{"id":14,"date":"2017-01-28T16:35:24","date_gmt":"2017-01-28T16:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community-languages.org.uk\/shs\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2017-11-08T16:42:51","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T16:42:51","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.socialisthistorysociety.co.uk\/?page_id=14","title":{"rendered":"About the Socialist History Society"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The Secretary is David Morgan who can be <a href=\"mailto: morganshs@hotmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contacted here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47\" src=\"http:\/\/www.socialisthistorysociety.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/front.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1100\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.socialisthistorysociety.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/front.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.socialisthistorysociety.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/front-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.socialisthistorysociety.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/front-768x544.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.socialisthistorysociety.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/front-700x496.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Each year the society produces two issues of the journal Socialist History, one or two historical pamphlets in the Occasional Papers series, and frequent newsletters. It holds a lecture and debate in London every two months. In addition, the SHS organises occasional conferences, book-launch meetings, and joint events with other sympathetic groups.<\/p>\n<p>We hold regular events, public meetings and one-off conferences, and contribute to current historical debates and controversies. The society produces a range of publications, including the journal Socialist History. It can sometimes assist with individual student research.<\/p>\n<p>From <em>History Workshop<\/em>, by Willie Thompson: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.historyworkshop.org.uk\/from-communist-party-historians-group-to-socialist-history-society-1946-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">From Communist Party Historians\u2019 Group to Socialist History Society, 1946-2017<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.socialisthistorysociety.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.socialisthistorysociety.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.socialisthistorysociety.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialisthistorysociety.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialisthistorysociety.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialisthistorysociety.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":396,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialisthistorysociety.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions\/396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.socialisthistorysociety.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}