Radical History Blog

In 1935, Mussolini's fascist forces invaded Ethiopia. Sylvia Pankhurst led the international protests which followed, forging a lifelong bond in the process.

In the 1880s, the US labor movement was doing battle for a shorter, eight-hour working day. Out of this struggle came May Day – the worldwide celebration of workers' rights and resistance to the greed of the 1%.

In 1966, America's most renowned boxer refused to be drafted into the Vietnam War. The backlash led to the loss of his heavyweight boxing titles, but Ali's resistance helped fuel the anti-war movement.

Mother's Day is traditionally about sentiment - not commercialism. We're here whenever you want an idea, but for your own Mom, the main thing is the thought. Mother's Day is coming up in the US. You'd better not be forgetting that one!

In April 1932, hundreds of working people from Manchester trespassed on private land in the Peak District to protest against the lack of public access to the British countryside.

was the Minister for Health in post-war government and was responsible for the establishment of the NHS. The son of a coal miner, Bevan consistently defended social justice and the rights of working people.

The story of the youngest ever elected female MP and her non-violent (minus 1 slap) fight for equality in Northern Ireland. There’s a woman, turning 72 today, who one Irishman recently summed up as “our ”.

In 1941, with the United States at war against Hitler in Europe, the African American civil rights activist A. Philip Randolph took the government to task for ignoring racism at home while fighting against it on the other side of the world.

In the darkest of times, a radical company from the UK helped me keep my faith in America. We Americans aren’t so different from our British cousins after all. Sure, we once fought a war of independence against their empire.

For a progressive company from Wales, the radical history of our home is fundamental. In 1980, the of ’s A People's History of the United States was published.