In his 1920 book, Direct Action, William Mellor placed direct action firmly in the struggle between worker and employer for control "over the economic life of society."
威廉·梅勒(William Mellor)在他1920年出版的书《直接行动》中，将直接行动十分牢固地放置在工人与雇主之间为了控制“社会经济生活”的斗争之中。