"THE IRON SCALES: Five Centuries of Legalized Class War in Britain"
A devastating exposé of how Britain's ruling class weaponized the law to create and maintain inequality
THIS BOOK WILL CHANGE HOW YOU SEE BRITISH HISTORY - AND TODAY'S CRISES
For 500 years, while the British elite crafted myths of fair play and justice, they were secretly constructing the most sophisticated legal machinery of class oppression the world has ever seen. This meticulously researched work exposes:
THE HIDDEN WAR AGAINST THE POOR
How the 1723 "Black Act" made cutting down a tree punishable by hanging
The brutal workhouse system deliberately designed to be deadlier than prisons
Why Victorian factory owners could maim workers without consequence
THE LEGAL THEFT THAT NEVER ENDED
From enclosure laws stealing common land to Right-to-Buy gutting social housing
How anti-union laws crushed wages from 1799 to today's gig economy
The shocking continuity between Poor Laws and Universal Credit sanctions
YOUR PAYCHECK IN CHAINS
The Master/Servant Acts that made quitting a job a criminal offense
How Thatcher's laws erased 100 years of worker rights overnight
Why your zero-hour contract has roots in 18th century servitude
PRAISE FOR THIS EXPLOSIVE WORK:
"A masterpiece of people's history - will change how you see every 'fair' British institution"