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The ILP: A New Party for Labour

Posted by Pete on 14th Jan 2025

Trying to influence the Liberal Party wasn't working, so the UK labour movement changed tack in the 1890s... The Labour Party, created in 1906, wasn’t the first party of labour in the U.K. On th … read more

Jayaben Desai and the stand at Grunwick

Posted by Pete on 1st Nov 2024

The stand taken by Jayaben Desai and others at Grunwick helped reimagine the labour movement "The strike is not so much about pay, it is a strike about human dignity." Jayaben Desai and othe … read more

The Battle of Orgreave, Then and Now

Posted by Pete on 18th Jun 2019

The Battle of Orgreave remains one of the most harrowing moments in the history of the British labour movement. Today marks 35 years since the Battle of Orgreave – when, during the height of the&nbs … read more