The Bee-Hive Newspaper: Its Origin and Early Struggles

Stephen Coltham

Chapter 5 in Essays in Labour History, 1960, pp 174-204 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract THE Bee-Hive, founded by George Potter ‘in the interest of the working classes’ in October 1861, appeared weekly under its original title until the end of 1876. It was then renamed the Industrial Review, and survived for exactly two more years before it was finally closed down. During that time — an extraordinary length of life for a working-class paper of those days — it was adopted as the organ of some of the most important bodies in the labour movement. While this did not necessarily imply any control over the paper, it did mean mutual support, as well as columns open to contributions from these bodies. Until September 1865 it was the organ of the London Trades Council; and for the last ten months of this period, of the First International as well. (It was not in fact until 1870 that the International formally severed all connection with the paper.) During the eighteen-sixties, individual unions that adopted the Bee-Hive in this way included Macdonald’s National Association of Mineworkers, while other bodies included the Labour Representation League. Throughout the labour laws campaign of 1871–5, it was the organ of the T.U.C. and its Parliamentary Committee.

Keywords: Trade Unionist; Labour Movement; Limited Liability Company; Building Operative; Building Trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1960
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-15446-3_9

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