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The Tailor of Anfield: James Larkin and the 1911 Transport Strike
Before the 1913 Lockout made James Larkin a household name, there was the 1911 Transport Strike — a bitter, bloody confrontation that pitted the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union against the Dublin United Tramways Company and its powerful chairman, William Martin Murphy. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how a Liverpool-born docker with a gift for oratory built Ireland's first major industrial union, led 30,000 workers out on strike, and faced down police batons, blackleg labour, and a hostile press. They dig into the specifics: the 'Tramway Embargo' that…
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