Worker mobilisation, spatial practices, and contested ideologies in the port town of South Shields (England, ca. 1914-1922) – Joe Redmayne

The article explores the social characteristics of South Shields and the interactions of inhabitants to illustrate how political, maritime, and urban changes reshaped its community between 1914 and 1922. Drawing on testimonies detailed in archival records and extensive newspaper reports, the article contributes to the discussion about workers’ intellectual engagement regarding solidarity, patriotism, internationalism, imperialism and racial issues. In doing so, the article sheds light on the diverse identities of the port town’s working-class, workers’ spatial practices, as well as their ideological drifts and conversions.