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What Freedom Means: The Story of Malak Hifni Nasif
Born on 25th December in 1886, Malak Hifni Nasif is a key figure in the global history of feminism Malak Hifni Nasif was born in Cairo on 25 December 1886.
How to Fight Fascists: The Story of Buenaventura Durruti
Killed in action on this day in 1936, Durruti led 6,000 Anarchists in the fight against Francisco Franco “We carry a new world in our hearts.” The Spanish Civil War made strange bedfellows.
Radical Major, Major Radical: The Life of Major John Cartwright
Known as the 'Father of Reform', John Cartwright paved the way for the democratic campaigns of the 19th and 20th centuries... In the summer of 1819, the Manchester Patriotic Union organised a mass rally for universal manhood suffrage.
Peggy Duff: A Life Well Lived
Born on this day in 1910, Peggy Duff devoted her life to international peace and the fight against everything which endangers it...Noam Chomsky said of her that, "she should have won the Nobel Peace Prize about twenty times".But you may well never have heard of Peggy Duff (1910-81).