The thirty years between the Russian Revolution and Stalin’s destruction of Yiddish culture produced some of the best writing in Yiddish, little of which has been translated into English.
A short review of the life of A.M. Fernando, the first an Aboriginal Australian activist to present the Aboriginal cause directly to the European public in the 1920's
A review, written by Ross Bradshaw, of the special issue of The Spokesman, comprising of a set of essays on aspects of Ken Coates’ life, who was editor of the journal for forty years
Next year sees the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of E. P. Thompson’s The Making of the English Working Class, first published by Victor Gollancz in 1963. When and why did you first read it? Do you re-read it, and under what…
The feminist and writer Beatrix Campbell - author of The Iron Ladies: Why Do Women Vote Tory?, among other titles - takes exception to Phyllida Lloyd's Oscar winning film 'The Iron Lady'...
Review of the recently published book "Striking a Light" by Louise Raw, which examines one of the best known industrial disputes in labour history, the 1888 matchgirls strike at Bryant and May's factory in Bow, East London.
'Made in Dagenham', the new film by Nigel Cole and Stephen Woolley, captures a key moment in British trade union history. It's about the landmark strike in 1968 by women machinists at Ford's factory.