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New episode out for all! A teaser of our most recent Radical Reads discussion, Beverly Silver's fantastic Forces of Labor: an epic history of the global labour movement since 1870 told from the bottom up.
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e113...
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Working Class History podcast E103-4: Pirates
(this has really good descriptions of Pirates’ social structures)
part 1:
youtu.be/QOkCyAuqm2I?...
part 2:
youtu.be/7kMcTwJqa0A?...
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🏴🏴
Working Class History podcast E103-4: Pirates
(this has really good descriptions of Pirates’ social structures)
part 1:
youtu.be/QOkCyAuqm2I?...
part 2:
youtu.be/7kMcTwJqa0A?...
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October 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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🏴🏴
Working Class History podcast E103-4: Pirates
(this has really good descriptions of Pirates’ social structures)
part 1:
youtu.be/QOkCyAuqm2I?...
part 2:
youtu.be/7kMcTwJqa0A?...
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🏴🏴
Working Class History podcast E103-4: Pirates
(this has really good descriptions of Pirates’ social structures)
part 1:
youtu.be/QOkCyAuqm2I?...
part 2:
youtu.be/7kMcTwJqa0A?...
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December 2, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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December 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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#OtD 1 Dec 1921 striking workers at Castleconnell fisheries in Ireland occupied their workplace and declared a soviet (workers' council). It ended on Dec 22 after the boss agreed to arbitration, which later ruled in favour of the workers. Learn more: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8057...
December 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
#OtD 1 Dec 1921 striking workers at Castleconnell fisheries in Ireland occupied their workplace and declared a soviet (workers' council). It ended on Dec 22 after the boss agreed to arbitration, which later ruled in favour of the workers. Learn more: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8057...
#OtD 1 Dec 1919 during a strike by dockers in Trinidad & Tobago, strikers attacked working warehouses, ran off the scabs and marched on the city. Within days the strike was general, and the British colonial regime was on its knees. Learn more: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8056...
December 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
#OtD 1 Dec 1919 during a strike by dockers in Trinidad & Tobago, strikers attacked working warehouses, ran off the scabs and marched on the city. Within days the strike was general, and the British colonial regime was on its knees. Learn more: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8056...
#OtD 1 Dec 1991 Anti-Fascist Action successfully stopped the neo-Nazi British National Party from holding a march in Glasgow. Fascists were confronted in the streets while BNP leadership were trapped inside a bar and forced to escape via the sewers stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8059...
December 1, 2025 at 11:10 AM
#OtD 1 Dec 1991 Anti-Fascist Action successfully stopped the neo-Nazi British National Party from holding a march in Glasgow. Fascists were confronted in the streets while BNP leadership were trapped inside a bar and forced to escape via the sewers stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8059...
#OtD 1 Dec 1955 Rosa Parks, a Black civil rights activist, refused her bus driver's order that she give up her seat to a white passenger, triggering a widespread bus boycott and boosting the civil rights movement. stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8058...
December 1, 2025 at 9:55 AM
#OtD 1 Dec 1955 Rosa Parks, a Black civil rights activist, refused her bus driver's order that she give up her seat to a white passenger, triggering a widespread bus boycott and boosting the civil rights movement. stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8058...
📣 New Podcast! "1 December 1919: Trinidad and Tobago general strike" on @Spreaker #black #history #trinidad
1 December 1919: Trinidad and Tobago general strike
Mini podcast of radical history on this date.
www.spreaker.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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E113: Radical Reads – Forces of Labour
https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e113-radical-reads-forces-of-labour/ [1/3]
https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e113-radical-reads-forces-of-labour/ [1/3]
Exploring 'Forces of Labour': A Radical Read Review
Explore Beverly Silver's influential work, 'Forces of Labour', discussing workers' movements and global solidarity since 1870. A must-read!
workingclasshistory.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:53 AM
E113: Radical Reads – Forces of Labour
https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e113-radical-reads-forces-of-labour/ [1/3]
https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e113-radical-reads-forces-of-labour/ [1/3]
#OtD 30 Nov 1961 President John F. Kennedy authorised Operation Mongoose, a CIA operation aimed at overthrowing Castro's government in Cuba. Multiple terrorist attacks against railways, food storage and more were then carried out in the country stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1032...
November 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
#OtD 30 Nov 1961 President John F. Kennedy authorised Operation Mongoose, a CIA operation aimed at overthrowing Castro's government in Cuba. Multiple terrorist attacks against railways, food storage and more were then carried out in the country stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1032...
#OtD 30 Nov 1975 UK NHS junior doctors were taking industrial action over new, inferior contracts which began earlier in the month. They worked strictly to a 40-hour week and dealt with emergencies only until getting an improved deal in December stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1032...
November 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
#OtD 30 Nov 1975 UK NHS junior doctors were taking industrial action over new, inferior contracts which began earlier in the month. They worked strictly to a 40-hour week and dealt with emergencies only until getting an improved deal in December stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1032...
#OtD 30 Nov 1966 Barbados declared independence from Britain, after years of anti-colonial agitation and organising stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1032...
November 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM
#OtD 30 Nov 1966 Barbados declared independence from Britain, after years of anti-colonial agitation and organising stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1032...
