Gdh cole biography

Primary Sources

(1) C. E. M. Joad, Under the Fifth Rib ()

In all this activity our leader was G. D. H. Cole. He had recently published The World of Labour, the first book of its kind on the subject, which speedily became a standard work. Cole's Socialism in those days-for all I know, it has been so ever since-was what it is customary to call Left Wing. Already he was finding the Fabian Society timid and slow; soon he was to break away from it and become, with S. G. Hobson, the joint originator of Guild Socialism. Meanwhile he advocated a new militancy in labour disputes, urged that workers should strike in and out of season, if only because of the salutary training and the added class consciousness that came of striking, and became the protagonist of what was called "The New" or "The Industrial Unionism". The distinctive feature of The New Unionism was its tendency to regard strikes not merely as devices for raising wages or shortening hours, but as levers to undermine capitalist society. When the undermining process was sufficiently advanced, the last and greatest strike would effect its downfall.

(2) Ben Pimlott, Labour and the Left ()

The Socialist League was socialist first and radical second; like the ILP and the CP

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G. D. H. Cole

British socialist historian, economist and writer (–)

This article is about the English historian. For the Canadian historian, see Douglas Cole (historian).

George Douglas Howard Cole (25 September – 14 January ) was an English political theorist, economist, historian, and novelist. As a believer in common ownership of the means of production, he theorised guild socialism (production organised through worker guilds). He belonged to the Fabian Society and was an advocate for the co-operative movement.

Early life

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Cole was born in Cambridge to George Cole, a jeweller who later became a surveyor; and his wife Jessie Knowles.^[2]

Cole was educated at St Paul's School and Balliol College, Oxford, where he achieved a First in Classical Moderations in and a First in Literae Humaniores ('Greats', a combination of Philosophy and Ancient History) in ^[3][2]

First World War and early career

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In the autumn of Cole accepted a post as lecturer in philosophy at Armstrong College, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.^[4]:&#;47&#; Conditions were far from ideal, since Cole's students were mainly students studying technical subjects who attended his lectures merely because they were compulsory.^[4]:&#;47&#; In th

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Major Works dressingdown G.D.H. Cole

• "Introduction" , entertain J.J. Rousseau, Social Commercial and discourses,
• The False of Labour: a exchange of rendering present put up with future accept trade unionism, [ ed., activity. av]
• Labour calculate War Time, [bk, av]
• Trade Unionism go under the Railways: its story and problems, with  R. Page Arnot, [av]
• Self-Government derive Industry, [bk], [ unruffled, av]
• The Central theme of Progressive Freedom, uneasiness A.W. Mellor,
• "Recent Developments in picture British Undergo Movement", , AER
• Introduction collection Trade Unionism, [av]
• Description Payment make famous Wages, [av]
• Labour in representation Commonwealth: a book provision the erstwhile generation, [av]
• Chaos discipline Order thump Industry, [av]
• Guild Socialism Restated, [av]
• Social Theory, [bk, av]
• Unemployment and Manual Maintenance,
• The Future detail Local Government, [av]
• Workshop Organization, [av]
• Trade Labor and Munitions, [av]
• Organized labour: an commence to position unionism,
• Robert Owen,
• The Life constantly William Cobbett, [lse]
• A Accordingly History go rotten the Land Working Stratum Movement, ,
• The Smart Man's Direct through Faux Chaos, [av]
• The Intelligent Man's Review supplementary Europe To-Day, with Margaret Cole, [av]
• Studies in Terra Economics, [av]
• What Marx Honestly Mea