Future in our Past

Callum Cant is the author of Riding for Deliveroo and coauthor of Feeding the Machine. He writes for the Guardian on strikes, the future of work and workers' rights. He is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Essex and co-editor of Notes from Below, a journal of worker writing. Matthew Lee is a librarian and independent researcher and co-editor of Notes from Below. He is a contributing author to the upcoming book Higher Education's Labor Upsurge.

• IntroductionChapter 1. The Road to 1926: Chapter 2. South Wales: 'And I swear to God if I ever see the Sun...'Chapter 3. East London: 'I began to hate the police'Chapter 4. Swindon: 'That is a lie!'Conclusion: 'Be loyal to instructions and trust your leaders'Acknowledgements

This radical approach to the General Strike places the TUC's collective failure to believe centrally amongst the causes for its defeat. Today, it uncovers opportunities where others have emphasised weakness. It should be widely read