Working Class History
By Working Class History
Working Class HistoryMay 06, 2019
E49.1: Anti-Racist Action bonus episode
Exclusive, subscriber or patreon only bonus episode about Anti-Racist Action in Minnesota. We discussed the group with producer Anna Stitt, as well as Anna's research, and we hear more audio clips from ARA participants which didn't fit into the main episode, exploring their earlier lives and political development.
Learn about ARA across the US in the forthcoming book, We Go Where They Go, which you can preorder from our Kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wrkclasshistory/we-go-where-they-go-the-story-of-anti-racist-action
More info and full acknowledgements about these episodes here on our main website: https://workingclasshistory.com/2021/01/11/e49-anti-racist-action-in-minneapolis
E49: Anti-Racist Action in Minneapolis
Rerelease of our episode 49 about Anti-Racist Action in Minneapolis, because we are currently trying to co-publish a book, We Go Where They Go: The Story of Anti-Racist Action, which is the definitive history of the group across the US. To fund its publication, we are currently running a Kickstarter campaign so please do check it out here, and support it by pre-ordering your copy at a great discount with lots of other great rewards.
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Anti-Racist Action (ARA) started in Minneapolis and is a predecessor to the crews often now called antifa. ARA started in 1987 with a multiracial group of teenage skinheads who fought the rising white power movement. It grew into a network of groups in at least 120 towns and cities across the US and Canada. ARA’s first principle was: “We go where they go. Never let the Nazis have the streets.” They eventually applied that not only to white power organising, but to homophobic and anti-abortion organizing, and to police violence, which they saw as all connected. Producer and host Anna Stitt tells the story of the group in Minneapolis through vivid first-person accounts, archival audio, and music from the era. It starts under the railroad tracks in Uptown, Minneapolis and traces a movement that continues to shape the US to this day.
Learn about the group across the US in the forthcoming book, We Go Where They Go, which you can preorder from our Kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wrkclasshistory/we-go-where-they-go-the-story-of-anti-racist-action
More information about this episode, photos, full acknowledgements and a transcript here on our website: https://workingclasshistory.com/2021/01/11/e49-anti-racist-action-in-minneapolis/
Listen to our exclusive bonus episode, where we discussed the topic further with Anna, and listen to more tape from participants about their early lives, political backgrounds and more on patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/e49-1-anti-bonus-46081746
E70: Howard Zinn 100, part 2
Second in a double podcast episode about the life and work of Howard Zinn, historian, World War II veteran and activist, in his own words, 100 years since his birth.
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Howard Zinn, author of A People’s History of the United States and other texts, was one of the most influential historians in the US in the 20th-century, inspiring a generation to study history from below, including us. Born in New York in August 1922, we are releasing these episodes for the centenary of his birth, as part of a series of Howard Zinn 100 events. In these episodes, Zinn tells the story of his life, his activism, his ideas and his work in his own words, in what was one of his last, if not the last, interview before his sudden death in 2010. This little-known interview was conducted by Sasha Lilley, and excerpts from it are used with permission of Lilley and PM Press.
A DVD video of the full interview is available here in our online store: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/theory-and-practice-conversations-with-noam-chomsky-and-howard-zinn-dvd
Get A People's History of the United States from an independent bookstore here: https://bookshop.org/a/80203/9780062397348
Get the rest of the People's History series here from an independent bookstore: https://bookshop.org/lists/people-s-history-series
Full show notes, sources acknowledgements and a transcript on the webpage for this episode here: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e69-70-howard-zinn-100/
E69: Howard Zinn 100, part 1
First in a double podcast episode about the life and work of Howard Zinn, historian, World War II veteran and activist, in his own words, 100 years since his birth.
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Howard Zinn, author of A People’s History of the United States and other texts, was one of the most influential historians in the US in the 20th-century, inspiring a generation to study history from below, including us. Born in New York in August 1922, we are releasing these episodes for the centenary of his birth, as part of a series of Howard Zinn 100 events. In these episodes, Zinn tells the story of his life, his activism, his ideas and his work in his own words, in what was one of his last, if not the last, interview before his sudden death in 2010. This little-known interview was conducted by Sasha Lilley, and excerpts from it are used with permission of Lilley and PM Press.
