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A view of the Humber Bridge
CAMPAIGNERS staged a four-mile trek across the Humber Bridge and back today to raise funds to honour the “Headscarf Revolutionaries” whose action saved the lives of hundreds of trawler workers.
In 1968, Hull suffered the “Triple Trawler Tragedy,” when in just a few weeks, three fishing vessels sank with the loss of 58 lives.
Health and safety protections on trawlers were almost non-existent at the time and one of those that sunk had no radio.
The General Strike exposed the power of the working class — and the limits of its leadership, writes Dr DYLAN MURPHY
ANN HENDERSON looks at the trailblazers of the Women’s Trade Union League and their successful fight for female factory inspectors — a battle that echoes in today’s workplace campaigns
LYNNE WALSH tells the story of the extraordinary race against time to ensure London’s memorial to the International Brigades got built – as activists gather next week to celebrate the monument’s 40th anniversary