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For our 10th birthday, we are launching a new series of discussion podcasts, exclusively for our patreon supporters, who make our work possible. In this first Fireside chat, we answer questions from patreon supporters, readers and listeners.
Continue reading “E90: Fireside chat – Q&A”
Following on from his excellent book, 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance, Gord Hill of the Kwakwaka’wakw nation gives us an overview of over three decades of Indigenous resistance in the Americas since 1992.
Continue reading “E88-89: Indigenous resistance since 1992”
Double podcast episode about the class struggle in Palestine during the British Mandate (1920-48). We discuss the organisations built by Palestinian workers, the 1936-39 revolt, and a number of joint strikes by Arabs and Jews which happened against the backdrop of rising tensions which culminated in the ethnic cleansing of the Nakba.
Continue reading “E86-87: Class struggle in Palestine”
Podcast produced by Upstream in conversation with John from Working Class History talking about the history of May Day, International Workers’ Day, from its modern origins in Chicago in 1886, to its mediaeval roots, and its relevance today.
Continue reading “E85: May Day with Upstream”
Introducing a brand-new daily podcast from the team at WCH. On This Day in Working Class History is a brief reminder each morning of our collective struggles for a better world which have taken place on this date in history.
Continue reading “New daily podcast: On This Day in Working Class History”
Double podcast about the Angry Brigade, Britain’s first home-grown urban guerrilla group, in the 1960s and 70s, in conversation with John Barker, who was put on trial as part of the group.
Continue reading “E83-84: Angry Brigade”
Podcast episode about the Workmates collective, a rank-and-file initiative on the London Underground using unofficial direct action and workplace assemblies to fight privatisation in the late-1990s/early 2000s.
Continue reading “E82: Workmates collective”
Podcast episode about the huge and successful strikes by miners in Britain in 1972 and 1974, in conversation with Dave Douglass.
Continue reading “E81: Miners’ strikes 1972-4”
A four-part podcast series on the Italian resistance to fascism, both during World War Two and immediately after, in conversation with anti-fascist partisans themselves.
Continue reading “E77-80: Italian resistance”
Double podcast episode about the Trinidad general strike of 1937, in conversation with Ryan Cecil Jobson.
Continue reading “E75-76: Trinidad general strike”