#OtD 30 Nov 1994 Guy Debord, cofounder and intellectual leader of the Situationist International, died by suicide. The SI were a Marxist group centred in France which became highly influential after the May 68 revolt. Learn more in these books: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
November 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
#OtD 30 Nov 1994 Guy Debord, cofounder and intellectual leader of the Situationist International, died by suicide. The SI were a Marxist group centred in France which became highly influential after the May 68 revolt. Learn more in these books: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
#OtD 30 Nov 1912 Korean @IWW organiser B Duck Sue was whipped and forced from the county for organising 52 plantation labourers in Hawaii. Despite this, workers still managed to win a pay increase from $20 to $24 per month. Learn more about the IWW: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
November 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
#OtD 30 Nov 1912 Korean @IWW organiser B Duck Sue was whipped and forced from the county for organising 52 plantation labourers in Hawaii. Despite this, workers still managed to win a pay increase from $20 to $24 per month. Learn more about the IWW: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
#OtD 30 Nov 1999 the WTO meeting in Seattle was disrupted by big protests as people blockaded streets to prevent it taking place. Police attacked violently, and rioting broke out downtown hitting headlines and sparking a global anti-capitalist movt stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1033...
November 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
#OtD 30 Nov 1999 the WTO meeting in Seattle was disrupted by big protests as people blockaded streets to prevent it taking place. Police attacked violently, and rioting broke out downtown hitting headlines and sparking a global anti-capitalist movt stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1033...
#OtD 30 Nov 1979 mostly women workers at the Meccano factory in Liverpool occupied their plant in protest against closure. They kept up their sit-in for over 3 months, eventually receiving enhanced redundancy pay and being evicted on 11 Mar 1980
November 30, 2025 at 11:10 AM
#OtD 30 Nov 1979 mostly women workers at the Meccano factory in Liverpool occupied their plant in protest against closure. They kept up their sit-in for over 3 months, eventually receiving enhanced redundancy pay and being evicted on 11 Mar 1980
#OtD 30 Nov 1930 legendary Irish-born dressmaker and worker-organiser, Mother Jones, died in Maryland, US. Co-founder of the @IWW, she organised for multiple unions and, in 1902, was called dubbed "the most dangerous woman in America" stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1032...
November 30, 2025 at 10:55 AM
#OtD 30 Nov 1930 legendary Irish-born dressmaker and worker-organiser, Mother Jones, died in Maryland, US. Co-founder of the @IWW, she organised for multiple unions and, in 1902, was called dubbed "the most dangerous woman in America" stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1032...
#OtD 30 Nov 1917 @IWW member, stenographer, cook and anarchist, Louise Olivereau, was sentenced to 10 years' jail in the US for producing leaflets against the draft during World War I. After her release, she kept up her activism. More info in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/2018/12/02/e...
November 30, 2025 at 10:25 AM
#OtD 30 Nov 1917 @IWW member, stenographer, cook and anarchist, Louise Olivereau, was sentenced to 10 years' jail in the US for producing leaflets against the draft during World War I. After her release, she kept up her activism. More info in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/2018/12/02/e...
#OtD 30 Nov 1963 predominantly Black tenants in several buildings in Brooklyn went on rent strike, as part of a wave of rent strikes across the city in protest against slum conditions stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1032...
November 30, 2025 at 8:25 AM
#OtD 30 Nov 1963 predominantly Black tenants in several buildings in Brooklyn went on rent strike, as part of a wave of rent strikes across the city in protest against slum conditions stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1032...
#OtD 30 Nov 2011 up to 2 million workers walked out in a coordinated strike in defence of public sector pensions: the biggest single walk out in a generation at least, and possibly since 1926 stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1033...
November 30, 2025 at 7:25 AM
#OtD 30 Nov 2011 up to 2 million workers walked out in a coordinated strike in defence of public sector pensions: the biggest single walk out in a generation at least, and possibly since 1926 stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1033...
#OtD 30 Nov 1923 Scottish revolutionary socialist, John Maclean, known as "Scotland's Lenin", died of pneumonia aged 44 following repeated incarceration and force feeding. His funeral (pictured) was attended by thousands stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1032...
November 30, 2025 at 6:40 AM
#OtD 30 Nov 1923 Scottish revolutionary socialist, John Maclean, known as "Scotland's Lenin", died of pneumonia aged 44 following repeated incarceration and force feeding. His funeral (pictured) was attended by thousands stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1032...
#OtD 30 Nov 1981 800 people protested against a planned additional runway at Narita airport in Japan. They were met by 4000 riot police stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1032...
November 30, 2025 at 6:25 AM
#OtD 30 Nov 1981 800 people protested against a planned additional runway at Narita airport in Japan. They were met by 4000 riot police stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1032...
30 November 1963: Brooklyn rent strike
Mini podcast of radical history on this day
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November 30, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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On the latest Working Class History Radical Reads #podcast the hosts examine Beverly Silver's pioneering work "Forces of Labour: Workers' Movements and Globalisation Since 1870," which looks at 130 years of class struggle across the globe to show how workers' unrest has shaped the world, at
November 14, 2025 at 9:30 AM
On the latest Working Class History Radical Reads #podcast the hosts examine Beverly Silver's pioneering work "Forces of Labour: Workers' Movements and Globalisation Since 1870," which looks at 130 years of class struggle across the globe to show how workers' unrest has shaped the world, at