‘The book we now offer to the reader, “The Strike,” by Peter Nikiforov, paints a stirring picture of the struggle of the proletariat of tsarist Russia at the moment when the first Russian Revolution, having reached its highest stage in the armed uprising in Moscow in December, 1905, and having already been suppressed in the two capitals, was spreading in a broad wave to the towns and villages far front the centre, in most cases in the form of strikes. The author is a Bolshevik, a sailor, a leader in the uprising on the Emperor’s yacht “Polar Star” in October, 1905; after the uprising had been put down, he was compelled to go into hiding. and left for the Crimea on illegal party work.’ From the preface.

The Strike of the Dredging Fleet 1905 by Peter Nikiforov. Workers Library Publishers, New York. 1931.

Contents: Preface, The Strike, Getting Contacts, Forming a Group, Out for the Nine-Hour Working Day, Organization of an Illegal Trade Union, Preparation for a Strike, May First, Arrest, The Dredging Fleet Strikes, Victory. 46 pages.

Workers Library Publishers replaced Daily Workers Publishers as the main pamphlet printing house of the Communist Party in 1927. International Publishers was originally meant to translate works into English, but became the CP’s main book publisher.

PDF of original pamphlet: http://lib-lespaul.library.mun.ca/PDFs/radical/TheStrikeoftheDredgingFleet1905.pdf