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Kate Richards O'Hare was part of 'The Trinity' of well-known female activists imprisoned for opposing World War I. Their struggle led to reforms in the US prison system and helped spur the creation of the ACLU.

In a Radical Tea Towel email earlier this month, I wrote about how (8th March) originated in the European socialist movement.

New York and Dublin are both well-known for their Paddy’s Day celebrations – less so Mexico City. But el Día de San Patricio is a big day in the Mexican calendar as well.

The great Stephen Hawking - who died one year ago today - was a man of the left. Perhaps there's something about looking out at the stars which motivates us to want to protect our world?

Back in 2012, "Django Unchained" shook up the film world as Quentin Tarantino’s latest masterpiece.

Let's start with an important point of order: Happy ! Now to our second point of order: International Women's Day is in fact socialist.

In the California heat of August 1939, the officers of the Kern County Board of Supervisors banned a new book from the public schools and libraries under their jurisdiction.

The news over the past few days has been covered with the departure from the Labour Party (and now also from the Tories) of a small number of MPs calling themselves the ‘’.

Like me, you may have been distressed to hear that ’s resting place in in North London has been vandalised again yesterday for the second time in a few weeks. It’s a peaceful, leafy-green corner of the world.

On a brisk April morning in 1876, spectators gathered in Washington DC's Capitol Hill district for the unveiling of the new .