Callum Cant is the author of Riding for Deliveroo and coauthor of Feeding the Machine. He writes for the Guardian on strikes, the future of work, and workers’ rights. He is a senior lecturer at the University of Essex and coeditor of Notes from Below, a journal of worker writing.

05.04.2026

• Callum Cant
• Matthew Lee

The Making of London’s General Strike

One hundred years ago today, a general strike led by London’s dockworkers brought the city to its knees. Police violence and a conservative union beat the workers in the end, but the episode helped shape Britain’s labor movement.