Review by John Pickard “It generally comes as a big surprise to people that there were women’s football matches during World War One. Not only
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Mother Jones (1830-1930) “Pray for the Dead and Fight Like Hell for the Living”
By Greg Oxley, editor of “La Riposte” According to a West Virginia District Attorney, she was “the most dangerous woman in America.” Detested by the
There is always hope! – Community vs mining bosses in Turkey
Ray Goodspeed introduces a video from Turkey – “There is Always Hope: Story of İkizköy“ (photo – still from video) This short video (13 minutes
Dr Lorraine Grimes, of Maynooth University, in Ireland, examines the scandal of the repatriation of thousands of unmarried women and girls from Britain to Ireland
On the concept of “Time-poverty”
By Rugveda Sawant, India This article has been submitted to Left Horizons by Rugveda Sawant who is an architect and independent researcher, based out of
Where next for France’s pensions protests?
Richard Price (Leyton and Wanstead CLP) has been reporting from Béziers, in the South of France, for Labour Outlook on the French pensions protests. We
By Mark Langabeer, Hastings and Rye Labour member Business as Usual was a ‘low budget’ film, made in 1987, but was based on real events
By Sue Denham Capitalism, it was once observed, is horror without end. Capitalism is based on the systematic exploitation of the many by the few
By Sue Denham Audrey White’s dispute with Lady at Lord John Liverpool, 1983 Forty years ago, a clothing shop manager in Liverpool, Audrey White, took
Review by Hilary Barker This small collection of six essays by Dorothy Thompson, on English social history, starts with an interesting introduction in which the