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The Search for Solidarity: The Industrial and Political Roots of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation in British Columbia, 1913-1928
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Author/contributor
- Isitt, Benjamin (Author)
Title
The Search for Solidarity: The Industrial and Political Roots of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation in British Columbia, 1913-1928
Abstract
Born out of the industrial and political struggles of organized labour at the end of the First World War, the BC CCF was a product of organizational and ideological conflict in the 1910s and 1920s. This study explores the shift of BC socialism towards industrial action, which culminated in the One Big Union and the sympathetic strikes of 1919. It then examines the emergence of anti-Communism on the Left, shaped by the experience of political unity and disunity during the 1920s. These two factors fundamentally influenced the ideology and strategy adopted by the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) in British Columbia. The ideological and tactical divisions of the 1930s were contested during the 1910s and 1920s. The collapse of the One Big Union, combined with deteriorating relations with the Communist Party, shifted BC socialists away from industrial militancy and toward parliamentary forms of struggle.
Type
M.A., History
University
University of Victoria
Place
Victoria, BC
Date
2003
# of Pages
viii, 200 pages
Language
English
Short Title
The Search for Solidarity
Accessed
10/21/23, 4:04 AM
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Available to the World Wide Web
Extra
Accepted: 2013-09-04T21:38:25Z
Citation
Isitt, B. (2003). The Search for Solidarity: The Industrial and Political Roots of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation in British Columbia, 1913-1928 [M.A., History, University of Victoria]. https://dspace.library.uvic.ca/handle/1828/4912
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