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The Village in Revolt
by Shaun Jeffery
(Higdon Press, £14.99)
THERE are numerous accounts of the Burston school strike, which is the longest in English history, running from 1914 to 1939. Among them is The Burston Rebellion, the personal account by Tom Higdon whose unfair dismissal along with his wife led to the children striking on their behalf.
Yet many of those accounts are at best partial and at worst lacking in crucial detail and accuracy and none provides as comprehensive nor as overtly socialist an account in their analysis and detail as this new work by Shaun Jeffery. Its synthesis of in-depth secondary research and lived experience make it a compelling account and point of reference.
Jeffery distils both his longstanding association with the Burston Strike School as a trustee and his first-hand knowledge as a member of the rural proletariat to produce a model socialist historical study that instructs and inspires.
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