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History isn't made by kings or politicians, it is made by us: billions of ordinary people.
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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August 19, 2024June 10, 2026 Working Class History Podcast

E91-92: South Korea 1987

Double podcast episode about the South Korean movements of 1987 which overthrew the US-backed military dictatorship and won big improvements for workers. In these episodes we speak with Kim Jin-sook and Hong Seung Ha about their experiences of the June Democratic Struggle, and the Great Workers’ Struggle which immediately followed it.

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25 June 2021: Chad oil workers strike - On This Day in Working Class History

On 25 June 2021, oil workers employed by ExxonMobil on the Doba oilfield in Chad went on strike when the potential sale of the oilfield was announced. The workers were demanding that in the event the sale went through that they would still receive benefits and redundancy pay they were previously entitled to.The stoppage continued for two weeks, and worker protests continued for some time. In September, Chad's government announced they would work to ensure the workers kept their jobs.More information, sources and map: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7908/doba-oil-workers-strikeOur 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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