Radical History Blog

Born on 4th May in 1925, Ruth First was assassinated for her struggle against the apartheid system in South Africa On 17 August 1982, Ruth First was working as a university research director in Mozambique.

The story of how the bombing of Gernika helped to spark a global anti-war movement that continues today On 26 April, 1937, it was market day in Gernika. 10,000 people filled the ancient Basque capital, buying and selling, chatting and joking.

In 1955, representatives from across Africa and Asia gathered in Bandung to articulate a vision of world peace and cooperation “Our nations and countries are colonies no more. Now we are free, sovereign and independent.

The struggle for Indian independence was about more than just Gandhi “Lost rights are never regained by appeals to the conscience of the usurpers, but by relentless struggle…” Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was born today in 1891, in the town of Mhow in central India.

She might not be a household name, but Johnnie Tillmon was one of the leading welfare organisers and campaigners in U.S.

How Cesar Chavez became one of the leading labor activists in the United States “The time has come for the liberation of the poor farm worker. History is on our side.” Cesar Chavez was born today in Yuma, Arizona, in 1927.

How the revolutionary fervour of 1848 turned into a full-blown War of Independence In 1848, everything everywhere happened all at once.

Born on 9th March 1763, William Cobbett was a journalist, pamphleteer, and campaigner for parliamentary reform From the perspective of radical history, William Cobbett was a mixed bag… Born in rural Surrey in 1763, he grew up to be an alternately radical and reactionary figure in British and U.S.

Túpac Amaru II gave his life in the fight against Spanish colonialism Decades before and fought the wars of Spanish American independence, there was a Great Rebellion in the Andes.

Born on this day in 1778, José de San Martín liberated huge swathes of South America from Spanish imperial rule “My promises to the people for whom I have waged war have been fulfilled – to accomplish their independence and leave the choice of their rulers to their own will.” Spanish South America was too big for Simón Bolívar to liberate all on his own.