Radical History Blog

Around this time of year back in 1871, Parisians were getting ready to vote. These weren’t normal elections. They were voting in a ne w, revolutionary body: . You're going to need some background.

George Loveless, James Loveless, Thomas Standfield, John Standfield, James Brine, James Hammett. Listed like that, you probably haven't heard of these men. But they have another name you will know – the .

First things first: Happy ! Secondly: it's worth noting that I'm not a woman… Which might lead some to ask why I'm the one writing today's blog.

At the end of February, we asked our fans to nominate their favourite good causes for our 2018 giveaway. We received a huge response, and it was slightly painful to have to whittle the ideas down to a manageable five causes: 1.

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.

"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.

Today we're thinking about the centenary of the 1918 Representation of the People Act, which gave (some, but not all) women in the UK the right to vote for the first time. It was a .

February is LGBT History Month Can someone please go and hang this from the crane next to Trump's White House: We have a the history of the struggle for equal rights, and the amazing contributions of the LGBT+ community. It's been quite a ride.

One of our newer tea towel characters is . We chose him for what he has come to symbolise – in 19th century America.

Today is . Holocaust remembrance often foregrounds lessons about the human capacity for evil if racism, state power, and the process of dehumanisation are left unchecked. It evokes images of the pitch-black uniforms of Hitler’s SS.