Radical History Blog

Born on 25th December in 1886, Malak Hifni Nasif is a key figure in the global history of feminism Malak Hifni Nasif was born in Cairo on 25 December 1886.

Born on 13th December in 1903, Ella Baker shunned the limelight and devoted herself to the hard graft of political activism...

Executed on this day in 1549, Robert Kett led 16,000 rebels in their struggle for land and justice Reactionaries have often celebrated pre-modern England as an era when the masses ‘knew their place’ – a time before radical history.

Killed in action on this day in 1936, Durruti led 6,000 Anarchists in the fight against Francisco Franco “We carry a new world in our hearts.” The Spanish Civil War made strange bedfellows.

On 13th November in 1886, the Victorian socialist William Morris published the first instalment of A Dream of John Ball... During the nineteenth century, as capitalism conquered the world, people began to long for a pre-industrial past.

Born on 9th November in 1828, Friedrich Sorge went on to play a key role in American radical history Some of you might have heard of the San Francisco 49ers, named after the California Gold Rush of 1849.

Brandreth and his fellow Pentrich Martyrs were executed for treason on this day in 1817 Britain didn’t have a revolution like . But we nearly did.

Born on this day in 1760, Hokusai went on to become one of the world's most iconic artists “Hokusai is not just one artist among others in the Floating World.

Born on this day in 1913, Larry Itliong radicalized Filipino-American workers and led their struggle for equality and dignity The story of , the Mexican-American labor leader, is well-known - and rightly so.

Born on this day in 1808, Wilhelm Weitling was a man of many talents, but radical activism was his calling wasn’t the only revolutionary in nineteenth-century Germany.