Working Class History

Working Class History

Author: Working Class History Language: English Episodes: 100
History isn't made by kings and politicians, it's made by all of us. This podcast is about how we, together, have fought for a better world.Become a paid subscriber, support our work and listen ad-free with early access and exclusive bonus episodes at patreon.com/workingclasshistory.
Episodes
E113: [TEASER] Radical Reads – Forces of Labour [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 18:21
This is a teaser preview of one of our Radical Reads episodes, made exclusively for our supporters on patreon. You can listen to the full 67-minute episode without ads and support our work at https://www.patreon.com/post…
WCH Podcast and Patreon Update [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 4:30
An update for you on the Working Class History podcast and its future. In short, we began releasing much more frequent podcast episodes 18 months ago, in an effort to get more supporters on Patreon. While we were able to…
E112: [FREE EPISODE] Radical Reads - Be Gay Do Crime [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:52:35
As part of our Radical Reads series, we speak about our latest book, Be Gay, Do Crime: Everyday Acts of Queer Resistance and Rebellion, with editors Zane McNeill, Blu Buchanan and Riley Clare Valentine.Radical Reads is o…
E111.1:  [TEASER] Poll tax revolt, bonus episode [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 6:30
Preview extract of a bonus episode of our double podcast on the successful mass direct action campaign against the UK poll tax in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In conversation with Dave Morris from the Tottenham Anti-P…
E111: Poll tax revolt, part 2 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 44:42
Second of a double podcast episode about the successful mass direct action campaign against the UK poll tax in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In conversation with Dave Morris from the Tottenham Anti-Poll Tax campaign an…
E110: Poll tax revolt, part 1 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 43:06
First of a double podcast episode about the successful mass direct action campaign against the UK poll tax in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In conversation with Dave Morris from the Tottenham Anti-Poll Tax campaign and…
WCL14: Live from the Working Class Literature Festival [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 59:57
Following our double-episode on the Florence Working-Class Literature Festival back in February, our co-host Matt was invited to this year’s festival, recording this episode on-site at the ex-GKN factory in Florence. Fea…
E109: Women in the miners' strike, part 2 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 25:17
Concluding part of our double episode about the crucial role played by women in the great miners’ strike in Britain, 1984-5, in conversation with Heather Wood, chair of the Easington women’s strike support group. Our pod…
E108: Women in the miners' strike, part 1 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:46
Double episode about the crucial role played by women in the great miners’ strike in Britain, 1984-5, in conversation with Heather Wood, chair of the Easington women’s strike support group. Our podcast is brought to you…
E107: [TEASER] Fireside Chat – Hope Dies Last [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 12:09
Teaser of our latest Fireside Chat, available in full exclusively for our supporters on Patreon. A couple of years ago, John from WCH and Ade from our Farsi-language sister project, Daily Worker History Farsi, were inter…