The Drax Family Dynasty & the Business of Slavery

Reparations for Enslavement as a trade union issue

A London Socialist Historians seminar at the Institute of Historical Research
Speaker:
Steve Cushion is a Senior Research Fellow at University College London – Institute of the Americas

23 January 2023, 5:30pm – 7:00pm

The Drax family pioneered the plantation system in the 17th century and played a major role in the development of sugar and slavery across the Caribbean and the US. Read on ...

Zionism During the Holocaust

A Socialist History Society Zoom Meeting – Speaker: Tony Greenstein

19th January  2023

Tony Greenstein is a longstanding Jewish anti-Zionist and an anti-fascist activist from Brighton.

Tony is the author of The Fight Against Fascism in Brighton and the South Coast and now Zionism During the Holocaust. He has written extensively on Palestine and Zionism for, amongst others, the Guardian’s Comment is Free, the Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies, Tribune, Jacobin, Open Democracy and the Weekly Worker. Read on ...

Riding Two Horses: Labour in Europe

A Socialist History Society on-line public meeting

12th January 2023 

Riding Two Horses traces the eventful life and career of Glyn Ford, Member of the European Parliament for 25 years and erstwhile leader of its European Parliamentary Labour Party. Ford’s leadership coincided with a period when the Left was in the ascendancy across much of the globe. Read on ...

Anti-Nazi Germans: The Hidden History of Working Class Resistance – Lessons for Today

Monday, November 28th 2022
Featuring a zoom presentation from London by Author Merilyn Moos
Live and on Zoom from
Southern Connecticut State University
Engleman B 121 A&B, 501 Crescent St. New Haven CT
Cosponsored by
Promoting Enduring Peace, SCSU Women’s and Gender Studies Program, Progressive Action Roundtable, Jewish Voice for Peace – New Haven

The the second edition of the book Anti-Nazi Germans is available as an e-book, free to download from here…