Power to the People — Season 1, Episode 2: Hungry for Change
Documentary • 30 min • 1 season, 6 episodes
Episode synopsis
After the Red Clydesiders failed to start a revolution in Scotland, a new wave of socialist campaigners, including Jimmy Maxton, chose to take their fight to the House of Commons. The programme examines their conflict with Ramsay MacDonald, the first Labour Prime Minister, and their influence on working class politics over subsequent generations.
About Power to the People
Douglas Henshall narrates this series looking back on Scotland's 100-year war for worker power.