Society for the Study of Labour History
@sslh.bsky.social
Society for the Study of Labour History: the UK’s principal organisation dedicated to the study of labour history & publisher of Labour History Review sslh.org.uk
We're proud to be a member of the #GeneralStrike100 national partnership.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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 actionnetwork.org/forms/visit-...
Explore our interactive map and sign up to visit your nearest partner and #GeneralStrike100 history sites via actionnetwork.org/forms/visit-...
Membership of the Society for the Study of Labour History costs £37 (£21 for students) and includes three issues of Labour History Review.
If labour history matters to you, come and join us sslh.org.uk/join/
If labour history matters to you, come and join us sslh.org.uk/join/
November 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Membership of the Society for the Study of Labour History costs £37 (£21 for students) and includes three issues of Labour History Review.
If labour history matters to you, come and join us sslh.org.uk/join/
If labour history matters to you, come and join us sslh.org.uk/join/
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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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
sslh.org.uk/2025/10/27/b...
October 28, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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
sslh.org.uk/2025/10/27/b...
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
sslh.org.uk/2025/10/27/b...
If labour history matters to you, join us. Annual membership costs £37 (£21 for students) and includes a subscription to Labour History Review
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September 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
If labour history matters to you, join us. Annual membership costs £37 (£21 for students) and includes a subscription to Labour History Review
sslh.org.uk/join/
sslh.org.uk/join/
Chartism Day in Huddersfield was excellent: great papers, friendly people and really well attended. Good to see you all. Aiming to have a report on our website during the next week.
September 6, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Chartism Day in Huddersfield was excellent: great papers, friendly people and really well attended. Good to see you all. Aiming to have a report on our website during the next week.
#GeneralStrike100
Next year marks 100 years since the General Strike of 1926. We are proud to be a part of a national partnership of 15 museums, libraries and groups working together to commemorate the event. Find out how you can support the partnership. bit.ly/GeneralStrik...
Next year marks 100 years since the General Strike of 1926. We are proud to be a part of a national partnership of 15 museums, libraries and groups working together to commemorate the event. Find out how you can support the partnership. bit.ly/GeneralStrik...
September 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
#GeneralStrike100
Next year marks 100 years since the General Strike of 1926. We are proud to be a part of a national partnership of 15 museums, libraries and groups working together to commemorate the event. Find out how you can support the partnership. bit.ly/GeneralStrik...
Next year marks 100 years since the General Strike of 1926. We are proud to be a part of a national partnership of 15 museums, libraries and groups working together to commemorate the event. Find out how you can support the partnership. bit.ly/GeneralStrik...
Round table: The Starmer Labour Government in Historical Perspective. Open access on Labour History Review
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August 28, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Round table: The Starmer Labour Government in Historical Perspective. Open access on Labour History Review
sslh.org.uk/2025/04/23/r...
sslh.org.uk/2025/04/23/r...
Chartism Day is two weeks today. All welcome but you need to book
#Chartism #Yorkshire #C19th
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#Chartism #Yorkshire #C19th
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August 23, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Chartism Day is two weeks today. All welcome but you need to book
#Chartism #Yorkshire #C19th
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#Chartism #Yorkshire #C19th
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chartism-d...
Indeed. Although time travellers are welcome
August 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Indeed. Although time travellers are welcome
All welcome. Speakers include @vjctorianist.bsky.social @drdavesteele.bsky.social @dnhamilton.bsky.social & many others not on here!
#Chartism #C19th #History #Yorkshire
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#Chartism #C19th #History #Yorkshire
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August 15, 2025 at 8:08 AM
All welcome. Speakers include @vjctorianist.bsky.social @drdavesteele.bsky.social @dnhamilton.bsky.social & many others not on here!
#Chartism #C19th #History #Yorkshire
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#Chartism #C19th #History #Yorkshire
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Come and join us for Chartism Day 2025. All welcome; booking required.
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August 14, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Come and join us for Chartism Day 2025. All welcome; booking required.
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Book now for Chartism Day 2025 (and please share as widely as possible)
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August 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Book now for Chartism Day 2025 (and please share as widely as possible)
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The new issue of Labour History Review is out now. Have you got your copy yet?
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July 22, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The new issue of Labour History Review is out now. Have you got your copy yet?
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Join us for #ChartismDay 2025. All welcome; tickets from www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chartism-d...
July 19, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Join us for #ChartismDay 2025. All welcome; tickets from www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chartism-d...
Book your ticket today for Chartism Day 2025
Saturday, 6 September, Huddersfield
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Saturday, 6 September, Huddersfield
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July 17, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Book your ticket today for Chartism Day 2025
Saturday, 6 September, Huddersfield
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Saturday, 6 September, Huddersfield
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The new issue of Labour History Review is out now sslh.org.uk/2025/07/16/l...
