Paul Foot: A Life in Politics

On-line Socialist History Society meeting held on Tuesday 19 November


Author Margaret Renn introduces her new book.

A portrait of a brilliant journalist and tireless campaigner for justice

Paul Foot was one of the most influential investigative reporters of his generation. For nearly fifty years, he was the scourge of corrupt politicians and dodgy businessmen, a champion of the underdog. Read on ...

Writing about my life – Sheila Rowbotham

12 February 2025 at 7pm
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Speaker: Sheila Rowbotham

I have done three memoirs of the 1960s. 70s and 80s – ‘Promise of a Dream’, ‘ Daring to Hope’ and ‘Reasons to Rebel’. I wrote these because I wanted to record and bring into view the radical people and movements and ideas which have influenced me in the hope that younger people miight find them interesting and begin to look at the recent past in more detail. Read on ...

Imperial Politics in the Indian Ocean

5 March 2025 at 7pm
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Speaker Laleh Khalili

The Indian Ocean basin is one of the most contested political spaces in contemporary politics, not least because of the long history of colonial conquest and imperial projection there. In this talk, Laleh Khalili will discuss the long history of the intrusion of European powers into this maritime space and discuss the afterlives of colonialism and continued imperial interest in this space. Read on ...

A. L. Morton: Life in the Radical Tradition

Thursday 3rd April 2025
Speaker: James Crossley
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This talk will provide an overview of Morton’s life and work based on recent archival research. It will cover the formative influences on Morton’s political and intellectual development and contextualise his work in light of his membership of the Communist Party of Great Britain.
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