North West Labour History
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NWH journal is published annually by the NWLH Society. We cover stories of ordinary people, extraordinary events and insights into working class struggles.
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RT @irrelations: The Red Scar Mill strike of 1965 was one of the first led by Asian migrants—it is a struggle that should encourage us all….
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Keir Starmer harked back to the day of Enoch Powell when he claimed migrants have done “untold damage” to workers in Britain.
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RT @irrelations: Check out the halls, clubs, coffee taverns and houses across the country where branches of the Social Democratic Federatio….
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RT @irrelations: Superb presentation by @Taj_Ali1 on ‘The Making of the British South Asian Working Class’ at for the 2025 )Eddie and Ruth….
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Along Liverpool docks, women workers cleaned and repaired the thousands of sacks and bags used in and around the docks. The work was hard, dirty and very low paid. In April 1924,1,600 women, led by Mary Bamber, went on strike. For more info at Snippet
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RT @irrelations: Superb meeting at the Working Class Movement Library last night with indomitable fighters Eileen Turnbull and Terry Rensha….
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RT @MJHerbert: my biography of Malcolm Hulke "Things are not always what they seem" is featured in my local newspaper .
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RT @irrelations: This wonderful classic text - which includes Hal Draper’s famous pamphlet ‘The Two Souls of Socialism’ - makes the case th….
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RT @EnglishRadical: #OnThisDay 1649: "The Commons of England, finding by too long experience, that the House of Lords is useless and danger….
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RT @MJHerbert: My biography of script writer Malcolm Hulke (Pathfinders in Space, The Avengers, Doctor Who, etc) has been reviewed in the….
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RT @kmflett: 22 years on Robin Cook's resignation speech in opposition to the Iraq War(18th March 2003)
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22 years on Robin Cook’s resignation against war with Iraq The late Robin Cook resigned as Leader of the Commons on 18th March 2003 underlining his opposition to the war in Iraq. Without agreeing t…
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RT @EnglishRadical: "We raise the watch-word liberty; We will, we will, we will be free!" . The Tolpuddle Martyrs, a group of Dorset rural….
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RT @BrisRadHis: Continuing the Irish theme, Fin Dwyer will discuss “Genocide or Famine? The Great Hunger of the 1840s”, one of most contest….
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The Great Hunger of the late 1840s devastated Ireland and had a profound impact on the wider world. Around 10% of the population perished from hunger and disease, while a further 10% fled into exile...
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RT @GroomB: Workers take a break outside Protector Lamp company in Monton, Salford, 1966, photo by George Shepherd @PhotosShepherd. https:/….
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RT @labour_history: #OTD 1900. Labour Party is founded. The Labour Representation Committee (LRC) is formed in London following a sociali….
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A Date for your Diary - Thursday 3 April at 6.30 at WCML Eileen Turnbull will talk on the campaign to get the convictions of 24 striking building workers quashed.
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RT @labour_history: #OTD 1947. Death of Ellen Wilkinson. One of Labour's prominent working class MPs, she rose to national attention duri….
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RT @kmflett: Remembering Jeremy Hardy d 1st Feb 2019. The left needs activism but it also needs a sense of humour.
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Jeremy Hardy died far too young aged 57. There are many memories of him on the anniversary of his death but I note a few of mine here: 1 Despite the best efforts of the Beard Liberation Front he de…
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RT @calderdaletuc: Today EP Thompson would have turned 101. Reminder that you can find several films online from our 100th birthday celebra….
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