General strike, theory and practice
Bill Hunter May 1980 (Archives) In 1935, Trotsky criticised the centrist Independent Labour Party which, he said was marking time between pacifism and the proletarian revolution, and for advancing the propaganda slogan of ‘a general strike to stop war’. Trotsky described the slogan as ‘irresponsible radical phraseology’. However, he used the opportunity to discuss more …