Radical Tea Towel UK Blog

When we think of the Civil Rights Movement we think of the United States - but it happened here too...Rosa Parks's refusal to leave her seat in 1955 made waves not just across the United States, but a … read more

It's a word we throw around a lot... but what do we actually mean? Lamartine in front of the Town Hall of Paris rejects the red flag on 25 February 1848. (Source: Wikimedia Commons) People ofte … read more

Killed on this day in 1919, Zapata's radical legacy lives on...“Little star in the nightthat rides the sky like a witch,where is our chief Zapatawho was the scourge of the rich?"      & … read more

On this day in 1820, a Radical Insurrection swept across ScotlandWhen the Napoleonic Wars came to an end in 1815, Radical politics was at a low ebb across the British Isles. From the trial of Thomas … read more

Elected to the British Parliament in 1922, Saklatvala was born on this day in 1874 What is it that connects Battersea in South London, the Indian corporate giant Tata Steel, and the Communist … read more