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Joe Redmayne @joeredmayne.bsky.social · Oct 14
CfP: The British General Strike of 1926: New Directions of Research, 7-8 May 2026 @newcastleuni.bsky.social
Deadline: 6 February 2026

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#GeneralStrike1926 #GeneralStrike100
CfP: The British General Strike of 1926: New Directions of Research
To commemorate the centenary of the British General Strike and miners’ lock-out, Newcastle University’s Labour & Society Research Group (LSRG) is organising a conference that revisits the…
sslh.org.uk
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shirinhirsch.bsky.social
Jimmy Cliff was touring the clubs of Wolverhampton in the year Enoch Powell made his Rivers of Blood speech. 50 years later artists Anand Chhabra, Jagdish Patel and Vanley Burke responded with the exhibition Many Rivers to Cross, the title of Cliff's 1969 track. RIP www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y9Q...
Many rivers to cross - Jimmy Cliff
YouTube video by TheSunAnge
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November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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gftu.org.uk
We're proud to be a member of the #GeneralStrike100 national partnership .

Explore our interactive map and sign up to visit your nearest partner and #GeneralStrike100 history sites via https://bit.ly/VisitaGS100site

#GFTU
Commemorative poster for the General Strike 1926-2026, featuring a montage of historical black and white photos including workers and children, with a dominant central figure standing at a podium. The logo of the General Federation of Trade Unions is also visible.
November 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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mrcwarwick.bsky.social
Call for papers #CFP

Blood is the Price of Coal: Coal Communities, Health and Welfare in Britain and Beyond from the 19th Century to the Present

18 June 2026: 1 day conference + NUM archive exhibition

Submit abstracts / express interest at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...

Deadline: 25 Jan 2026
Blood is the Price of Coal: Coal Communities, Health and Welfare in Britain and Beyond from the 19th Century to the Present When and where: University of Warwick, Coventry, on Thursday 18 June 2026. Conference summary: This free one day conference aims to bring together researchers from higher education, community and campaign groups to explore the history of health and welfare in Britain’s coal mining industry. Held jointly by the University of Warwick's Centre for the History of Medicine, Science and Technology, and Modern Records Centre, the event will run alongside an exhibition which will explore some of the themes covered by the speakers through the National Union of Mineworkers' archives. We welcome contributions from new and established researchers, working inside and outside higher education. Confirmed participants include: - Jörg Arnold (University of Augsburg / Institute for Contemporary History Munich - Berlin), author of The British Miner in the Age of DeIndustrialization - Keith Gildart (University of Wolverhampton), Principal Investigator on research project On Behalf of the People: Work, Community and Class in the British Coal Industry 1947-1994 and former miner - Quentin Outram (University of Leeds), Secretary of the Society for the Study of Labour History and co-editor of Coal in Victorian Britain Conference themes: Subjects that could be addressed include but are not limited to: The human cost of coal, including: - Mining disasters, their contemporary impacts and later memorialisation. - Industrial accidents, industrial diseases and workers’ compensation. - Mine safety and the improvement of conditions. - Mining and mental health. Industrial health and welfare, including: - Pre-nationalisation provision in and beyond the colliery. - National Coal Board provision, including the NCB Medical Service, housing and the Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation. - Trade union campaigns and benefit schemes. - Sport and social provision as mining welfare. Coal and community, including: - Environmental impact. - Mining families and the intergenerational effects of the mining industry. - Impacts of the industry with particular reference to gender, race and ethnicity. - Coalfield communities after coal: the effects of deindustrialisation. Submission guidelines We wish to make space for dialogue between academic and community-based researchers, and welcome involvement from mining heritage and local history groups / researchers from former coalfield communities. We welcome and encourage alternative presentational styles. Possible formats for contributions could include: - 15-20 minute papers. - 5 minute lightning papers (for example showcasing a particular object or archival source, or highlighting a particular place, event, individual or experience). - Round table discussions. - Posters or displays. Submission deadline: 25 January 2026. Limited funding for travel support will be available, with priority given to early career researchers or participants who cannot draw upon institutional funding. For additional enquiries, please contact the conference organisers at archives@warwick.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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dukepress.bsky.social
The newest issue of @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social (22:3) is online! Featuring essays on transnational solidarity, war, food, activism, and more! View the TOC and read the issue introduction, freely available: buff.ly/JczGGqn
Cover of Labor: Studies in Working-Class History, Volume 22, Number 3, September 2025. The design features bold red, black, and beige artwork depicting a dockside scene with a cargo container being lifted by crane, industrial silhouettes, and the outline of Chile in the background. Text on the cover reads “Chile” and “Nothing for the Fascists: The Boycott Speeds Up the Victory of the Chilean People.”
October 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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jich.bsky.social
See the recent book review by Joe Redmayne of 'Shipping Lords and Coolie Stokers: Class, Race, and Maritime Capitalism in the Early Twentieth Century' by Ravi Ahuja (Verso, 2024): doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Shipping Lords and Coolie Stokers: Class, Race, and Maritime Capitalism in the Early Twentieth Century
Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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November 4, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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profpetercole.bsky.social
The Genoese dockworkers inserted themselves into the globe’s most contentious political issue, Palestine, using the best tool in any worker’s toolbox: stopping work. Call it a boycott, call it direct action, call it a strike. When workers stop working, bosses & governments take notice. My latest! ✊
November 1, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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mininghistory.bsky.social
On 22 November, I'll be giving an online talk as part of the Mineral Expertise series at the University of Vienna:

