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25
Iain McLean,
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, John Donald, 1983, p. 41

26
James Hinton,
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, George Allen and Unwin, London, 1973, p. 296

27
Ibid.

28
Iain McLean,
The Legend of Red Clydeside
, p. 10

29
Tony Cliff and Donny Gluckstein,
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, Bookmarks, 1986, p. 67

30
James Hinton,
The First Shop Stewards Movement
, p. 138

31
Ibid., p. 140

32
Gordon Brown,
Maxton
, p. 61

33
Ibid., pp. 61–62

34
James Hinton,
The First Shop Stewards Movement
, p. 140

35
Iain McLean,
The Legend of Red Clydeside
, p. 63

36
James Hinton,
The First Shop Stewards Movement
, p. 145

37
Ibid.

38
Christopher Harvie, ‘Before the Breakthrough, 1886–1922', p. 23

39
Rob Duncan, ‘Independent Working Class Education and the Formation of the Labour College Movement in Glasgow and the West of Scotland, 1915–1922', p. 115

40
James Hinton,
The First Shop Stewards Movement
, p. 257

41
Ibid., p. 250

42
Gordon Brown,
Maxton
, p. 83

43
Ibid.

44
John Leopold, ‘Forty Hours Strike', in Laurie Flynn (ed.),
We Shall Be All: Recent Chapters in the History of Working Class Struggle in Scotland
, Bookmarks, 1978, pp. 34–35

45
Ibid., p. 36

46
Ibid., p. 37

47
Ibid.

48
Ibid., pp. 37–38

49
Ibid., p. 39

50
Ibid.

51
Ibid., p. 40

52
John Foster, ‘Strike Action and Working Class Politics on Clydeside 1914–1919',
International Review of Social History
35:1, (1990) p. 55

53
R. A. Leeson,
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, George Allen and Unwin, 1973, p. 61

54
Iain McLean,
The Legend of Red Clydeside
, p. 133

55
Ibid., p. 125

56
J. T. Murphy,
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, Pluto Press, 1972, pp. 176–77

57
William Gallacher,
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, p. 220

58
Nan Milton (ed.),
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59
Ibid., p. 77

60
Nan Milton,
John Maclean
, Pluto Press, 1973, p. 99

61
B. J. Ripley and J. McHugh,
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, Manchester University Press, 1989, p. 106

62
Nan Milton (ed.),
John Maclean: In the Rapids of Revolution
, p. 101

63
Nan Milton,
John Maclean
, p. 180

64
Tom Gallagher,
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, Manchester University Press, 1987, p. 88; and Nan Milton,
John Maclean
, p. 203

65
Nan Milton,
John Maclean
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66
Nan Milton (ed.),
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, p. 178

67
Ibid., p. 233

68
Ibid., p. 225

69
Ibid., pp. 247–48

70
Ibid., p. 234

71
Ibid., p. 253

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16
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17
Ibid., p. 26

18
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19
Ibid., p. 159

20
Gordon Brown,
Maxton
, pp. 145–46

21
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22
Ibid., p. 161

23
Gordon Brown,
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, p. 154

24
Ibid.

25
Ibid., p. 161

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Gordon Brown,
Maxton
, p. 101

29
Tom Gallagher,
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30
Ibid., p. 90

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Tom Gallagher,
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37
Ibid., p. 94

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39
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42
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43
Ibid., p. 268

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48
Ibid.

49
Glasgow Herald
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50
Barrier Miner
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51
Barrier Miner
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52
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55
Mary Docherty,
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56
Ibid., p. 37

57
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59
Ibid.

60
Laurie Flynn, ‘The People's Republic', in Laurie Flynn (ed.),
We Shall Be All: Recent Chapters in the History of Working Class Struggle in Scotland
, p. 10

61
James Klugmann, ‘Marxism, Reformism and the General Strike', in Jeffrey Skelley (ed.),
The General Strike, 1926
, Lawrence and Wishart, 1976, p. 88

62
Laurie Flynn, ‘The People's Republic', p. 11

63
James Klugmann, ‘Marxism, Reformism and the General Strike', p. 88

64
Tony Cliff and Donny Gluckstein,
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, Bookmarks, 1986, p. 235

65
Chris Farman,
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66
Tony Cliff and Donny Gluckstein,
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, p. 196

67
Ibid., p. 199

68
Ibid.

69
Ibid., p. 226

70
Paul Carter, ‘The West of Scotland', in Jeffrey Skelley (ed).
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, p. 116

71
Ibid.

72
J. J. Smyth,
Labour in Glasgow 1896–1936: Socialism, Suffrage, Sectarianism
, p. 107

73
Paul Carter, ‘The West of Scotland', p. 133

74
Chris Farman,
May 1926, The General Strike, Britain's Aborted Revolution?
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75
Paul Carter, ‘The West of Scotland', p. 123

76
Chris Farman,
May 1926, The General Strike, Britain's Aborted Revolution?
, p. 158

77
Ian MacDougall, ‘Edinburgh', in Jeffrey Skelley (ed.),
The General Strike, 1926
, p. 150

78
Ibid., pp. 150–51

79
Chris Farman,
May 1926, The General Strike, Britain's Aborted Revolution?
, p. 232

80
Annemarie Hughes,
Gender and Political Identities in Scotland 1919–1939
, Edinburgh University Press, 2010, p. 99