A new look at the Webbs

An on-line talk for the Socialist History Society by  Michael Ward, author of Unceasing War on Poverty : Beatrice & Sidney Webb and their World 

First broadcast on Wednesday 16 October 2024

This engaging biography of Sidney and Beatrice Webb, ‘Unceasing War on Poverty’, takes the reader into the world of the Webbs, the remarkable couple who changed Britain, inspiring a generation to fight for a better society. Read on ...

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Paul Foot: A Life in Politics

On-line Socialist History Society meeting held on Tuesday 19 November


Author Margaret Renn introduces her new book.

A portrait of a brilliant journalist and tireless campaigner for justice

Paul Foot was one of the most influential investigative reporters of his generation. For nearly fifty years, he was the scourge of corrupt politicians and dodgy businessmen, a champion of the underdog. Read on ...

Red Mersey

The Communist Party in Liverpool and Birkenhead, 1920-1940
SHS Occasional Publication 50
by Chris Jones

Chapters:

  • Foundation: a party of a new type
  • The Minority Movement in Liverpool
  • Bans and proscriptions in the Labour Party and trade unions gather pace
  • New Times and the ‘New Line’
  • Organising the CPGB: members, officers and offices
  • No Pasaran: The fight against Fascism in Liverpool
  • The Popular Front on the Mersey
  • Industrial activity of the CPGB in Liverpool
  • The cultural life of the Liverpool CPGB
  • The Life and Soul of the Party
  • Darkening Clouds: International Activity
  • Give peace a chance: Liverpool communists and peace campaigns in the 1930s

CHRIS JONES is a retired academic nurse from Edge Hill University in Ormskirk, Lancashire. Read on ...

AL MORTON MEMORIAL LECTURE 2024

The World of the Ranters Revisited

Speaker
Dr Ariel Hessayon
24th September 2024

If you want to see the subtitles, click on “Watch on YouTube“

About the speaker
Dr Ariel Hessayon is Reader in Early Modern History, Goldsmiths, University of London