"Mining the Past: What is the role of historians in the mining industry?"

You can sign up here:

scarce.univie.ac.at/events/singl...
Mining the Past: What is the role of historians in the mining industry?
SCARCE Colloquium Speaker: Duncan Money (Independent scholar) University of Vienna Hybrid Event
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October 31, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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balhnews.bsky.social
#ICYMI: In one of our latest blogs, @redhen90.bsky.social shares information about the national partnership to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the General Strike 1926.

Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/blog-making-...

#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll

@gftu.org.uk
The logo for the centenary of the General Strike project. It includes images from the General Strike, and the logos of key project partners.
October 30, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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sslh.bsky.social
Join us for the launch of
Henry Dee’s ‘Militant Migrants: Clements Kadalie, the ICU and the Mass Movement of Black Workers in Southern Africa, 1896-1951’. Published with @livunipress.bsky.social.
Marx Memorial Library, 29 November
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October 28, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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liamliburd.bsky.social
Speaking at the University of Manchester's History Department in early December about my work on prisons and racism if you're in town and interested.
Dr Liam Liburd (Durham University), An Accidental History of Prisons and Race in Late Twentieth Century Britain | Events at The University of Manchester
Department of History Guest Seminar
events.manchester.ac.uk
October 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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evansmithhist.bsky.social
New book review published at @jich.bsky.social

@joeredmayne.bsky.social reviews Ravi Ahuja's 'Shipping Lords and Coolie Stokers: Class, Race, and Maritime Capitalism in the Early Twentieth Century'

@versobooks.bsky.social

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Shipping Lords and Coolie Stokers: Class, Race, and Maritime Capitalism in the Early Twentieth Century
Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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durhamhistory.bsky.social
Massive congratulations to our wonderful @liamliburd.bsky.social for the publication of his new article "The Lost Pillar of British Political Culture: Black Constructions of British Fascism, 1930s–1970s" in The Journal of British Studies. 🎉https://doi.org/10.1017/jbr.2025.10129
The Lost Pillar of British Political Culture: Black Constructions of British Fascism, 1930s–1970s | Journal of British Studies | Cambridge Core
The Lost Pillar of British Political Culture: Black Constructions of British Fascism, 1930s–1970s - Volume 64
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October 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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kristinhussey.bsky.social
Colleagues doing very cool things! One for the labour, maritime and mining historians among you.
October 15, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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joeredmayne.bsky.social
CfP: The British General Strike of 1926: New Directions of Research, 7-8 May 2026 @newcastleuni.bsky.social
Deadline: 6 February 2026

More details:
@sslh.bsky.social

sslh.org.uk/2025/10/13/c...

