The Society takes an interest in every aspect of human history from the earliest social formations to modern society, its culture and political activities. We encourage anyone with an interest in our history to join us and participate in our activities. The Society is particularly interested in the struggles of labour, women, progressive and peace movements throughout the world, as well as the movements and achievements of working class communities, colonial peoples, black people, and other oppressed groups seeking social justice, human dignity and liberation.
The Annual General Meeting will take place on Saturday 3rd May at 1pm at the Marx Memorial Library.
This will be followed at 2pm by a talk given by Hugh Davie on How the Red Army Won the Second World War
HGW Davie gained a MA History at the University of Wolverhampton and is currently Visiting Research Fellow at the East Centre, University of East Anglia. Read on ...
Issue 66 of the Socialist History journal is now available.
Members of the Socialist History Society should have received their copy in the post. If you have not received your copy, please contact us.
Everyone else can purchase a copy from the Editor – francis@socialisthistorysociety.co.uk
The Lost Art of the Agitator – American anti-capitalism and the power of the spoken word Nathan Moore
Brotherhood and unity – Djilas, Njegoš, and the Yugoslav idea True Sweetser
The Ministry for the Recovery of Embezzled Property: the first two years of the Cuban Revolution Steve Cushion
Special feature: Local History Merilyn Moos
Tourism versus History in the South-West Danny Reilly
The Slave Trade and the Growth of Lancaster Howard Feather
This talk provided an overview of Morton’s life and work based on recent archival research. It covered 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. Morton’s main publications will be discussed, including A People’s History of England (1938) and The English Utopia (1952), explaining the shifting emphases between the two.
This book details the narrative of the farm workers union, (NALU) in the Basildon district of south Essex 1872 to 1894. It is an in depth study of a small area told in the contexts of the overall successes and failures of the union nationally and the economic and political circumstances of the time.
by Mary Turner
A Socialist History Society publication, jointly with Caribbean Labour Solidarity
Free to members, £5 post free in UK, £7 overseas.
Contact info@socialisthistorysociety.co.uk
This impressive essay is a sweeping survey of slave resistance across the Americas. As Mary Turner points out, resistance by the enslaved took many forms. This included day-to-day resistance which was the most common form of attempting to undermine the slave system. Read on ...
Issue 66 of the Socialist History journal is now available.
This book details the narrative of the farm workers union, (NALU) in the Basildon district of south Essex 1872 to 1894. It is an in depth study of a small area told in the contexts of the overall successes and failures of the union nationally and the economic and political circumstances of the time.
This impressive essay is a sweeping survey of slave resistance across the Americas. As Mary Turner points out, resistance by the enslaved took many forms. This included day-to-day resistance which was the most common form of attempting to undermine the slave system. Read on ...