By John Pickard This week sees the 136th Durham Miners’ Gala, which is a celebration of the proud traditions of the Durham Miners Association and
Category: Historical Archive
Mark Langabeer, Hastings and Rye Labour member, introduces a lecture by Lenin from January 1917. You can read the lecture here. ——————- I recently read
40 years ago today, on 2 April 1982, Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands known in that country as the Malvinas. We re-publish here an article
By Andy Ford, NHS worker The BBC programme Who Do You Think You Are, featuring the Welsh comedian Ruth Jones (from Fat Friends, Gavin and
Open Veins of Latin America – five centuries of the pillage of a continent by Eduardo Galeano was published just over 50 years ago. It
March 8th is the International Working Women’s Day, more commonly called simply International Women’s Day. But this month also sees the 150th anniversary of the
By John Pickard The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent conflict are a sequel to what was an important historical turning point in its
By Andy Ford Tensions between Russia and Ukraine have once again brought the two countries’ complex relationship into prominence. One of the key periods in
Review by Mark Langabeer, Hastings and Rye Labour Party member I have decided to review Engel’s classic book on the condition of the working class
By John Pickard The fiftieth anniversary of Bloody Sunday is today. In Derry, on January 30, 1972, thirteen unarmed people were shot dead by British