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Kindly supported by @leverhulme.ac.uk

#GeneralStrike1926 #GeneralStrike100
CfP: The British General Strike of 1926: New Directions of Research
To commemorate the centenary of the British General Strike and miners’ lock-out, Newcastle University’s Labour & Society Research Group (LSRG) is organising a conference that revisits the…
sslh.org.uk
October 14, 2025 at 11:57 AM
joeredmayne.bsky.social
CfP: The British General Strike of 1926: New Directions of Research, 7-8 May 2026 @newcastleuni.bsky.social
Deadline: 6 February 2026

More details:
@sslh.bsky.social

sslh.org.uk/2025/10/13/c...

sslh.org.uk/wp-content/u...
Kindly supported by @leverhulme.ac.uk

#GeneralStrike1926 #GeneralStrike100
CfP: The British General Strike of 1926: New Directions of Research
To commemorate the centenary of the British General Strike and miners’ lock-out, Newcastle University’s Labour & Society Research Group (LSRG) is organising a conference that revisits the…
sslh.org.uk
October 14, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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mininghistory.bsky.social
Our project to digitise the Zambia Congress of Trade Union archives has now been scanning documents for a year. Over 80,000 pages scanned so far, despite severe power shortages in Zambia!
Photo of a two-storey building with cars parked next to it. On the wall of the building is a sign reading "ZCTU HQ Solidarity House" Underneath the sign is a red banner reading "Zambia Congress of Trade Unions #Solidarityforever"
October 10, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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strikemap.org
🚨 Over 1,300 trade unionists have signed #StrikeMap &
CTUF's call for an Employment Rights Bill 2 — backed by 14 organisations.

Here are the top 10 unions whose members are leading the call

1) @unitetheunion.bsky.social
2) POA
3) @unison.org.uk
4) @pcsunion.bsky.social

#StrikeMap
Infographic titled "Finishing the Job: Demand an Employment Bill," showing the percentage of support from various unions. Includes logo and support levels of Unite the union (29%), PCS (4%), POA (20%), GMB (4%), UNISON (9%), CWU (2%), UCU (4%), FBU (4%), Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union (4%), and SFWU (2%). The infographic features a bold, organized design with symbols representing each union.
October 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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llafur.bsky.social
Are you of African/Caribbean descent with ties to the Valleys? The Black Valleys Project would love to hear your story!

Help support the creation of new Black Welsh History resources for local schools.

🗓️Friday 24th October
🕰️2pm
📍Rhondda Heritage Park Museum
October 6, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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lclaberge.bsky.social
Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao caio

socialistworker.co.uk/palestine-20...
General strike for Palestine halts Italy
After the trade unions' call, workers and activists have taken to the streets to block Israeli weapons and rally against its government.
socialistworker.co.uk
September 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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joannabourke.bsky.social
McCarthyism is here, and gender scholars and equality activists and even basic human/legal rights proponents are in its sights. I have learnt so much from Judith Butler and now this: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move
Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’
www.theguardian.com
September 13, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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sidegallery.bsky.social
⛏️✨ Lessons in solidarity, straight from 1984.

Miners’ Weekend School (1984) at The Burr of Berwick. Six films by Amber Films’ Current Affairs Unit from the 1984 to 85 Miners’ Strike. Free drop-in Saturdays 12 to 4 pm until 31 Oct. 

🔗 More details: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
September 5, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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alexcallinicos.bsky.social
Interesting interview with Zara Sultana newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
Zarah Sultana, The Alternative — Sidecar
On Britain’s new left party—3.
newleftreview.org
August 18, 2025 at 5:17 AM
joeredmayne.bsky.social
We will be at the Durham Miners’ Gala again. However, this year, we will have our recorders at the ready to conduct mini interviews. If you have any family histories, stories, or memorabilia related to the General Strike of 1926 — pop by our stall! @sslh.bsky.social
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Photograph of our Remembering 1926 stall at the Durham Miners’ Gala
July 12, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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marcdavenant.bsky.social
Brilliant statement from the Durham Miners Association on why Reform is not welcome on the platform for the Durham Miners Gala
https://www.durhamminers.org/statement_durham_miners_gala_and_reform_uk
DMA statement - Durham Miners Gala and Reform UK
Reform UK have chosen to criticise us publicly for not inviting them to the Gala. They obviously don’t understand how this works, so we will explain...
www.durhamminers.org
June 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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mrcwarwick.bsky.social
A cautionary note from 'The Land Worker' in 1920... "It has yet to be proved that bees have any affection for anybody or anything that does not yield honey." #WorldBeeDay #SaveTheBees #BeeKind 🐝🍯

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Article on bees and bee-keeping from 'The Land Worker', January 1920.
May 20, 2025 at 11:49 AM