Abstract:

This article examines the early production history of the National Asylum Workers' Union Magazine to assess the impact of periodical culture on trade union politics. Under its inaugural editor, Hubert Bankart, the magazinequickly distinguished itself through brash editorials and eye-catching design elements. However, while British mental health workers praised the periodical as both a powerful propaganda tool and an engaging literary work, pragmatic union officials were alarmed at its expense and the political backlash it attracted. Subsequent disputes over Bankart's editorial independence reveal the journal as a site where organizational and ideological differences were negotiated and debated.

摘要：

本文考察了全国庇护工人工会杂志的早期制作历史，以评估期刊文化对工会政治的影响。在其首任主编 Hubert Bankart 的领导下，该杂志通过大胆的社论和引人注目的设计元素迅速脱颖而出。然而，尽管英国精神卫生工作者称赞该期刊既是强大的宣传工具又是引人入胜的文学作品，但务实的工会官员对其付出的代价和引起的政治反弹感到震惊。随后关于 Bankart 编辑独立性的争议表明该杂志是一个协商和辩论组织和意识形态差异的网站。