What insights can feminists gain from revisiting the 1975 World Congress for International Women’s Year in East Berlin? Natali Moreira investigates this overlooked event using the Women of the Whole World journal.
Can the neglected anticolonial visions of Third World Marxist revolutionaries speak to our current moment? Peyman Vahabzadeh on Iran's 1970s radical, Mostafa Sho'aiyan.
Mary Rizzo examines how four LA historical and cultural institutions mobilize history and practice solidarity in the fight against immigration raids and deportations.
How did making banners help women to express themselves and support one another at Greenham Common Peace Camp? Maisie Jepson explores this creative process and explains why motherhood was such a prominent theme.
How did South African women use culture to build an international anti-apartheid movement? Kebotlhale Motseothata on life in exile with the Amandla Cultural Ensemble
In April 1979, activists and locals stood up to British fascists targeting Southall’s South Asian community. Saffron East explores the politics of the Southall Black Sisters, a feminist collective that arose in its aftermath.
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Miners' Strike (1984-85). Laura King traces a story of solidarity and friendship in the archives of art collective Jubilee Arts, and the archives of her family.
Donald Trump's January 20th Executive Order is a harmful attack on queer and transgender healthcare education, but it will be resisted. Lucy Kelly turns to the legacy of queer activists and allies in the struggle for AIDS education in the…
In the 1950s-60s, the African Association in Cairo became a hub for anticolonial activists from across the world. Alex White examines the role of transnational activists who shaped the anticolonial movement.
What can we learn from the lives and legacies of Black radical women? Tionne Alliyah Parris considers how the transnational activism of Claudia Jones, Vicki Garvin and Louise Thompson Patterson offers us a guide to action now.
What role did 'freelance' underground operatives play in defeating apartheid in South Africa? Tshepo Moloi on a mother and daughter who crossed borders and languages
How did young people in 1980s Ireland navigate a lack of sex education and repressive climate around sexual health? Laura Kelly explores the activist history of the Irish Family Planning Association Youth Group.
The ICU was a union-cum-protest movement in the north-west of South Africa in the 1920s and 1930s. Laurence Stewart explores its messages and methods and their relevance today.
The History Workshop in Johannesburg emerged from intersecting impulses that coursed through the academy and society in South Africa and globally in the 1970s and 1980s. Noor Nieftagodien on its history and present.
Long before the modern disabled people's movement, people with impairments were claiming disability as a social and political identity. David Turner reflects on the development of disabled people's activism in Victorian Britain.
