Luke

Why do the US and Canada celebrate Labor Day in September, when almost everyone else celebrates in May? The US doesn't have a great reputation for the amount of holidays its workers typically get to take.

I've been a father for 16 months now. I think you can make a case that children are pretty radical right from the beginning.

Could the biggest capitalist day of the year actually have its origins in a workers' protest?! I've found at least three stories for the origins of Black Friday.

We recently had the opportunity of doing a 'virtual interview' with Rachel Holmes, author of a new biography on Sylvia Pankhurst ('', published September 2020 by Bloomsbury).

This month we've given an additional £12k to food bank charities in the UK and US, on top of £1.8k donated to food banks earlier in the year. This is thanks to you. Giving feels good.

Some say that the historic campaign for women's votes is too tarnished by racism to celebrate today. I respectfully disagree.

Frederick Douglass said that Independence Day in 1852 wasn't for him. Many still feel left out - dare we hope, as he did, that "'Let there be light' has not yet spent its force"? Image: U.S.

Last week we donated $1,000 to Feeding America, which they tell us has paid for 10,000 meals for Americans struggling right now. We've also been supporting a Kenyan girl's higher education, in memory of a friend of Radical Tea Towel.

This week we've given £1k to the Trussell Trust food bank charity, and are close to manufacturing face masks using spare tea towel material, which we'll also be donating to vulnerable groups.

Part 2 of our coronavirus response: today we'll share what we're doing to survive as a small business, and to help you, our supporters, get through this too! Hey, optimist!