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168 matches to General Strike
Baldwin, Stanley. 1867-1947. British Conservative Prime Minister. 1923~37. General Strike. Opposed rearmament. “Safety First”.
General Strike. UK 1926, TUC supports miners for 9 days. Belgium 1893, 1902, for male suffrage. Sweden 1909, vs wage freeze for 1 month.
May Demonstrations. 1968 Paris student uprising for more money to education, less to defence. General Strike brought 33% increase in minimum wage.
Sorel, George. 1847-1922. French advocate of revolutionary syndicalism. Reflection on Violence 1908 justified violence and general strikes. Influenced Mussolini.
Syndicalism. 1900-39. Union movement vs capitalistic order by direct action, general strikes. Sorel. IWW.
Aetius, Flavius. -454. Roman general, defeated Attila at Catalonia, 451.
Agrippa, Marcus V. 63-12BC. Roman general, supported Octavian.
Alcibiades. c450-404BC. Athenian egoist general, Peloponnesian War. Murdered.
Alexander, Harold (of Tunis). 1891-1969. British. Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean 1944-45. Directed Dunkirk evacuation. Governor General of Canada, 1946-52.
Annan, Kofi. 1938-. Ghana. UN Secretary General. Bosnian peacekeeping.
Antipater. -319BC. Macedonian general and regent.
Aristides. 540-468BC. Athenian general at Marathon.
Arnold, Benedict. 1741-1801. American Revolution general. Betrayed US.
Aumale, Henri, duc d’Orleans. 1822-97. French general, Orleanist leader.
Averescu, Alexandru. 1859-1938. Romanian General and Prime Minister. Suppressed 1907 peasant revolt.
Baden-Powell, Robert. 1857-1941. English General, founded Boy Scouts 1908; Girl Guides with sister Agnes, 1910.
Balkan Wars. 1912-13. Balkan League defeats Ottoman Empire. Turkish territory distributed. General dissatisfaction termed the “powder keg of Europe”.
Beaufort, François. 1616-69. Adored Fronde general. King of Halles.
Beauregard, Pierre. 1818-93. Confederate general. Ordered attack on Ft. Sumter.
Belisarius. ~505-564. Byzantine general vs Persia, Vandals, Goths, Huns.
Birdseye, Clarence. 1886-1956. US inventor of frozen foods. Founded General Foods, 1924. 300+ patents.
Blücher, Gebhardt von. 1742-1819. Prussian general at Waterloo.
Bradley, Omar. 1893-1981. US D-Day General.
Bulow, Friedrich. 1755-1816. Prussian general against Napoleon.
Byng, Julian. 1862-1935. British General. Commanded Canadian forces, captured Vimy Ridge 1917. Canadian Governor General 1921-6.