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On this day in 1944, Greek resistance fighters liberated Athens from Nazi occupation On 27 April 1941, Nazi troops began their occupation of the Greek capital of Athens.

The radical life of Barbara Castle, born on this day in 1910... On this day, the 6th of October, 1910, Barbara Anne Betts was born in Chesterfield. It was the year of the on suffragettes in Westminster.

The story of Alexander Fleming and the discovery that changed medicine forever... There are now Radical Tea Towels of each of the top three ‘Greatest Scots’, at least as voted in 2009: Robert Burns, , and our newest addition, Alexander Fleming.

The strike that led to a sea change in the British labour movement... “The people’s flag is deepest red, It shrouded oft our martyred dead And ere their limbs grew stiff and cold, Their hearts’ blood dyed its every fold.

On this day in history, thousands of workers from Bolton marched over Winter Hill to claim the right to roam...

The story of Mark Twain, American author and radical convert... British Prime Minister Harold Wilson once said of his colleague that he “immatures with age”.

The story of Sophia Duleep Singh, Indian Princess and militant suffragette... The fight for women’s suffrage in early 20th century Britain included people from all walks of life, from Irish Republicans like to working-class socialists like .

The story of Sir Roger Casement, martyred on this day for his role in the Easter Rising of 1916... “Ireland is treated today among other nations of the world as if she was a convicted criminal.

How the people of France captured a Parisian prison and brought down the French monarchy once said that a riot is the language of the unheard. For centuries before 1789, politics in the Kingdom of France concerned itself with kings and noblemen.

The long and bitter fight for a universal healthcare system in the UKThe NHS was launched today in 1948.