1919 British labor leaders saw working-class education as fueling revolt against authority

Evidence

We are confronted with an increasingly educated working class; a class which more and more rejects the imposition of external will and authority over it; a class which yearns for the status of responsible manhood in industry and which rebels against any cramping institution which thwarts its aspirations for freedom. Th e purpose of life is becoming more generally manifest as the enjoyment of freedom. — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 1666

Categorization

• QUESTION: The passage trails off mid-sentence — worth checking the full quote to see where Hodges’ argument lands.
• XREF: connects to: British planners in 1919 designed rural institutes centered on workers’ self-education — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order: How Economists…, 304; Postwar demobilization in Britain ousted black workers and triggered 1919 race riots.; Failed racist ideas fell back on anti-Black violence in 1919 — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning: The…, 820

Broader Connections

• Postwar demobilization in Britain ousted black workers and triggered 1919 race riots. #expands (0.78)
• Failed racist ideas fell back on anti-Black violence in 1919 #corroborates (0.72) — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 820