![]() ![]() He also observed the beginnings of independent working class representation in Parliament. ![]() However, many of the conditions remained and Engels felt privileged to witness the rise of trade unions of the unskilled, whose leaders were socialist in outlook. ![]() Skilled workers were able to secure better pay and conditions and in boom times, unskilled workers could just about keep their heads above water. Engels acknowledged that his predictions regarding the imminence of social revolution had been, at least delayed, due to the fact that the capitalist UK was the dominant industrial nation and able to grant reforms. ![]() It is also one hundred and thirty years since this book was translated into English. He stated that he was proud of having done so. I have decided to review Engel’s classic book on the condition of the working class in 1844 because it is approaching one hundred and eighty years since Engels travelled the length and breadth of the UK, in order to highlight the dreadful conditions that existed at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution.Įngels spent twenty-one months, observing everyday life and chatting to workers about their conditions and grievances. Review by Mark Langabeer, Hastings and Rye Labour Party member ![]()
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