A DVD video of the full interview is available here in our online store: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/theory-and-practice-conversations-with-noam-chomsky-and-howard-zinn-dvd
Get A People's History of the United States from an independent bookstore here: https://bookshop.org/a/80203/9780062397348
Get the rest of the People's History series here from an independent bookstore: https://bookshop.org/lists/people-s-history-series
Full show notes, sources acknowledgements and a transcript on the webpage for this episode here: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e69-70-howard-zinn-100/
E68: The Grunwick strike, part 2
Concluding part of our double podcast episode about the iconic strike of mostly East African Asian women workers at the Grunwick photo processing plant in London in 1976-8. Featuring Amrit Wilson, Jayaben Desai and Colum Maloney, who took part in the dispute, and Sujata, chair of the Grunwick 40 group.
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This second part covers scope of the dispute, the role of police, the media and the trade unions, how the dispute concluded and its legacy and lessons for today.
Full show notes and acknowledgements, as well as a transcript, on the webpage for this episode: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/grunwick-strike-1976/
E67: The Grunwick strike, part 1
Double podcast episode about the iconic strike of mostly East African Asian women workers at the Grunwick photo processing plant in London in 1976-8. Featuring Amrit Wilson, Jayaben Desai and Colum Maloney, who took part in the dispute, and Sujata, chair of the Grunwick 40 group.
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This is an improved, extended and partially re-recorded version of our first ever podcast episode. We have added more audio clips from other participants in the dispute and added narrative for additional detail, context and to tell the story in a more cohesive manner. Whether you listened to the original episode or not, we hope you enjoy it
This first part covers the background to the dispute, how the strike began and developed.
Full show notes and acknowledgements, as well as a transcript, on the webpage for this episode: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/grunwick-strike-1976/
E66: Building workers’ strike w/ Ricky Tomlinson, part 2
Part 2 of our double-podcast episode to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1972 building workers' strike. In this episode, we speak to two participants in the strike - Tony O'Brien and the actor, Ricky Tomlinson - about how the strike ended, the framing of the Shrewsbury 24, Ricky’s experiences in prison, blacklisting, and the legacies of the 1972 strike.
Full acknowledgements, photos, sources, more information and eventually a transcript on the homepage for this double episode: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e65-66-building-workers-strike-w-ricky-tomlinson/
E65.1: Building workers’ strike w/ Ricky Tomlinson, bonus episode
Mini bonus episode in which Ricky Tomlinson talks more to us about his experiences in prison, working in construction and as a trade unionist.
Full acknowledgements, photos, sources, more information and eventually a transcript on the homepage for this double episode: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e65-66-building-workers-strike-w-ricky-tomlinson/
E65: Building workers’ strike w/ Ricky Tomlinson, part 1
Part 1 of our double-podcast episode to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1972 building workers' strike. In this episode, we speak to two participants in the strike - Tony O'Brien and the actor, Ricky Tomlinson - who talk about conditions in the building industry, how the strike started, and the flying pickets organised by the rank and file that spread it across the country.
Full acknowledgements, photos, sources, more information and eventually a transcript on the homepage for this double episode: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e65-66-building-workers-strike-w-ricky-tomlinson/
WCL E3.1: Michael Rosen's socialist fairy tales, bonus episode
Mini bonus episode in which Michael Rosen discusses the historical context from which the stories in his anthology emerged, as well as the history and ideas of a tradition within the labour movement called syndicalism.
If you'd like to buy a copy of Michael's anthology, click the following link: Workers' Tales: Socialist Fairy Tales, Fables, and Allegories from Great Britain
Full show notes and more information on the webpage for this episode: https://workingclasshistory.com/blog/wcl-e3-4-michael-rosens-socialist-fairy-tales/
E64: Mildred Fish-Harnack, part 2
Concluding part of our double podcast episode about Mildred Fish-Harnack, the US-born woman at the centre of the underground resistance to Nazism in Berlin during World War II. In conversation with Rebecca Donner, Mildred’s great great niece and author of All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days.
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In this part we cover a terrible blunder which transpired, repression, aftermath, the response of Allied powers, and the historical legacy.
Get Mildred's book here: https://bookshop.org/a/80203/9780316561693
Full acknowledgements, photos, sources, more information and eventually a transcript on the homepage for this double episode: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e63-64-mildred-fish-harnack/
Acknowledgements
Thanks to our patreon supporters for making this podcast possible. Special thanks to Stone Lawson. Episode graphic courtesy of the Donner family. Our theme tune is Bella Ciao, thanks for permission to use it from Dischi del Sole. You can purchase it here. Or stream it here. This episode was edited by Jesse French.
