Working Class History
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Working Class History
History isn't made by kings and politicians, it's made by all of us. This podcast is about how we, together, have fought for a better world.Become a paid subscriber, support our work and listen ad-free with early access and exclusive bonus episodes at patreon.com/workingclasshistory.Become a support...
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E111.1: [TEASER] Poll tax revolt, bonus episode
Preview extract of a bonus episode of our double podcast on the successful mass direct action campaign against the UK poll tax in the late 1980s and e...
E111: Poll tax revolt, part 2
Second of a double podcast episode about the successful mass direct action campaign against the UK poll tax in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In conv...
E110: Poll tax revolt, part 1
First of a double podcast episode about the successful mass direct action campaign against the UK poll tax in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In conve...
WCL14: Live from the Working Class Literature Festival
Following our double-episode on the Florence Working-Class Literature Festival back in February, our co-host Matt was invited to this year’s festival,...
E109: Women in the miners' strike, part 2
Concluding part of our double episode about the crucial role played by women in the great miners’ strike in Britain, 1984-5, in conversation with Heat...
E108: Women in the miners' strike, part 1
Double episode about the crucial role played by women in the great miners’ strike in Britain, 1984-5, in conversation with Heather Wood, chair of the...
E107: [TEASER] Fireside Chat – Hope Dies Last
Teaser of our latest Fireside Chat, available in full exclusively for our supporters on Patreon. A couple of years ago, John from WCH and Ade from our...
E106: [TEASER] Radical Reads – China in Global Capitalism
This is a teaser preview of one of our Radical Reads episodes, made exclusively for our supporters on patreon. You can listen to the full 122-minute e...
WCL13: Jack Hilton, Rochdale Caliban, part 2
Part 2 of our double episode on working-class author Jack Hilton, with Jack Chadwick whose literary detective work rescued Hilton from almost total ob...
WCL12: Jack Hilton, Rochdale Caliban, part 1
Part 1 of our double episode about Jack Hilton, a working-class author, World War I veteran, unemployed movement organiser, and trade union activist f...
E105: [TEASER] Fireside Chat – Organising in the public sector
This is a teaser preview of one of our Fireside Chat episodes, made exclusively for our supporters on Patreon. You can listen to the full 104-minute e...
E104: Pirates, part 2
Second of a double podcast about the Golden Age of Piracy, with historian Marcus Rediker.
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E103: Pirates, part 1
First in a double podcast about the Golden Age of Piracy, with historian Marcus Rediker. The legendary pirates of this era weren’t just thieves—they w...
E102: [TEASER] Fireside Chat – Luigi Mangione
This is a teaser preview of one of our Fireside Chat episodes, made exclusively for our supporters on Patreon. You can listen to the full 65-minute ep...
WCL11: Florence Working-Class Literature Festival, part 2
Part 2 of our double-episode about the Working-Class Literature Festival held every year in Florence, at the former GKN car parts factory, which was t...
WCL10: Florence Working-Class Literature Festival, part 1
First of a double-episode podcast about the Working-Class Literature Festival held every year in Florence, at the former GKN car parts factory, which...
E101: [TEASER] Radical Reads – ‘Fractured: Race, Class, Gender and the Hatred of Identity Politics’
This is a teaser preview of one of our Radical Reads episodes, made exclusively for our supporters on patreon. You can listen to the full 87-minute ep...
E100: Vietnam War strike wave, part 2
With the background of the Vietnam war, rising prices and stagnant wages, workers in the US began to ignore calls to support the war effort and keep w...
E99: Vietnam War strike wave, part 1
With the background of the Vietnam war, rising prices and stagnant wages, workers in the US began to ignore calls to support the war effort and keep w...
E98: [TEASER] Radical Reads – ‘Jews Don’t Count’ by David Baddiel
This is a teaser preview of one of our Radical Reads episodes, made exclusively for our supporters on patreon. You can listen to the full 85-minute ep...
E97: [TEASER] Radical Reads – ‘Hezbollah: 10 Things You Need To Know’
This is a teaser preview of one of our Radical Reads episodes, made exclusively for our supporters on patreon. You can listen to the full 91-minute ep...
E96: Bootleg miners, part 2
During the Great Depression in the US, facing mass job losses and abject poverty, thousands of coal miners in Pennsylvania took direct action and bega...
E95: Bootleg miners, part 1
During the Great Depression in the US, facing mass job losses and abject poverty, thousands of coal miners in Pennsylvania took direct action and bega...
E94: [TEASER] E94: Radical Reads w/ Jasper Bernes – ‘If We Burn’
This is a teaser preview of our first Radical Read, made exclusively for our supporters on patreon. You can listen to the full 68-minute episode witho...
WCL9: Chinese migrant worker poetry, part 3
The final episode of our three-part series about migrant worker poetry in China. We speak to Maghiel van Crevel, Professor of Chinese Language and Lit...
WCL8: Chinese migrant worker poetry, part 2
Part 2 of our three-part series about migrant worker poetry in China. We speak to Maghiel van Crevel, Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at...
WCL7: Chinese migrant worker poetry, part 1
First of the three-part series on migrant worker poetry in China. In these episodes, we speak to Maghiel van Crevel, Professor of Chinese Language and...
E92: South Korea 1987, part 2
Second of a double podcast episode about the South Korean movements of 1987 which overthrew the US-backed military dictatorship and won big improvemen...
E91: South Korea 1987, part 1
First of a double podcast episode about the South Korean movements of 1987 which overthrew the US-backed military dictatorship and won big improvement...
E90: [TEASER] Fireside Chat - Q&A
Preview of our first Fireside chat. To celebrate our 10th birthday on 30 July 2024, we launched a new series of discussion podcast episodes exclusivel...
E89: Indigenous resistance since 1992, part 2
Following on from his excellent book, 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance, Gord Hill of the Kwakwaka’wakw nation gives us an overview of over three dec...
E88: Indigenous resistance since 1992, part 1
Following on from his excellent book, 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance, Gord Hill of the Kwakwaka’wakw nation gives us an overview of over three dec...
E87: Class struggle in Palestine, part 2
Part 2 of our double-episode podcast about workers' struggles in Palestine during the British Mandate (1920-48). In this episode, we cover the Palesti...
E86: Class struggle in Palestine, part 1
First of a double podcast about workers' struggles in Palestine during the British Mandate (1920-48). In this episode we cover the Balfour Declaration...
E85: [TEASER] May Day with Upstream
Teaser extract from an episode exclusively for our patreon supporters. Episode produced by Upstream in conversation with John from Working Class Histo...
Introducing On This Day in Working Class History: A new daily podcast from WCH
Introducing a brand-new daily podcast from the team at WCH. On This Day in Working Class History will be a brief reminder each morning of our collecti...
E84: Angry Brigade, part 2
Second in a double podcast about the Angry Brigade, Britain’s first home-grown urban guerrilla group, in the 1960s and 70s, in conversation with John...
E83: Angry Brigade, part 1
Double podcast about the Angry Brigade, Britain’s first home-grown urban guerrilla group, in the 1960s and 70s, in conversation with John Barker, who...
E82: Workmates collective
Podcast episode about the Workmates collective, a rank-and-file initiative on the London Underground using unofficial direct action and workplace asse...
E81: Miners' strikes 1972-4
Podcast episode about strikes by miners in Britain in 1972 and 1974, in conversation with Dave Douglass.
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