The Iron Heel Chapter 13 - The General Strike

In which the socialist tide swells amidst the collapse of Hearst and the middle class, as the Plutocracy tightens its grasp through economic and political manoeuvres, setting the stage for a profound conflict between labour and ruling powers. With the spectre of war looming, the working masses in America and Germany unite in a grand general strike, halting the machinery of empire and compelling a fragile peace that serves only to mask deeper struggles to come.