The book stands comparison with A.L. Mortons Peoples History & G.D.H. Coles Common People. But it is more than just this. It is in a real sense a history for our own times. John Foster Emeritus Professor University of the West of Scotland This book is ideal for its purpose. I only wish it had been available in the decades when I was teaching trade union courses. Jim Fryth Labour History Review At last a readable & accessible general history of the labour movement.. . Highly recommended. Manchester TUC Newsletter --A revised updated & expanded edition of this classic feminist account of British labour history-- Critical & iconoclastic Comrade or Brother? traces the history of the British Labour Movement from its beginnings at the onset of industrialisation through its development within a capitalist society up to the end of the twentieth-century. Written by a leading activist in the labour movement the book redresses the balance in much labour history writing. It examines the place of women & the influence of racism & sexism as well as providing a critical analysis of the rival ideologies which played a role in the uneven development of the labour movement.