Episode about the crucial role played by women in the great miners strike in Britain, 1984-5, in conversation with Heather Wood, chair of the Easington women’s strike support group. Continue reading “E13: Women in the miners’ strike”
E12: The League of Revolutionary Black Workers in Detroit
Episode about the League of Revolutionary Black Workers in Detroit in the late 60s/early 70s, in conversation with Herb Boyd, author of Black Detroit and former member of the group, and Dan Georgakas, author of Detroit I Do Mind Dying. Continue reading “E12: The League of Revolutionary Black Workers in Detroit”
E11: The GI resistance in Vietnam, part 2
Concluding part of our two-part episode on the GI resistance to the Vietnam war, in conversation with Jerry Lembcke, a Vietnam army veteran, now sociologist and author. Continue reading “E11: The GI resistance in Vietnam, part 2”
E10: The GI resistance in Vietnam, part 1
During the later years of the Vietnam war, a little-known but powerful rebellion developed within the ranks of the US forces. In this two-part episode, we talk about the GI resistance to the war with Jerry Lembcke, a Vietnam army veteran, now sociologist and author, and Bart, a navy veteran about their experiences. Continue reading “E10: The GI resistance in Vietnam, part 1”
Spanish civil war podcast
John from WCH tells the story of the Spanish civil war and revolution of 1936-9 on the Revolutionary Left Radio podcast. Continue reading “Spanish civil war podcast”
E9: The Industrial Workers of the World in the US, 1918-1950s
Podcast episode about the later history of the revolutionary union the Industrial Workers of the World 1918-1950s. We went to Chicago to talk to our friend Warren to learn more about this little-known period in the union’s history. Continue reading “E9: The Industrial Workers of the World in the US, 1918-1950s”
E8: The Vietnam war strike wave
The first in a series of episodes we will be producing about the Vietnam war. Here we talk to historian and author of Strike! Jeremy Brecher about the strike wave which swept the United States during the Vietnam war in the 1960s and 70s.
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WCH E7: The West Virginia mine wars, 1902-1922
Our latest podcast, on the West Virginia mine wars 1902-1922. We speak with Catherine Moore and others from the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum, as well as some striking West Virginia teachers about the conflicts, and how they are remembered today. Continue reading “WCH E7: The West Virginia mine wars, 1902-1922”
WCH E6: The Industrial Workers of the World in the US, 1905-1918
Episode about the early history of the revolutionary Industrial Workers of the World union in the United States, 1905-1918. In conversation with Peter Cole, coeditor of the new book Wobblies of the World: a Global History of the IWW. Continue reading “WCH E6: The Industrial Workers of the World in the US, 1905-1918”
E5: Workmates – organising with agency workers on London Underground
An interview with Andy Littlechild, a rail track charge hand and rail workers’ union official, about Workmates: a fighting organisation of permanent and agency contract workers on London Underground in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Continue reading “E5: Workmates – organising with agency workers on London Underground”