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History isn't made by kings or politicians, it is made by us: billions of ordinary people.
February 19, 2025March 12, 2025 Working Class History Podcast

WCL10-11: Florence Working-Class Literature Festival

Two-part podcast episode about the Working-Class Literature Festival held every year in Florence, at the former GKN car parts factory, which was taken over by the workers after they were made redundant in 2021.

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January 23, 2025February 12, 2025 Working Class History Podcast

E101: Radical Reads – ‘Fractured: Race, Class, Gender and the Hatred of Identity Politics’

As part of our Radical Reads series, we speak to Alex Charnley and Michael Richmond about their book, Fractured: Race, Class, Gender and the Hatred of Identity Politics.

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January 8, 2025April 2, 2026 Working Class History Podcast

E99-100: Vietnam war strike wave

With the background of the Vietnam war, rising prices and stagnant wages, workers in the US began to ignore calls to support the war effort and keep working, and instead launch a wave of wildcat strikes in key industries, while women homeworkers fought for lower prices. We tell the story of these struggles in this double podcast episode.

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December 18, 2024January 1, 2025 Working Class History Podcast

E98: Radical Reads – ‘Jews Don’t Count’ by David Baddiel

In the latest addition to our Radical Reads series, we invited Michael Richmond to talk to us about David Baddiel’s ridiculous book, Jews Don’t Count.

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November 22, 2024January 9, 2025 Working Class History Blog

Support WCH through your union!

Our work is only made possible through our supporters’ donations. And now, with the help of our friends in the labour movement, those active in their unions can support us through their union branches and locals!

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November 20, 2024December 11, 2024 Working Class History Podcast

E97: Radical Reads – ‘Hezbollah: 10 Things You Need To Know’

As part of our Radical Reads series, we talk to Elia Ayoub about his article, ‘Hezbollah: 10 Things You Need To Know’.

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October 30, 2024December 4, 2024 Working Class History Podcast

E95-96: Bootleg miners

During the Great Depression in the US, facing mass job losses and abject poverty, thousands of coal miners in Pennsylvania took direct action and began digging their own mines on company property. We tell their story in this two-part podcast.

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October 10, 2024November 26, 2024 Working Class History Podcast

E94: Radical Reads w/ Jasper Bernes – ‘If We Burn’

First of our new series, Radical Reads, in which we team up with Jasper Bernes to discuss Vincent Bevins’ 2023 book, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution.

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September 12, 2024October 30, 2024 Working Class History Podcast

WCL 7-9: Chinese migrant worker poetry

Three-part podcast series on the migrant worker poetry scene in China, the precarious social conditions in which these poets live and, of course, the poetry they produce.

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September 4, 2024April 3, 2025 Working Class History Podcast

E93: Fireside chat – NOlympics LA

Patreon-exclusive Fireside Chat podcast, where we sat down with Annie Powers from NOlympics LA to chat about the problematic history of the Olympic Games, the negative consequences it has on host cities, and the ongoing campaign against the hosting of the Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028.

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27 August 1889: Jewish tailors strike - On This Day in Working Class History

On this day, 27 August 1889, the great strike of East End Jewish tailors in London began during a dockers' strike. 8,000 workers, mostly Jewish immigrants from Russia, elected a strike committee and walked out, demanding a maximum 12-hour working day (they were working 14-18 hours). Despite the antipathy of the dockers' union leader, predominantly Irish Catholic dockers donated to the strike fund and helped the tailors hold out until October when the employers caved in. More information, sources and map: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9881/jewish-east-end-tailors-strike-beginsOur work is only possible because of support from you, our listeners on patreon. If you appreciate our work, please join us and access exclusive content and benefits at patreon.com/workingclasshistory.See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.workingclasshistory.com/date/todayBrowse all Stories by Date here on the Date index: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/dateCheck out our Map of historical Stories: https://map.workingclasshistory.comCheck out books, posters, clothing and more in our online store, here: https://shop.workingclasshistory.comIf you enjoy this podcast, make sure to check out our flagship longform podcast, Working Class History

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