By Ray Physick The Durham Miners’ Gala is and has been one of the most important gatherings in the labour movement calendar. The great historical
Category: Historical Archive
Sport and Politics in an age of War, Dictatorship and Revolution BY RAY PHYSICK In an attempt to undermine the IOC Games of 1936, organisations
By Rebecca Holmes, PCS member, DWP The Public and Commercial Services union conference has put the union on a war footing in agreeing to a
By Lal Khan Fifty years ago, May 31, 1968, saw the peak and waning of the twentieth century’s greatest revolution in France. It was an
By Richard Mellor, Afscme Local 444, retired (USA) May 1st, Mayday, is International Workers’ Day. When I first came to the United States from Britain in
by Sean O’Torain. I have written on this Blog on a number of occasions about the reactionary and repressive role of the Catholic hierarchy in
By Barbara Humphries, Ealing Southall CLP (personal capacity) 1918 saw the end of the First World War and major political change sweeping across Europe. In
From the regular blog of Michael Roberts https://thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2017/11/08/the-russian-revolution-some-economic-notes/ It’s almost exactly 100 years to the day (on the modern calendar) since the revolutionary insurrection in
By Raphaëlle O, PCF Paris The immediate cause of the Russian Revolution of 1917 was the devastating impact of the First World War on Tsarist
By Roger Silverman THE END of the Second World War inspired a global movement towards revolution, particularly in the colonies of the “victorious” imperial powers of Britain
