Radicals: The Working Classes and the Making of Modern Britain

A Socialist History Society on-line Meeting
Thursday 14 May at 7pm
All welcome, but you will need to register in advance:
https://ucl.zoom.us/meeting/register/MOadx9sRR-yLHQYbVuA4gw

Speaker: Geoff Andrews

An authoritative and original history of the working classes and the British Left

The political Left in Britain rose out of the Industrial Revolution, as the working classes emerged as the leading force in the call for social change. Read on ...

Newsletter Spring 2026

The Socialist History Society Newsletter can be downloaded here…

  • Levellers Day 2026
  • 1926 General Strike Centenary Open Day
  • Leyton and the General Strike
  • Christopher Hill: The Life of a Radical Historian
  • Radical and Socialist History in South London
  • Local History in Salford and Manchester
  • How I Became a Socialist
  • Why Rosa Luxemburg remains a beacon for today
  • Left on the Shelf
  • The General Strike by Harry Wicks
  • Forthcoming meetings

The Socialist History Society AGM will take place at the
Marx Memorial Library 37A Clerkenwell Green, London EC1R 0DU, nearest station Farringdon on Saturday 6 June at 1pm,
This will be followed at 2pm by a talk by Donald Sassoon on his new book Revolutions: A New History

Socialist History Society AGM

The Socialist History Society AGM will take place at the Marx Memorial Library 37A Clerkenwell Grn, London EC1R 0DU, nearest station Farringdon
This meeting will be in-person only, all welcome.
on Saturday 6 June at 1pm,

This will be followed at 2pm by a talk by Donald Sassoon on his new book
Revolutions: A New History
Historian Donald Sassoon takes the long view of some of the most famous upheavals: the English Civil War, the American War of Independence, the national uprisings that unified Italy and Germany, and the French, Russian and Chinese revolutions. Read on ...