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The 'Age of Revolutions' touched many countries - including the so-called 'Austrian Netherlands' In 1789 the French Revolution began. But it wasn’t alone... Next door, in what’s now Belgium, … read more

The Swing Riots, a stand against exploitation, were an important step in the development of a strategy for working class resistance "Oh Captain Swing, he'll come in the night To set all your bu … read more

From rural peasantry, to law, politics, the Presidency of Catalonia and the firing squad, Pete charts the life of Lluís Companys The death sentence of Lluís Companys When George Orwe … read more

The traditional labour movement may not have realised the transformative potential of the unemployed masses of the 1930s, but the British state was well aware of the risk NUUW march in London, … read more

He may be most famous for the fantasy worlds he created in his novels, but H.G. Wells was also a socialist campaigner and thinker “I’m a socialist. I don’t think this world was made for a smal … read more