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.
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 ...
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 ...
Spanish Antifascists in the Resistance in France 1939-46
by
Steve Cushion
Socialist History Society Occasional Publication 52
Can be downloaded here…
There were many different nationalities of antifascists fighting the Nazis and their French collaborators in occupied France. The largest group were the Spanish refugees who had fled to France following the defeat of the Republic by the Nationalist forces led by Francisco Franco. Read on ...