Transcription: In 1926, a general strike had a very ominous sound. Trotsky declared that a general strike brought about the Russian Revolution. Anyhow, I was really nervous. When I heard for the first time in our history, a general strike had started on May the 4th, 1926. I was all the more nervous. Within a few minutes of the announcement, A black fog, we should now call it smog, settled down over London. The darkness was symbolical. People were in a complete mental fog. They didn't know what was going to happen. There were no newspapers, hardly any broadcasting, and communications had practically stopped o ...
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