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Annie Kenney: Working Class Heroine

Posted by Pete on 13th Sep 2018

Across history, radical movements for democratic change have often been led by members of the upper classes. Middle-class Clement Attlee and Westminster-educated Tony Benn in the post-war Bri … read more

The Levellers: Radicals Before Their Time

Posted by Pete on 17th May 2018

"To the Memory of Private Biggs and Private Piggen. Executed like their Leveller Colleagues at Burford by Forces Loyal to Cromwell." - Plaque at Gloucester Green, Oxford I spent three yea … read more

Feargus O'Connor and the Irish-Chartist Alliance

Posted by Pete on 10th Apr 2018

170 years ago today, on Kennington Common in Lambeth, South London (now known as Kennington Park), 25,000 'Chartists' met to make their demands for democratic reforms including universal suffrage. … read more

How The Labour Party Came into Being

Posted by Pete on 27th Feb 2018

On 27th February in 1900 at the Congregational Memorial Hall on Farringdon Street, not far from St Paul's Cathedral, the Labour Representation Committee was created. It soon took on a cat … read more