Languages of Class Struggle: Communication and Mass Mobilisation in Britain and Ireland 1842-1972 - Paperbackby John Foster (Author) This is an account of five significant episodes in the history of the working class movements in Britain and Ireland which, to various degrees, challenged the power of the capitalist state. JOHN FOSTER uses these case studies to stress the importance of language, of how arguments are constructed to mobilise for change but also how social barriers obstruct revolutionary transformations. Two chapters analyse the labour movement