In the late nineteenth century a new layer of meaning was added to May Day, as the first of May… READ MORE
As we’ve seen in previous posts, the tailors working in London had a long tradition of organisation and struggle in… READ MORE
On 28 April 1967, one week after the Colonels’ coup in Greece (which was to lead to a 7-year rightwing… READ MORE
As striking schoolchildren challenge inaction over climate change, we are reminded of a schoolkids action from us own youth… On… READ MORE
On 23 April 1977, a twelve hundred-strong National Front march through Wood Green was opposed by some 3,000 anti-racists, including… READ MORE
1549 saw rioting, sabotage and protest against the increasing pace of enclosure of common land across England by landowners, culminating… READ MORE
“In the beginning of Time, the great Creator Reason, made the Earth to be a Common Treasury, to preserve Beasts,… READ MORE
The South London Women’s Hospital Occupation 1984-1985 Rosanne Rabinowitz [Originally written around 2003] What does it take to occupy a… READ MORE
This post won’t have the same resonance now, as Brexit Day has been postponed, but still… here goes… In March… READ MORE
"People ask me what I do in the winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."
~ Rogers Hornsby
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