Working Class History

by 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.
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Podcast episode about the Peterloo massacre of 1819 with Mike Leigh, director of his new film, Peterloo, and Dr Jacqueline Riding, author and historical consultant on the film. Please support this podcast on patreon and get early access to episodes...
Podcast episode about the Vietnam war with Noam Chomsky, and Mrs Van, a member of the Vietnamese Women's Union. We look at the geopolitics of the conflict and its human cost. Support this podcast and get early access to episodes and other benefits...
Episode about the crucial role played by women in the great miners strike in Britain, 1984-5, in conversation with Heather Wood, chair of the Easington women's strike support group. Our patreon supporters enable us to make this podcast. You too can...
This episode about the League of Revolutionary Black Workers in Detroit has been partially recorded, re-edited, improved and re-released as episodes 61-62, so please listen to them instead:...
Concluding part of our two-part episode on the GI resistance to the Vietnam war, in conversation with Jerry Lembcke, a Vietnam army veteran, now sociologist and author. Most further reading is linked to in the show notes of part 1. Support our work by...
During the later years of the Vietnam war, a little-known but powerful rebellion developed within the ranks of the US forces. In this two-part episode, we talk about the GI resistance to the war with Jerry Lembcke, a Vietnam army veteran, now...
This episode about later history of the IWW union was one of our earliest episodes, which wasn't great quality. So for the moment it has been taken off- line while we work on improving it and rereleasing it. The original, old episode, is available...
This episode about the strike wave in the US during the Vietnam War was one of our earliest episodes, which wasn't great quality. So for the moment it has been taken off-line while we work on improving it and rereleasing it. The original, old episode,...
Apologies but this episode about the West Virginia mine wars has now moved. We have re-edited, partially rerecorded, improved and rereleased this episode as our episodes 57-58. So please scroll along to those episodes to give it a listen, or go to our...
This early podcast episode about the IWW wasn’t that great quality. We are currently working on redoing this episode, in order to release a much improved version. The original, old version, for the time being is available only for our supporters on...
This episode has been significantly reworked and improved, and has been rereleased as episode 82.
This episode has been reworked and rereleased as episode 72. To support our work and help us improve all of our old episodes, join us on patreon: https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory
This episode about the Angry Brigade has been significantly reworked and improved, and has been rereleased as episode 84.
This episode about the Angry Brigade has been significantly reworked and improved, and has been rereleased as episode 83.
This episode has been significantly reworked and improved, and has been rereleased as episodes 67-68.