Radical History Blog

The story of how Spanish fascism came to an end and democracy finally prevailed In March 1939, after a heroic defence, Madrid fell to the armies of Francisco Franco. A few days later, the fascist dictator proclaimed victory in the .

The American philosopher and radical activist John Dewey was born on this day in 1859 America has a proud tradition of public intellectuals on the Left. Noam Chomsky, , , , - the list goes on!

On this day in 1944, Greek resistance fighters liberated Athens from Nazi occupation On 27 April 1941, Nazi troops began their occupation of the Greek capital of Athens.

The radical life of Barbara Castle, born on this day in 1910... On this day, the 6th of October, 1910, Barbara Anne Betts was born in Chesterfield. It was the year of the on suffragettes in Westminster.

The story of Alexander Fleming and the discovery that changed medicine forever... There are now Radical Tea Towels of each of the top three ‘Greatest Scots’, at least as voted in 2009: Robert Burns, , and our newest addition, Alexander Fleming.

The strike that led to a sea change in the British labour movement... “The people’s flag is deepest red, It shrouded oft our martyred dead And ere their limbs grew stiff and cold, Their hearts’ blood dyed its every fold.

On this day in history, thousands of workers from Bolton marched over Winter Hill to claim the right to roam...

Our new Palestine tea towel is out now, with a donation to Medical Aid for Palestinians with every purchase Our customers and supporters have been asking us for some time now: when are you going to release a tea towel about Palestine?

He may not be a household name, but Alan L. Hart was a pioneer in more ways than one John Keats. Eugène Delacroix. Emily Brontë. Andrew Jackson. If you died in bed in the nineteenth century, the chances are that it was tuberculosis that killed you.

The story of Mark Twain, American author and radical convert... British Prime Minister Harold Wilson once said of his colleague that he “immatures with age”.