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The 1918 Election Part 3: John Maclean, Labour and the Sacrifice of Radicalism

14th Dec 2018
Pete

This is the third part of our series on the 1918 General Election. As well as for women and Ireland, the election was a landmark for the Labour Party. But some true radicals such as Scottish politician John Maclean have been forgotten. Until now.

Tags:
  • #Labour Party
  • #1918 General Election
  • #Democracy
  • #Suffragettes
  • #Politicians
  • #John Maclean

The HUAC hearings: An Attack on Free Thought in America

20th Oct 2018
Pete

'The Land of the Free' is how we're often introduced to the United States. Of course, there have been plenty of Americans who moved mountains to make America a freer place to live: Sojourner Truth, Abe Lincoln, Alice Paul, Muhammad Ali and

Tags:
  • #HUAC
  • #Joseph McCarthy
  • #1950s
  • #United States
  • #Free Speech
  • #First Amendment
  • #Socialism
  • #Communism
  • #Democracy
  • #Arthur Miller
  • #Dalton Trumbo
  • #Lionel Stander
  • #Bertolt Brecht

The WSPU & the Progressive Tidal Wave of early 20th Century Britain

10th Oct 2018
Pete

115 years ago today, in 1903, the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) was born at 62 Nelson Street, Moss Side, Manchester - the Pankhursts' family home. A women-only organisation, the WSPU has come to be recognised as one of the great i

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  • #WSPU
  • #Emmeline Pankhurst
  • #Sylvia Pankhurst
  • #Pankhurst
  • #Suffragettes
  • #Keir Hardie
  • #Democracy
  • #20th Century
  • #Labour Party

'Red Ellen' Willkinson and the Jarrow march

8th Oct 2018
Pete

Our Jarrow Crusade tea towel is a beauty (I'm allowed to say so without being arrogant because I wasn't the one who designed it!). In the top right is a map of England with the route the marchers took in October 1936 from the North East to Lo

Tags:
  • #Jarrow March
  • #Ellen Wilkinson
  • #Labour Party
  • #Women in Power
  • #Politicians
  • #Democracy
  • #Trade unions

Cable Street: A Battle against Fascism on London's Streets

4th Oct 2018
Pete

When it comes to World War Two, if we think of the 'Home Front' we tend to just imagine the Blitz - German bombers over British cities, RAF bases on endless alert, Clement Attlee down in the public air raid shelters and all that. Don't get me

Tags:
  • #Cable Street
  • #Anti-fascism
  • #Anti-racism
  • #1930s
  • #Democracy
  • #Protest
  • #Mosley
  • #Fascism
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