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.
Socialist History on-line meeting, speaker: Geoff Roberts
Tuesday 1 December 2026 at 7pm
All welcome, but you will need to register in advance:-
https://ucl.zoom.us/meeting/register/VmFZBY_fSz-OLppOMP0k6g
Based on extensive research in Russian archives, the talk will explore Ehrenburg’s role as an international peace activist. It will cast new light on his biography and the history of the postwar peace movement, and on Moscow’s relations with the World Peace Council, which were far from simple. Read on ...
Author Laura Forster will speak about her new book on The Paris Commune in Britain, Radicals, Refugees, and Revolutionaries after 1871
On-line Socialist History Society meeting Tuesday 2 February 2027 at 7pm
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https://ucl.zoom.us/meeting/register/8weQ3uoXSuSAe9Fxbg98Vw
Following the defeat of the Paris Commune in May 1871, thousands of Commune militants fled France to avoid imprisonment, deportation, or death. Read on ...
Author Emile Chabal will talk about his new book, an intellectual biography of Eric Hobsbawm, one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century.
Tuesday 2 March 2027 on-line at 7pm
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https://ucl.zoom.us/meeting/register/OExSNWuETUeqXG9JnFEQ7A
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Eric Hobsbawm (1917–2012) was one of the foremost European intellectuals of the twentieth century. Read on ...
