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Working Class History

Working Class History

History isn"t made by kings and politicians, it"s made by all of us. This podcast is about how we, together, have fought for a better world.Become a paid subscriber, support our work and listen ad-free with early access and exclusive bonus episodes at patreon.com/workingclasshistory.

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E35: The 43 Group, part 1

Working Class History ·

2020/03/02

First part of a podcast miniseries about the 43 Group of mostly Jewish ex-servicemen and women who battled Oswald Mosley’s fascists in Britain’s streets after World War II.We speak with Daniel Sonabend, author of We Fight Fascists: The 43 Group and Their Forgotten Battle for Post-War Britain, as well as Jules Konopinski, who was a member of the group.You can support this podcast and listen to all 3 parts plus 2 bonus episodes on patreon: https://patreon.com/workingclasshistoryThe bonus episode

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Seasons' greetings and an appeal from WCH

Working Class History ·

2019/12/19

A happy holidays and New Year message from WCH, alongside an appeal for people to support our work on patreon so we can continue our work in 2020 and beyond.Find out more, support us and get access to exclusive content at https://patreon.com/workingclasshistoryYou can also support our work by using our online store, where we still have 2020 wall calendars available at https://shop.workingclasshistory.comThanks for listening in 2019, and catch you all in 2020!Become a supporter of this podcast:

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53:28

E34: Asian youth movements in Bradford, part 2

Working Class History ·

2019/11/20

Concluding our double episode on the Asian Youth Movement and United Black Youth League in conversation with Tariq Mehmood. This episode Tariq tells the story of the sensational Bradford 12 trial, and explains how the organisations developed.Full show notes including sources, photographs and links to more information here on our website: https://workingclasshistory.com/2019/09/18/e28-29-asian-youth-movements-in-bradford/This episode was brought to you by our patreon supporters. You can support us

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E33: Asian youth movements in Bradford, part 1

Working Class History ·

2019/10/28

First part of our double episode about anti-racist Asian youth movements in Bradford, England in the 1970s and 80s. We speak to Tariq Mehmood about the Asian Youth Movement, the United Black Youth League, and the his seminal trial as one of the so-called Bradford 12.This podcast is brought to you by our patreon supporters. You can support us as well and get access to exclusive content, like part 2 and a bonus episode with Tariq now at https://patreon.com/workingclasshistoryThese will be the first in

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58:07

WCL E01: T-Bone Slim – the laureate of the logging camps

Working Class History ·

2019/10/14

Repost to WCH of the first episode of the Working Class Literature podcast, about the life and work of radical hobo author T-Bone Slim. A prolific columnist for the revolutionary Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) union in the United States, he was also a poet and songwriter as well as a barge captain working on the New York waterfront. In this episode WCL speak to Dr Owen Clayton from the University of Lincoln and Slim’s great-grandnephew, John Westmoreland. More info, photos and full show notes

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E32: The Pawtucket mill strike

Working Class History ·

2019/09/23

In this podcast episode, historian Joey DeFrancesco tells the story of the first factory strike in US history when in 1824, young women and girls working in the mills in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, organised themselves and walked out, winning better conditions. Joey also explains how the development of capitalist industry in the north was dependent on the labour of enslaved people in the south.Our podcast is brought to you by our patreon supporters. Our supporters fund our work, and in return get

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5:27

Introduction to Working Class Literature

Working Class History ·

2019/09/02

A very brief introduction to our new sister podcast, Working Class Literature, taking a radical look at fiction and culture.You can follow them here: https://soundcloud.com/workingclassliteratureOr find episodes when they come out on our website: https://workingclasshistory.comFirst episode coming very soon, and it should also soon be available major podcast apps.You can support Working Class Literature and get access to benefits on their patreon: https://patreon.com/workingclassliteratureWorking

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E31: The Hong Kong riots 1967, part 2

Working Class History ·

2019/08/20

Concluding part of our double episode on the Hong Kong general strike, protests and bombings of 1967.More information, photos and full show notes here on our website: https://workingclasshistory.com/2019/07/15/e26-27-the-hong-kong-riots-1967/This podcast is brought to you by our patreon supporters. You can support us and in return get exclusive content and benefits at https://patreon.com/workingclasshistoryBecome a supporter of this podcast:

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43:48

E30: The Hong Kong riots 1967, part 1

Working Class History ·

2019/08/05

As protests have swept Hong Kong in the last few weeks, we begin an occasional series on the British Empire with a double episode on a previous wave of demonstrations, riots, strikes and bombings in the city, then a British colony. We speak with three people who were there about what happened, and learn new revelations about one of Hong Kong’s most notorious unsolved murders – of radio commentator Lam Bun.We interview to Zhou Yi (Chau Yick/周奕), Leung Po Lung (梁寶龍) and Chui Yat Keung (徐日強) who were

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44:14

E29: Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners, part 3

Working Class History ·

2019/07/09

Last of our three-part podcast miniseries this Pride month about Lesbians & Gays Support the Miners.This podcast is funded entirely by our listeners and readers on patreon. You can support us, get exclusive early access to episodes, as well as bonus episodes at https://patreon.com/workingclasshistoryPart 3 has a bonus episode, where our interviewees talk about the film, Pride, what they thought about it and its actors, and tell us about their involvement in the production of the film. Support us and