E63: Mildred Fish-Harnack, part 1
First in a double podcast episode about Mildred Fish-Harnack, the US-born woman at the centre of the underground resistance to Nazism in Berlin during World War II. In conversation with Rebecca Donner, Mildred’s great great niece and author of All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days.
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In this part we cover the background, Mildred’s early life, the Nazis’ rise to power, the resistance, and the beginnings of her involvement in international espionage.
Get Mildred's book here: https://bookshop.org/a/80203/9780316561693
Full acknowledgements, photos, sources, more information and eventually a transcript on the homepage for this double episode: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e63-64-mildred-fish-harnack/
Acknowledgements
- Thanks to our patreon supporters for making this podcast possible. Special thanks to Conor Canatsey, Shae, James, Ariel Gioia, Stone Lawson, and Fernando López-Ojeda.
- Episode graphic courtesy of the Donner family.
- Our theme tune is Bella Ciao, thanks for permission to use it from Dischi del Sole. You can purchase it here. Or stream it here.
- This episode was edited by Jesse French.
WCL E4: Michael Rosen's socialist fairy tales, part 2
In this episode, Michael shows how popular children’s stories (like Wind in the Willows and Alice in Wonderland) are shot through with the political content of their adult authors. He also reads a story from his anthology by William Morris and explains how all culture, including children’s writing, contains within it elements of social contest.
You can buy a copy of Michael's anthology here: bookshop.org/books/workers-tales-socialist-fairy-tales-fables-and-allegories-from-great-britain/9780691175348
More info on the webpage for this episode: workingclasshistory.com/blog/wcl-e3-4-michael-rosens-socialist-fairy-tales/
WCL E3: Michael Rosen's socialist fairy tales, part 1
You can buy a copy of Michael's anthology here: bookshop.org/books/workers-tales-socialist-fairy-tales-fables-and-allegories-from-great-britain/9780691175348
More info on the webpage for this episode: workingclasshistory.com/blog/wcl-e3-4-michael-rosens-socialist-fairy-tales/
E62: League of Revolutionary Black Workers, part 2
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This is an improved, extended and partially re-recorded version of our podcast episode 12. We have added more audio clips from other members of the League, including General Baker, Mitch and Darryl “Waistline” Mitchell. We have also added narrative for additional detail, context and to tell the story in a more cohesive manner. Whether you listened to the original episode or not, we hope you enjoy it!
Get hold of Dan and Herb's books on these links:
– Dan Georgakas and Marvin Surkin, Detroit: I Do Mind Dying: A Study in Urban Revolution – bookshop.org/a/80203/9781608462216
– Herb Boyd, Black Detroit: A People’s History of Self-Determination – bookshop.org/a/80203/9780062346636
More information, sources, acknowledgements and more on the webpage for this episode: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e61-the-league-of-revolutionary-black-workers-in-detroit/
E61: The League of Revolutionary Black Workers, part 1
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This is an improved, extended and partially re-recorded version of our podcast episode 12. We have added more audio clips from other members of the League, including General Baker, Mitch and Darryl “Waistline” Mitchell. We have also added narrative for additional detail, context and to tell the story in a more cohesive manner. Whether you listened to the original episode or not, we hope you enjoy it!
Get hold of Dan and Herb's books on these links:
– Dan Georgakas and Marvin Surkin, Detroit: I Do Mind Dying: A Study in Urban Revolution – bookshop.org/a/80203/9781608462216
– Herb Boyd, Black Detroit: A People’s History of Self-Determination – bookshop.org/a/80203/9780062346636
More information, sources, acknowledgements and more on the webpage for this episode: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e61-the-league-of-revolutionary-black-workers-in-detroit/
E60: The Bread Intifada, part 2
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Music used in this episode under fair use was “Build Your Palaces” by Sheikh Imam. Available to stream here. We attempted to find copyright holders but were unsuccessful; if anyone has any information about this, please email info@workingclasshistory.com.
For more information on the Bread Intifada, reading Hossam’s 2001 Master’s thesis on the subject: arabawy.org/111742/1977/
See also Lafif Lakhdar’s ‘The development of class struggle in Egypt’ in Khamsin: Journal of revolutionary socialists of the Middle-East, issue #5: libcom.org/library/development-class-struggle-egypt
Full show notes, acknowledgements, sources, more information and eventually a transcript on the webpage for this episode: workingclasshistory.com/blog/e59-60-the-bread-intifada/
E59: The Bread Intifada, part 1
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Music used in this episode under fair use was “Build Your Palaces” by Sheikh Imam. Available to stream here. We attempted to find copyright holders but were unsuccessful; if anyone has any information about this, please email info@workingclasshistory.com.
