E107: [TEASER] Fireside Chat – Hope Dies Last

E107: [TEASER] Fireside Chat – Hope Dies Last

Author: Working Class History July 25, 2025 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 interviewed for the Hope Dies Last podcast by musician and journalist Ryan Harvey. Ryan didn't end up having the time to finish the episode, so we thought we would turn it into a Fireside Chat, for people to learn a bit more about WCH and Daily Worker History Farsi. John and Ade talk about their respective projects in Iran, and in English, what inspires them, how they organise, and more.
More information
Acknowledgements
  • Thanks to our Patreon supporters for making this podcast possible. Special thanks to Jazz Hands, Jamison D. Saltsman, Fernando López Ojeda and Old Norm.
  • Final editing by Tyler Hill. Some initial editing by Ryan Harvey.






Podcast Episodes
E88: Indigenous resistance since 1992, part 1 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 53:28
Following on from his excellent book, 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance, Gord Hill of the Kwakwaka’wakw nation gives us an overview of over three decades of Indigenous resistance in the Americas since 1992. A podcast in…
E87: Class struggle in Palestine, part 2 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 48:14
Part 2 of our double-episode podcast about workers' struggles in Palestine during the British Mandate (1920-48). In this episode, we cover the Palestinian labour movement during World War II, new Palestinian workers’ org…
E86: Class struggle in Palestine, part 1 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 51:53
First of a double podcast about workers' struggles in Palestine during the British Mandate (1920-48). In this episode we cover the Balfour Declaration and establishment of the British Mandate, the campaign for 'Hebrew La…
E85: [TEASER] May Day with Upstream [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 14:49
Teaser extract from an episode exclusively for our patreon supporters. Episode produced by Upstream in conversation with John from Working Class History talking about the history of May Day, International Workers’ Day, f…
E84: Angry Brigade, part 2 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 44:11
Second in a double podcast about the Angry Brigade, Britain’s first home-grown urban guerrilla group, in the 1960s and 70s, in conversation with John Barker, who was put on trial as part of the group.Our podcast is broug…
E83: Angry Brigade, part 1 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 44:26
Double podcast about the Angry Brigade, Britain’s first home-grown urban guerrilla group, in the 1960s and 70s, in conversation with John Barker, who was put on trial as part of the group.Our podcast is brought to you by…
E82: Workmates collective [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 49:28
Podcast episode about the Workmates collective, a rank-and-file initiative on the London Underground using unofficial direct action and workplace assemblies to fight privatisation in the late-1990s/early 2000s.Our suppor…
E81: Miners' strikes 1972-4 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 46:08
Podcast episode about strikes by miners in Britain in 1972 and 1974, in conversation with Dave Douglass.Our podcast is brought to you by our patreon supporters. Our supporters fund our work, and in return get exclusive e…
E80: Italian resistance, part 4 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 36:45
The fourth and final episode of our podcast series on the Italian resistance to fascism in conversation with anti-fascist partisans themselves.In this episode, we look at the postwar anti-fascist resistance: from armed p…