Carl Packman discusses the rise of payday loans companies in the UK, and the history of loan sharking and legislation against usury in the USA
Histories of the Present
The Children of 1989: Resurrecting the Venezuelan Dead
George Ciccariello-Maher on the history of the Venezuelan present
Revenge of the Commons: The Crisis in the South African Mining Industry
Keith Breckenridge on the relationship between the turmoil in the South African mining industry and the ongoing importance of structural poverty and inequalities of life in South Africa after the end of Apartheid
Come on Ruskin: Do the Right Thing
HWO Editor Toby Butler, a former student of Ruskin College, shares his reaction to the destruction of Ruskin’s student records
Archives: A House on Fire?
Anne Summers writes about 2012’s shutdowns, sales and destruction of archival resources in Britain, a year that has exceeded any pessimist’s wildest imaginings…
Thoughts & Questions of a Ruskin Graduate on the College Archives
The personal experiences of Denise Pakeman, graduate of Ruskin College, of the destruction of archival records about working-class students from the first decades of the college
Understanding the Obama Presidency Historically
Article by Eli Zaretsky, author of ‘Why America Needs a Left: An Historical Argument’
