March , 2025

The 14th Dalai Lama was a political figure who came to represent his nation from afar The Dalai Lama met Mao Zedong in 1955 to celebrate Tibetan New Year. He had initially sought to cooperate with the communist regime.

The struggle for economic freedoms coalesced with the struggle for political freedoms in 19th century aristocratic Britain A meeting of the Anti-Corn Law League in Exeter Hall, Manchester, 1846 Free trade versus tariffs is a hot political issue these days – and not for the first time...

It's been eleven years since Britain lost Tony Benn - Pete charts his move leftward during an epic career in politics A young Anthony Wedgwood Benn, aged 22 in 1947 , giant of the postwar British Left, passed away on this day in 2014.

The story of Therea Malkiel, who created the forerunner to the international annual celebration of women International Women’s Day was created by the American socialist movement.