Monday, 20 May 2013 09:17
The great social achievements of the post-war generation have been systematically attacked and eroded. Historian Neil Faulkner explains why – and outlines how we can shape history in a different direction
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Sunday May 12 sees the unveiling of a memorial to Thomas Rainsborough, Leveller leader in the English Civil War, a revolution the Tory right would rather forget
The role of Lincoln's determined revolutionary leadership in the American Civil War is explained by Neil Faulkner
The Luddites were a movement of protest against the use of technology to destroy their livelihoods. John Westmoreland looks at what we can learn from them
In 1809 audiences at a major London theatre started a concerted campaign and won. Jacqueline Mulhallen, author of 
A hundred years ago a militant suffragette was killed after she ran in front of the King’s horse at the Epsom Derby. Katherine Connelly explains why her struggle remains relevant and why a campaign has been launched in her memory
Condition of the Working Class aims to update Engels’ classic. Elaine Graham-Leigh talked to Deirdre O’Neill of Inside Film about the project and the relevance of Engels’ work today.
In 1912 two very different policies fought for dominance in the suffragette movement. Sylvia Pankhurst’s defence of mass protest is still relevant today, explains Katherine Connelly.
How socialists relate to the working class has always been a source of tension within the socialist tradition. Chris Bambery suggests that the early years of British Communism provide lessons that are still very relevant to debates today.
The 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens’ birth should be marked as something more than an excuse for more costume drama series' on television and the promotion of Victorian values.
Neil Faulkner, author of A Marxist History of the World, compares the crisis today with that of the 1930s.
Lucio Magri, one of the founder’s of the Italian Marxist daily, Il Manifesto, has died at the age of 79. Chris Bambery looks at his life and legacy.
Politicians and media speak of the 'Blitz spirit' in response to the riots - John Rees looks at the reality of class divisions in wartime, from his forthcoming book Timelines, essays in the origins of the modern world (Routledge, 2012).
Politicians and journalists have rushed to blame the riots on ‘sheer criminality’. The same cry from the defenders of the status quo has echoed down the centuries after every riot in London.
A new 
John Westmoreland recalls the first great working class movement - the campaign for political and social change in the 1830s and 1840s known as Chartism. He explains the vital political lessons it provides.
Lindsey German looks at the life of Jayaben Desai who rose to prominence as the leader of a heroic strike by 137 mainly female Asian workers at the Grunwick film processing factory in 1976.
‘The argument of the broken window pane is the most valuable argument in modern politics’, declared suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst
As Britain commemorates the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain Neil Faulkner looks at the hidden history of the Second World War and finds a war shaped by class struggle and anti-fascism.
Paul Foot reviews The Strange Death of Liberal England by George Dangerfield. The book covers the collapse of Liberalism in the early 20th century and growing resistance from the downtrodden.
In March I visited Stuttgart on what I expected to be a routine research trip. What I found was a fascinating history of workers’ organisation, socialism and a living memorial to the life and activities of Clara Zetkin.
Saturday 22 June 2013
9:30am – 5pm
Central Hall Westminster
Books
How a Century of War Changed the Lives of Women
By Lindsey German
A Marxist History of the World
From Neanderthals to Neoliberals
By Neil Faulkner
The People V Tony Blair
Politics, the Media and the Anti-War Movement
By Chris Nineham
Timelines
A Political History of the Modern World
By John Rees
A People's History of London
By Lindsey German and John Rees
Counterfire Books
The People Demand: A short history of the Arab revolutions
By John Rees and Joseph Daher
Strategy and tactics: how the left can organise to transform society
By John Rees
Capitalism and Class Consciousness: the ideas of Georg Lukacs
By Chris Nineham
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