Shirin Hirsch
@shirinhirsch.bsky.social
Anti racist historian at Manchester Met and People’s History Museum. Views my own
This is a brilliant history from below by @grsbrown.bsky.social. The ANL had a defining impact on the contours of racism and anti-racism and was that rare thing, a success, defeating the National Front. Now more than ever we need to return to this history bookmarksbookshop.co.uk/product/a-pe...
July 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This is a brilliant history from below by @grsbrown.bsky.social. The ANL had a defining impact on the contours of racism and anti-racism and was that rare thing, a success, defeating the National Front. Now more than ever we need to return to this history bookmarksbookshop.co.uk/product/a-pe...
Just one of the huge pickets in the pouring rain striking over low pay by our colleagues @unisonmmu.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Just one of the huge pickets in the pouring rain striking over low pay by our colleagues @unisonmmu.bsky.social
What a wonderful book launch and conversation with the brilliant @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social and @davidolusoga.bsky.social
Very pleased I now have my copy of Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction
Very pleased I now have my copy of Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction
June 6, 2025 at 9:34 PM
What a wonderful book launch and conversation with the brilliant @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social and @davidolusoga.bsky.social
Very pleased I now have my copy of Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction
Very pleased I now have my copy of Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction
In the run up to the centenary anniversary next year, here's my short introduction to the 1926 General Strike for @phm.org.uk #GeneralStrike100 phm.org.uk/blogposts/19...
April 2, 2025 at 9:12 PM
In the run up to the centenary anniversary next year, here's my short introduction to the 1926 General Strike for @phm.org.uk #GeneralStrike100 phm.org.uk/blogposts/19...
Yes great I’ll write my public talk for Tuesday and prepare for my Tuesday lecture all on Monday, plenty of time. Who would have factored in a poorly toddler sent home from nursery?!
March 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Yes great I’ll write my public talk for Tuesday and prepare for my Tuesday lecture all on Monday, plenty of time. Who would have factored in a poorly toddler sent home from nursery?!
Very pleased to buy my copy of this beautiful new book today at @wcmlibrary.bsky.social
March 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Very pleased to buy my copy of this beautiful new book today at @wcmlibrary.bsky.social
Great to be back at @wcmlibrary.bsky.social today. What a meeting this must have been to mark the 70th anniversary of the General Strike!
March 12, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Great to be back at @wcmlibrary.bsky.social today. What a meeting this must have been to mark the 70th anniversary of the General Strike!
What a treasure this book is
March 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
What a treasure this book is
What a book! A gripping road trip through Black Britain, a rich study of culture and resistance outside of the trodden London stories. Out in April, this is one to read by @lanre-bakare.bsky.social
February 5, 2025 at 12:18 PM
What a book! A gripping road trip through Black Britain, a rich study of culture and resistance outside of the trodden London stories. Out in April, this is one to read by @lanre-bakare.bsky.social
Lots of the class warriors who were entrusted by the British state to win the General Strike were key colonial figures. See also Herbert Samuel. But also on the TUC side, leaders like J H Thomas.
January 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Lots of the class warriors who were entrusted by the British state to win the General Strike were key colonial figures. See also Herbert Samuel. But also on the TUC side, leaders like J H Thomas.
Reading about Charles Hardinge 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, once Viceroy of India, who retired and led the Organisation for the Maintenance of Supplies, a 'volunteer' org which attempted to break the 1926 General Strike. He received six knighthoods in his life and in Delhi there's a huge statue.
January 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Reading about Charles Hardinge 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, once Viceroy of India, who retired and led the Organisation for the Maintenance of Supplies, a 'volunteer' org which attempted to break the 1926 General Strike. He received six knighthoods in his life and in Delhi there's a huge statue.
Thanks to Professor Matt Perry for giving a wonderful talk to People's History Museum staff on Ellen Wilkinson and the 1926 General Strike yesterday - in preparation for our centenary plans here
December 12, 2024 at 11:27 AM
Thanks to Professor Matt Perry for giving a wonderful talk to People's History Museum staff on Ellen Wilkinson and the 1926 General Strike yesterday - in preparation for our centenary plans here