Irish dock workers striking to prevent the export of food to Britain during a period of food insecurity in Ireland, 1920

PugJesus@kbin.social · 7 months ago

Irish dock workers striking to prevent the export of food to Britain during a period of food insecurity in Ireland, 1920

cerement@slrpnk.net · 7 months ago

it couldn’t possibly be because they had memories of the last time Britain exported all their food during a period of “food insecurity” or anything …

PugJesus@kbin.social · 7 months ago

Well, pro-independence and syndicalist notions were probably more important than the cultural memory in this case, but yeah, the British Empire had a pattern with that.

rhythmisaprancer@kbin.social · 7 months ago

syndicalist

Thanks for using this term, i had to look it up. Very relavent. Also, thanks for sharing this photo!