July 16, 2025 at 6:46 AM
The new issue of Labour History Review is out now sslh.org.uk/2025/07/16/l...
Professor Peter Gurney delivers the John Halstead Memorial Lecture on the “Chartist Revolution” at the John Rylands Library in Manchester today.
June 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Professor Peter Gurney delivers the John Halstead Memorial Lecture on the “Chartist Revolution” at the John Rylands Library in Manchester today.
Bookings now open for the ‘Starmer Year One’ conference organised by the Labour History Research Unit at Anglia Ruskin University. The event takes place on 14 June 2025.
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May 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Bookings now open for the ‘Starmer Year One’ conference organised by the Labour History Research Unit at Anglia Ruskin University. The event takes place on 14 June 2025.
sslh.org.uk/2025/05/06/c...
sslh.org.uk/2025/05/06/c...
Have you got yours yet?
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April 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Have you got yours yet?
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Historians of Labour and class on the Starmer Labour Government in Historical Perspective.
Open access roundtable discussion in Labour History Review with Peter Gurney, Laura Beers (@fieryparticle.bsky.social), Laurence Black (@lawrenceblack.bsky.social) Martin Wright
sslh.org.uk/2025/04/23/r...
Open access roundtable discussion in Labour History Review with Peter Gurney, Laura Beers (@fieryparticle.bsky.social), Laurence Black (@lawrenceblack.bsky.social) Martin Wright
sslh.org.uk/2025/04/23/r...
April 23, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Historians of Labour and class on the Starmer Labour Government in Historical Perspective.
Open access roundtable discussion in Labour History Review with Peter Gurney, Laura Beers (@fieryparticle.bsky.social), Laurence Black (@lawrenceblack.bsky.social) Martin Wright
sslh.org.uk/2025/04/23/r...
Open access roundtable discussion in Labour History Review with Peter Gurney, Laura Beers (@fieryparticle.bsky.social), Laurence Black (@lawrenceblack.bsky.social) Martin Wright
sslh.org.uk/2025/04/23/r...
In Labour History Review
* Keir Starmer's Labour Government in Historical Perspective
* Limits to Solidarity: Trade Union Responses to European Workers in Britain, 1945–1948
* Workforce Disability and the 1949 ‘Ineffectives’ Strike in the London Docks.
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* Keir Starmer's Labour Government in Historical Perspective
* Limits to Solidarity: Trade Union Responses to European Workers in Britain, 1945–1948
* Workforce Disability and the 1949 ‘Ineffectives’ Strike in the London Docks.
sslh.org.uk/2025/04/23/l...
April 23, 2025 at 8:31 AM
In Labour History Review
* Keir Starmer's Labour Government in Historical Perspective
* Limits to Solidarity: Trade Union Responses to European Workers in Britain, 1945–1948
* Workforce Disability and the 1949 ‘Ineffectives’ Strike in the London Docks.
sslh.org.uk/2025/04/23/l...
* Keir Starmer's Labour Government in Historical Perspective
* Limits to Solidarity: Trade Union Responses to European Workers in Britain, 1945–1948
* Workforce Disability and the 1949 ‘Ineffectives’ Strike in the London Docks.
sslh.org.uk/2025/04/23/l...
#LabourHistory #Archives @mrcwarwick.bsky.social
Long thought to have been destroyed, the missing records of the mining trade union NACODS have been rediscovered and saved for posterity.
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Long thought to have been destroyed, the missing records of the mining trade union NACODS have been rediscovered and saved for posterity.
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January 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
#LabourHistory #Archives @mrcwarwick.bsky.social
Long thought to have been destroyed, the missing records of the mining trade union NACODS have been rediscovered and saved for posterity.
sslh.org.uk/2025/01/17/m...
Long thought to have been destroyed, the missing records of the mining trade union NACODS have been rediscovered and saved for posterity.
sslh.org.uk/2025/01/17/m...
The 2024 index for Labour History Review is out now. Indexes from 1960 to date can be freely downloaded at 👇
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December 29, 2024 at 2:13 PM
The 2024 index for Labour History Review is out now. Indexes from 1960 to date can be freely downloaded at 👇
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In this morning’s post. Have you got yours yet?
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December 20, 2024 at 10:43 AM
In this morning’s post. Have you got yours yet?
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Édouard Dolléans: the first modern historian of Chartism? In the latest Labour History Review. sslh.org.uk/2024/12/10/e...
December 11, 2024 at 12:45 PM
Édouard Dolléans: the first modern historian of Chartism? In the latest Labour History Review. sslh.org.uk/2024/12/10/e...