For more information on the Bread Intifada, reading Hossam’s 2001 Master’s thesis on the subject: arabawy.org/111742/1977/
See also Lafif Lakhdar’s ‘The development of class struggle in Egypt’ in Khamsin: Journal of revolutionary socialists of the Middle-East, issue #5: libcom.org/library/development-class-struggle-egypt
Full acknowledgements, show notes, photos, sources and more information on the webpage for this episode here: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e57-w…rs-1902-1922/
E58: West Virginia Mine Wars, part 2
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Music used in these episodes is Which Side Are You On, by Florence Rees, performed by Tom Morello: The Night Watchman. Buy/stream it here: tommorellothenightwatchman.bandcamp.com/track/which-side-are-you-on
And Solidarity Forever by Ralph Chaplin, performed by David Rovics.
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Full acknowledgements, show notes, photos, sources and more information on the webpage for this episode here: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e57-west-virginia-mine-wars-1902-1922/
E57: West Virginia Mine Wars, part 1
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Music used in these episodes is Which Side Are You On, by Florence Rees, performed by Tom Morello: The Night Watchman. Buy/stream it here: tommorellothenightwatchman.bandcamp.com/track/which-side-are-you-on
And Solidarity Forever by Ralph Chaplin, performed by David Rovics.Learn more about the mine wars in these great books: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/all/west-virginia-mine-wars
Full acknowledgements, show notes, photos, sources and more information on the webpage for this episode here: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e57-west-virginia-mine-wars-1902-1922/
E56: Gwangju uprising, part 4
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This week, we speak with our guests about the aftermath of the uprising, and its legacy in terms of later struggles, the restoration of democracy in 1987 and its repercussions today.
See full information, acknowledgements, sources and a transcript here on our website: workingclasshistory.com/2021/06/29/e53-the-gwangju-uprising-1980/
E55: Gwangju uprising, part 3
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This week, we speak with our guests about Gwangju commune, when the city was run by as residents, and about the subsequent retaking of the city and repression by the military.
See full information, acknowledgements, sources and a transcript here on our website: workingclasshistory.com/2021/06/29/e53-the-gwangju-uprising-1980/
E54: Gwangju uprising, part 2
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This week, we speak with our guests about the development of the uprising and its transformation into full-blown, armed insurrection.
See full information, acknowledgements, sources and a transcript here on our website: workingclasshistory.com/2021/06/29/e53-the-gwangju-uprising-1980/
E53: Gwangju uprising, part 1
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In part 1, we speak with our guests about the background to the uprising, and how it began.
See full information, acknowledgements, sources and eventually a transcript here on our website: workingclasshistory.com/2021/06/29/e53-the-gwangju-uprising-1980/
E52: The IWW in Canada
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Listen to the bonus episode attached to this episode here on patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/e52-1-canadian-51361075
Full show notes, acknowledgements, sources, links to more information and transcript on the webpage for this episode here: workingclasshistory.com/2021/05/17/e52-the-iww-in-canada/
WCL E2: Joseph Skipsey – poet and pitman
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E51: Jeon Tae-il and Lee So-sun
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For more on South Korean people's history, you can get this book, Asia’s Unknown Uprisings Volume 1: South Korean Social Movements in the 20th Century by George Katsiaficas, here in our online store – shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/asias-unknown-uprisings-volume-1-south-korean-social-movements-in-the-20th-century-george-katsiaficas
Learn more about the Heung Coalition at their website: www.heungcoalition.com/
Full acknowledgements, sources, links, photos, more info and transcript on the webpage for this episode here: workingclasshistory.com/2021/03/24/e51-jeon-tae-il-and-lee-so-sun/
E50: Working Class History the book
E49: Anti-Racist Action in Minneapolis
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Anti-Racist Action (ARA) started in Minneapolis and is a predecessor to the crews often now called antifa. ARA started in 1987 with a multiracial group of teenage skinheads who fought the rising white power movement. It grew into a network of groups in at least 120 towns and cities across the US and Canada. ARA’s first principle was: “We go where they go. Never let the Nazis have the streets.” They eventually applied that not only to white power organising, but to homophobic and anti-abortion organizing, and to police violence, which they saw as all connected.
