A ragged trousered elite who preached secular salvation
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The working-class classic with an ambivalence about real workers
Tristram Hunt
Saturday August 7, 2004
The Guardian
Fresh from the battle-front of Britain's privatised rail system,
leaders of the RMT union have recently circulated a reading list to
bolster socialist morale among its frontline troops. Naturally, top of
the list of recommended books is Robert Tressell's The Ragged
Trousered Philanthropists.
For, almost one hundred years after it was written, this labour
classic still retains a remarkable hold on the socialist imagination.
Yet a more circumspect reading reveals a far less heroic portrayal of
working-class solidarity than the rail union stalwarts might imagine.
Tristram Hunt
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