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44:56

E28: Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners, part 2

Working Class History ·

2019/06/30

Second in our three-part podcast miniseries this Pride month about Lesbians & Gays Support the Miners.This podcast is funded entirely by our listeners and readers on patreon. You can listen to all 3 parts of this miniseries now, as well as 2 bonus episodes, as well as exclusive early access to all episodes and other benefits at https://patreon.com/workingclasshistoryRead the full show notes with more information, photos and videos here on our website:

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E27: Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners, part 1

Working Class History ·

2019/06/17

First in a three-part podcast miniseries this Pride month about Lesbians & Gays Support the Miners, a small group of LGBTQ people in London who began to raise money for striking workers in the Welsh valleys during the great miners’ strike of 1984-5. Unknown to them at the time, they would end up transforming both communities, and Britain as a whole.LGSM have recently achieved a level of fame due to the excellent 2014 film by Steven Beresford, Pride. In these episodes, participants in the group,

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E26: The Stonewall riots and Pride at 50, part 2

Working Class History ·

2019/06/02

Concluding part of our podcast episodes on the Stonewall rebellion , when LGBTQ youth fought the police in NYC for 6 nights, and went on to organise and form the gay liberation movement. We have a bonus episode about this for our patreon supporters. You can support us and listen here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/e22-1-stonewall-26826531We have produced a range of Stonewall 50th anniversary merchandise to help support our work, as well as the activism of former Stonewall riot participants. Check it

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E25: The Stonewall riots and Pride at 50, part 1

Working Class History ·

2019/05/27

Summer 2019 marks 50 years since the iconic rebellion against the police raid of the Stonewall Inn in New York City. The LGBTQ patrons and locals, many of them people of colour, and most of them working class, fought back against the police in 6 days of rioting. Then they organised, revolutionising the LGBTQ rights movement, and sparking Pride.In honour of Pride month, WCH are releasing a series of episodes about LGBTQ history. We begin with a double episode telling the story of the Stonewall

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E24: WCH Crime - The Columbia Eagle mutiny, pt 4

Working Class History ·

2019/05/06

Concluding part of our miniseries on the Columbia Eagle mutiny during the Vietnam war in 1970, when two anti-war American sailors hijacked their ship full of napalm and sailed it to Cambodia.Bonus episode 4.1 is available for our $5 and above patreon supporters here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/wch-crime-4-1-ep-25989867You can support this podcast, listen to 2 bonus episodes as part of this series, and get exclusive early access to future episodes and other benefits at

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E23: WCH Crime - The Columbia Eagle mutiny, pt 3

Working Class History ·

2019/04/29

Penultimate part of our miniseries on the 1970 Columbia Eagle mutiny during the Vietnam war, when 2 American sailors hijacked their ship carrying napalm for US forces.You can support this podcast, listen to bonus audio and part 4 now on patreon: https://patreon.com/workingclasshistoryFull footnotes for this episode, along with photos and more information here on our website: https://workingclasshistory.com/2019/04/09/wch-crime-columbia-eagle-mutiny/Merch commemorating the Vietnam GI resistance which

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E22: WCH Crime - The Columbia Eagle mutiny, pt 2

Working Class History ·

2019/04/22

Part 2 of our 4-part series on the Columbia Eagle mutiny in 1970, perhaps the most spectacular act of resistance to the Vietnam war, when two sailors hijacked their ship transporting thousands of tonnes of napalm for US forces, and sailed it to Cambodia. Part of our first season of WCH Crime, the podcast where true crime meets the struggle for a better world.Listen to all 4 parts now, as well as 2 bonus episodes, and support our work on patreon: https://patreon.com/workingclasshistoryFull show notes

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E21: The Columbia Eagle mutiny, pt 1

Working Class History ·

2019/04/15

First episode of the WCH Crime podcast, about the Columbia Eagle mutiny in 1970, perhaps the most spectacular act of resistance to the Vietnam war, when two sailors hijacked their ship transporting thousands of tonnes of napalm for US forces, and sailed it to Cambodia.You can listen to all 4 parts of this series, plus 2 bonus episodes, by supporting us on patreon: https://patreon.com/workingclasshistoryFull footnotes for this episode, including photos and more information are here on our website:

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42:45

E20: The Exotic Dancers Union

Working Class History ·

2019/04/02

Podcast episode about the workers at the Lusty Lady strip club in San Francisco who in 1997 were the first women who managed to unionise a strip joint in the United States, and who later took it over and ran it as a workers’ co-operative.This podcast is funded by our listeners. You can support us and get exclusive early access to episodes, bonus audio and more at https://patreon.com/workingclasshistoryWe have more info, photos, videos and full show notes for this episode on our website at

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43:49

E19: The IWW in Australia

Working Class History ·

2019/01/28

Episode on the early history of the revolutionary Industrial Workers of the World union in Australia, in conversation with Paula DeAngelis. Paula is a historian and contributed to Wobblies of the World: a global history of the IWW.Support this podcast on patreon: https://patreon.com/workingclasshistoryThis is our playlist of early IWW music: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7…73VUIFoIkZqqRVM79You can buy Wobblies of the World here:

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