Speaker: Michael Braddick
A Socialist History Society on-line meeting on 7 October 2025
Christopher Hill was one of the leading historians of his generation. His work across more than fifteen books and dozens of articles fundamentally rewrote the way we understand the English Revolution and the development of the modern British state. Read on ...
Socialist History Journal 66
Issue 66 of the Socialist History journal is now available to download here…
Back numbers are also available to download…
Members of the Socialist History Society should have received their copy in the post. If you have not received your copy, please contact us.
Everyone else can purchase a copy from the Editor – francis@socialisthistorysociety.co.uk Read on ...
Brothers, Be United, And You Will Be Strong: The Farm Workers’ Union in the Basildon Area, 1872-94 by Ted Woodgate
This book details the narrative of the farm workers union, (NALU) in the Basildon district of south Essex 1872 to 1894. It is an in depth study of a small area told in the contexts of the overall successes and failures of the union nationally and the economic and political circumstances of the time.Enslaved Worker Rebellions and Revolution in the Americas to 1804
by Mary Turner
A Socialist History Society publication, jointly with Caribbean Labour Solidarity
Free to members, £5 post free in UK, £7 overseas.
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This impressive essay is a sweeping survey of slave resistance across the Americas. As Mary Turner points out, resistance by the enslaved took many forms. This included day-to-day resistance which was the most common form of attempting to undermine the slave system. Read on ...