Category: Publications
A Devilish Kind of Courage
The tale of a notorious 1911 London gunfight, the ‘Siege of Sidney Street’, and its consequences.
More details of the book on the publisher’s website…
On 3 January 1911, in the heart of London’s mainly Jewish East End, police discovered Latvian revolutionaries wanted for the murder of three officers. A six-hour gunfight ensued, with a fire consuming the besieged building. Read on ...
Newsletter
New Year 2023 Volume 12 issue 1
Articles on:
- The biggest strike wave for a generation
- Bermondsey Revolution by John Whelan
- Revolutionary Lives of the Red and Black Atlantic since 1917
- A Plaque for C.L.R. James in Southwick
- Harold Wilson by Nick Thomas-Symonds
- Four meetings
- Riding Two Horses: Labour in Europe – Glyn Ford
- Zionism During the Holocaust – Tony Greenstein
- The Drax Family Dynasty & the Business of Slavery – Steve Cushion
- Utopianism for a Dying Planet – Gregory Claeys
- Stalin, Passage to Revolution by Ronald Suny
- Living with Shadows by Merilyn Moos
- Little River by Velma McClymont
- Horatio Bottomley and the Far Right before Fascism by David Renton
- Horatio Bottomley and Modern Politics
- THE JULIAN ASSANGE HUMAN CHAIN
- Socialism in the English-speaking Caribbean
UNION BREAD
BAGELS, PLATZELS AND CHOLLAH: THE STORY OF THE LONDON JEWISH BAKERS’ UNION
Jewish Socialists’ Group and Socialist History Society
by LARRY WAYNE
UNION BREAD is a story both of division and of solidarity. There were bitter divisions between Jewish and non-Jewish Bakers over the issue of Sunday baking, and between the journeymen and the masters. Read on ...
Annual General Meeting and Book Launch
The Socialist History Society will be holding its first in-person meeting since the start of the current public health emergency.
Marx Memorial Library – 37a Clerkenwell Green, London, EC1R 0DU
Underground Farringdon station on the Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines.
Saturday 7th May
1pm AGM – all welcome, but only members can vote. Read on ...
Two Hundred Years of Dulwich Radicalism
by Duncan Bowie
Two Hundred Years of Dulwich Radicalism by Duncan Bowie is a fascinating read for anyone who is interested in British political and social history, the history of the Dulwich area, or both,
Obtainable from local bookshops in Dulwich or directly from the author – duncanbowie@yahoo.co.uk – price £10. Read on ...