Radical History Blog

On this day in 1792, the 'Year of the Sheep' protests began against the Highland Clearances...

Rose Pastor Stokes was an icon of American socialism in the early twentieth century...

Gough Whitlam led a reformist government in Australia between 1972-75, transforming the country in just three years.

The story of the anti-apartheid activist who led an armed struggle in South Africa...

How an Irish merchant sailor became a revolutionary admiral and hero of the Argentine War of Independence...

How Students for a Democratic Society revived the American left for a new decade...

Before this year, I'd never heard of the word 'semi-quincentennial'...

Tom Barker was a socialist organiser and anti-war campaigner across three different continents...

Lily Parr was a lesbian icon and working-class hero during the first Golden Age of women's football in Britain...

Bertrand Russell was a lifelong pacifist and critic of warmongering imperialism...