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The British General Strike of 1926 was a tense affair and effectively pitted the classes against one another, with Communist trade unionists sabotaging rail lines, public school boys running public services, the army escorting imports through huge pickets and hastily raised government paramilitaries clashing with strikers.

There were various moments where reactionary call to arms in the press where surpressed, paramilitaries removed from stand offs to avoid major violence etc.

It was a close run thing and I was wondering could the Strike have turned into a full blown State of Emergency? Martial Law?
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