 100 website</a><ul><li>You will also find dozens of stories about incidents which took place during the strike in cities, towns, and villages across the UK</li></ul></li><li>Get a copy of our interviewee, Judy Cox’s <i><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11913/9781917020572" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Revisiting the General Strike of 1926: When Workers Were Ready To Dare</a></i></li><li>More information including sources, further reading, images and soon a transcript available on the webpage for this episode: <a href="https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e119-121-1926-general-strike/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e119-121-1926-general-strike/</a></li></ul><b>Acknowledgements</b><br /><ul><li>Thanks to our Patreon supporters for making this podcast possible. Special thanks to Jazz Hands and Fellow Worker.</li><li>Episode graphic: car overturned in London during the general strike. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.</li><li>Our theme tune for this episode is Montaigne’s version of ‘When the Coal Comes from the Rhonda’, a folk song originating from Welsh miners in the early twentieth century and sung during the general strike. Download the song <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/155147355" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>. More from Montaigne: <a href="https://montaignemusic.com.au/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">website</a>, <a href="https://instagram.com/actualmontaigne" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH1Yyx96VGFQVStKxQXRwEg" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">YouTube</a>.</li><li>Edited by Jesse French</li></ul>