June , 2025

120 years ago, a different kind of trade union sought to remake the US The IWW Headquarters in Chicago in 1917 The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) was founded on this day in 1905.

It was a labour union like no other.

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were killed on this day, after what Jean-Paul Sartre called a 'legal lynching' Ethel and Julius Rosenberg in 1951, after being found guilty by a jury. Their sons, Michael and Robert, later established a foundation to support the children of targeted liberal activists.

The Cuban tradition of anticolonialism came late, but strong Lieutenant Maceo's cavalry charge during the Battle of Ceja del Negro Cuba was exceptional during the 1890s.

At a time when imperialism and racism were widely accepted, Cubans fashioned a different form of politics that was both anticolonial and egalitarian.

The founding organisation of British Marxism suffered from ego and factionalism but was an important step for socialism in Britain The Social Democratic Federation (SDF) was created on this day in 1881.

And it was... a bit messy.