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David Swift is a historian and author. His new book The Identity Myth is out now, published by Constable.
In 1889, during one of capitalism’s prolonged crises, casualised dock workers in London came together in a 130,000-strong strike for better pay – and helped ring in a new wave of socialism and industrial militancy across the country.
The media tries to pit the old against the young in a generation war – but the dividing line that really defines our society is the one between classes.