Labour Revolt in Britain 1910-14

The Labour revolt that swept Britain in the years before the First World War was one of the most sustained outbreaks of industrial militancy and social revolt the country has ever experienced

The industrial militancy involved large-scale strikes by miners, seamen, dockers, railway workers and many others, and was dominated by unskilled and semi-skilled workers, many acting independently of trade-union officials.

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Commemorating Charlie Hutchison and other Black British Communists

10 May 2023 7:00 pm

David Horsley will be speaking on
Charlie Hutchison and other Black British Communists
Free to attend, but you will need to register in advance:
https://communistparty-org-uk.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4_ZGd48jSzGTr8sY493yrw#/registration

At the age of 18, Charlie Hutchison volunteered to join the International Brigades to fight for the nascent Spanish Republic, being the only Black British citizen to do so. Read on ...

Unfinished business? The ongoing break-up of the USSR’

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When the USSR ceased to exist at the end of 1991, many observers remarked on how peaceful the break-up seemed to be, compared with the violent disintegration of the former socialist Yugoslavia then taking place in the Balkans. Read on ...

James Aldridge: the greatest post-war novelist you have never heard of

A Socialist History Society on-line talk with Helen Mercer.

James Aldridge’s novels are available on the Internet Archive website…

James Aldridge (1918-2015) was not the greatest post war novelist but several of his books were bestsellers in their day. His novel The Diplomat, set against the background of the Iran crisis of 1946, won him the World Peace Council prize in 1953. Read on ...

Louise Cripps Samoiloff by Christian Høgsbjerg

Christian Høgsbjerg launched his new publication for the Socialist History Society on March 27th at 7pm

Also speaking was Martin Samoiloff, Louise’s grandson

The book is available from Bookmarks bookshop…

This book introduces the remarkable life and work of Louise Cripps Samoiloff (1904-2001), an English born writer, journalist, publisher, historian and socialist who became an American citizen and was the author of over a dozen books, many of which articulated the case for the independence of Puerto Rico. Read on ...