Ten times the Labour party stood behind striking workers in Britain
The story is that Labour is the only major socialist party in the world that emerged directly from organised labour — every other important party — from the DSA to the SPD to the PS and the JSP — was the product of an actual revolution or of a popular socialist movement. Labour founders Keir Hardie and Arthur Henderson had both been union leaders and many early Labour parliamentarians were well-known workplace leaders or campaigners for workers’ rights.
