A series of workplace disturbances, strikes, and riots broke out across the British West Indies in the period between 1934 and 1939. These began as the...

part of the British West Indian labour unrest of 1934–1939. In Turkey, 1 May (Turkish: Emek ve Dayanışma Günü) is an official holiday known as Labour and...

conditions in Britain's Caribbean colonies. Following the British West Indian labour unrest of 1934–1939, the Imperial Government sent a royal commission to...

Colony of Jamaica, where key positions were given to white people, such as Cousins. It was only when the British West Indian labour unrest of 1934-1939 took...

following the British West Indian labour unrest of 1934–1939. The Barbados Workers' Union Labour College, which is the residential educational arm of the BWU...

workplaces or pressure governments to change policies. British West Indian labour unrest of 1934–1939 1956 Jamaican port strike 1964 Jamaican broadcast strike...

of the British West Indies Amelioration Act 1798 Bishoprics, etc., in West Indies Act 1842 British West Indian labour unrest of 1934–1939 Battle of the...

Britain could now use metropolitan funds to develop the colonies. By the late 1930s, especially after the British West Indian labour unrest of 1934–1939...

The British Raj (/rɑːdʒ/ RAHJ; from Hindustani rāj, 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent, lasting...

and the Labour Party became the main challenger to the dominant Conservative Party throughout the period. The Great Depression affected Britain less severely...

Before Fiji was colonized by Great Britain, some planters had tried to obtain Indian labour and had approached the British Consul in Levuka, Fiji but were...

Jamaica. The spike of nationalist sentiment in colonial Jamaica is primarily attributed to the British West Indian labour unrest of 1934–39, which protested...

1925 until 1934 and the Viscount Halifax from 1934 until 1944, was a senior British Conservative politician of the 1930s. He held several senior ministerial...

(1923–1934), the British National Fascists (1924–1928), the Imperial Fascist League (1929–1939), the British Union of Fascists (1932–1940), the British League...

Indian Rebellion of 1857, the British Government took over the administration to establish the British Raj. The British Raj was the period of British...

forces invaded British India on three fronts taking advantage of the unrest in India, in an effort to seize the old Afghan provinces west of the River Indus...

Era. At the same time, labour has been required at many prisons. In 1934, federal prison officials concerned about growing unrest in prisons lobbied to...

of calypso, she published a booklet in 1959 entitled "12 Songs from Trinidad" which included two songs about the British West Indian labour unrest of...

Communist Party of Indochina, against French colonialism. 1930–1934: The Saya San Rebellion in British Burma, led by Saya San, against British rule in Burma...

squandered billions of Marshall Plan Aid to support British world power pretensions, and so jeopardised the economic future of Britain. The Labour government chose...

famous amongst a number of plots planned to foment unrest and trigger a Pan-Indian mutiny in February 1915, in the British Indian Army from Punjab to Singapore...

War (1939–1945), India was a part of the British Empire. British India officially declared war on Nazi Germany in September 1939. India, as a part of the...

The Indian independence movement was a series of historic events in South Asia with the ultimate aim of ending British colonial rule. It lasted until 1947...

control of steel and coal production facilities in both countries. In January 1934, Germany signed a non-aggression pact with Poland. In March 1939, Hitler...

1897 – 18 August 1945) was an Indian nationalist whose defiance of British authority in India made him a hero among many Indians, but his wartime alliances...

The Indian Navy is the maritime branch of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Navy. The Chief of Naval...

political unrest, since slavery was "deeply rooted in religious and political history". The British policy was therefore to assure the League of Nations...

Eastern India, 1793-1940", Indian Economic and Social History Review, 13 (1 & 2), New Delhi. Arvind Narayan Das, 1981, Agrarian Unrest and Socio-economic Change...

became a RCPI member. As the Indian National Congress dominated the tea gardens of Assam and there was little industrial labour in the province, the Communist...

organisations and religious leaders. The migrant labour system was identified as a primary cause of the unrest. Multi-national mining corporations including...