Police strikes have taken place on numerous occasions around the world and the stormy period at the end of the First World War, saw movements amongst police officers in a number of countries, with two of the most dramatic strikes taking place in Britain in 1918 and 1919, being the subject of this book.

Most book-length accounts of this and other police strikes are written by those who view such events as warnings against the moral danger of allowing full democratic rights, of association and to strike, to sections of the state, such as the police, prison officers and the army.

This book takes a different approach. It approaches these events from the position of believing that a different kind of society, is both possible and necessary, a socialist society run in the interests of the 99%. Events that break down the ability of the ruling capitalist class to hamper movements in that direction are welcome and should be learned from.

The foundation of the Independent Labour Party in Bradford was a major turning point in the struggle for independent workers political representation. This pamphlet tells the story of the struggle to bring that about, particularly emphasising its roots in the struggles of workers in the West Riding of Yorkshire coming into conflict with their Liberal employers, and sometimes Lib-Lab trade unionists.

This pamphlet is aimed as a ccontribution towards the discussion around the question of the food crisis under capitalism. It traces how these issues are linked to the very nature of the capitalist system itself, and thereby the impossibility of any of the solutions offered within that system to fundamentally remedy the problem. It concludes with a brief exploration of the possibilities lodged within a society organised on the basis of need rather than profit, a socialist society.