Radical History Blog

A prosperous black community was destroyed in Oklahoma today barely a century ago. On 31 May 1921, the Black citizens of Tulsa, Oklahoma, were besieged. For two days, a white mob launched an anti-Black pogrom in the city.

The Mexican Revolution did not end when the fighting stopped in 1920.

In fact, the most radical phase of the Revolution began more than a decade later, when Lázaro Cárdenas was elected President in 1934.

80 years ago, the Allies had won. But imperialism abroad, and fascist elements in Europe, remained.

On this day in 1945, the Allies won the Second World War in Europe.

Interwar Vienna was a centre of radical political experimentation Wohnhausanlage Frederich-Engels Platz in Vienne, built 1930-33. Attribution: Thomas Ledl From 1918 until 1934, Vienna was the most left-wing city in the world.

"Because of Bessie Coleman we have overcome that which was worse than racial barriers. We have overcome the barriers within ourselves and dared to dream." In 1920s America, the airplane was the future.

Since 1775 the Battles of Lexington and Concord have been part of debates about what freedom means in America and what America means to the world...

The story of the man whose name inspired a British battalion in the Spanish Civil War Tom Mann, a pioneering figure in Britain's early labour movement In 1936, volunteer military units from all over the world journeyed to Spain to fight against Franco’s fascist rebellion.

Haiti's first President realised that for his country to be free, slavery would have to be abolished everywhere For a long time the Haitian Revolution was completely forgotten.

The 14th Dalai Lama was a political figure who came to represent his nation from afar The Dalai Lama met Mao Zedong in 1955 to celebrate Tibetan New Year. He had initially sought to cooperate with the communist regime.

The struggle for economic freedoms coalesced with the struggle for political freedoms in 19th century aristocratic Britain A meeting of the Anti-Corn Law League in Exeter Hall, Manchester, 1846 Free trade versus tariffs is a hot political issue these days – and not for the first time...