Producer and host Anna Stitt tells the story of the group in Minneapolis through vivid first-person accounts, archival audio, and music from the era. It starts under the railroad tracks in Uptown, Minneapolis and traces a movement that continues to shape the US to this day.
More information, photos, full acknowledgements and the transcript of this episode here on our website: workingclasshistory.com/2021/01/11/e49-anti-racist-action-in-minneapolis/
Listen to our exclusive bonus episode, where we discussed the topic further with Anna, and listen to more tape from participants about their early lives, political backgrounds and more on patreon here: www.patreon.com/posts/e49-1-anti-bonus-46081746
E48: The green bans, part 2
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In these episodes we speak with Dave Kerin, a former builders labourer and member of the Builders Labourers Federation (BLF) and current member of the Earthworker Collective, and Dr Meredith Burgmann, who was an active supporter of the green bans, co-authored Green Bans, Red Union: the Saving of a City with her sister Verity Burgmann, and was later a Labor member of parliament.
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More information, transcripts and full show notes here on our website: workingclasshistory.com/2020/10/30/e47-48-green-bans/
E47: The green bans, part 1
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In these episodes we speak with Dave Kerin, a former builders labourer and member of the Builders Labourers Federation (BLF) and current member of the Earthworker Collective, and Dr Meredith Burgmann, who was an active supporter of the green bans, co-authored Green Bans, Red Union: the Saving of a City with her sister Verity Burgmann, and was later a Labor member of parliament.
We have produced merch commemorating the BLF and the green bans here to help fund our work: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/all/green-bans
Listen to both parts of this podcast now, as well as an exclusive bonus episode, by supporting us on patreon: patreon.com/workingclasshistory
More information and full show notes here on our website: workingclasshistory.com/2020/10/30/e47-48-green-bans/
E46: The movement against the Vietnam war, part 4
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E45: The movement against the Vietnam War, part 3
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E44: The movement against the Vietnam War, part 2
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E43: The movement against the Vietnam war, part 1
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E42: The Portuguese revolution, part 2
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E41: The Portuguese revolution, part 1
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E40: The Spanish civil war: an introduction, part 2
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E39: Spanish civil war: an introduction, part 1
In these episodes, we speak with Catherine Howley and Nick Lloyd about the tensions in Spanish society which exploded in 1936, about the military coup attempt, the civil war and the social revolution by workers and peasants. These episodes give an introduction to the conflict and the main organisations involved. We have future episodes planned looking at particular aspects of the events in more detail.
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Nick Lloyd is author of Forgotten Places: Barcelona and the Spanish Civil War, and both Nick and Catherine give Spanish civil war tours of Barcelona. Links to all this in the full show notes.
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E38: Mutiny! With Srsly Wrong
We thought we would do something a bit different this time, and release a collaboration episode. One of us spoke with Srsly Wrong about the history of mutinies and why they’re important, looking primarily at World War I and the Vietnam war. They produced the episode and we are releasing it on both of our feeds.
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E37: The 43 Group, part 3
We speak with Daniel Sonabend, author of We Fight Fascists: The 43 Group and Their Forgotten Battle for Post-War Britain, as well as Jules Konopinski, who was a member of the group.
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E36: The 43 Group, part 2
We speak with Daniel Sonabend, author of We Fight Fascists: The 43 Group and Their Forgotten Battle for Post-War Britain, as well as Jules Konopinski, who was a member of the group.
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E35: The 43 Group, part 1
We speak with Daniel Sonabend, author of We Fight Fascists: The 43 Group and Their Forgotten Battle for Post-War Britain, as well as Jules Konopinski, who was a member of the group.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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Our theme tune is Bella Ciao, thanks for permission to use it from Dischi del Sole. You can purchase it here: www.alabianca.it/en/store/bravo-records-en/le-canzoni-di-bella-ciao-aa-vv/. Or stream it here: open.spotify.com/album/7xD0JiZZ16DfN4RKGvlYYT.
Seasons' greetings and an appeal from WCH
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E34: Asian youth movements in Bradford, part 2
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E33: Asian youth movements in Bradford, part 1
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WCL E01: T-Bone Slim – the laureate of the logging camps
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E32: The Pawtucket mill strike
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Introduction to Working Class Literature
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E31: The Hong Kong riots 1967, part 2
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