Mark Langabeer (Hastings and Rye Labour member) discusses a socialist classic from 1925 and looks at its lessons for the labour movement today. The full
Category: Historical Archive
Andy Ford (Warrington South CLP member) continues his occasional series of articles on Soviet military history. [Title image reads – We stand in the Caucasus!]
By Mark Langabeer (Hastings and Rye Labour member) This Netflix drama series, The Crown, gives a historical account of the royal family from the last
By Cain O’Mahony This year marks the 80th anniversary of the start of the momentous Battle of Stalingrad (23rd August 1942), the costliest battle in
Illegal to be me – homophobia in the Commonwealth.
Mark Langabeer (Hastings and Rye Labour Member) reviews Tom Daley’s documentary “Illegal to be me” on homophobia in the Commonwealth (see here). The diver and
This month marks the 75th anniversary of the partition of ‘British’ India, an event accompanied by enormous hardship and loss of life, as the subcontinent
UK and US say China is a threat – a little history is in order!
Richard Mellor from the USA shares some thoughts on the Opium Wars of 1839-42 History is sort of important stuff: the history of anything, music,
By Mic Craig in Northern Ireland and John Pickard Fifty years ago, on July 21, the IRA detonated more or less simultaneously 20 bombs in
Andy Ford – Warrington South CLP-member – tells the heroic but desperate story of the Soviet Partisans following the invasion of the Soviet Union by
By Richard Mellor in California From January 24 to July 1, 2022, the United States provided nearly 43 billion euros, a little over $43 billion
