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#OtD 6 Aug 1945 the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, slaughtering tens of thousands of civilians, despite believing that Japan was about to surrender, which was noted by multiple US officials stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1059...
August 6, 2026 at 5:55 AM
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I completely agree.
#FuckInfantino
Gianni Infantino: La Liga's Javier Tebas says it is Fifa president's 'time to go'
La Liga president Javier Tebas calls for Fifa president Gianni Infantino to quit, and claims the governing body is "destroying the football industry".
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July 21, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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#OtD 19 Jul 1984 the Dunnes Stores anti-apartheid strike began in Dublin, Ireland when Mary Manning was suspended for refusing to check out South African fruit. She and 11 others went on strike for three years until the govt banned SA goods stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9108...
July 19, 2026 at 7:25 AM
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Rest in Peace, West Indian cricket all rounder, Sir Garfield Sobers has died, age 89. His first hundred in 1958 became 365 not out, then a record in a Test match. In 1968 he became the first player to score six sixes in a single over of six consecutive balls at Swansea.👇
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West Indies cricketing great Sir Garry Sobers has died
West Indies cricketing great, Sir Garry Sobers, has died at the age of 89.
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July 17, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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🍺 CAMRA - CLUB OF THE YEAR

We were proud to recently be named ‘Club of the Year’ by CAMRA’s Central Manchester branch - a recognition of the hard work of our Real Ale Bar volunteers

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#WeAreStrongerUnited
July 17, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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CLR James on Garry Sobers (1936-2026)
One of the great cricketers Garry Sobers has died at 89. I did see him play but the memory stretches no further than that unfortunately. Sobers was not particularly political (itself of course a po…
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July 17, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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Climate change is here. Is our resilience?

In 2013, wildfires were listed on the government risk register but there's still no UK wide strategy for how we respond.

We’re calling for an emergency summit on wildfires. We need investment and national standards now.
July 17, 2026 at 10:25 AM
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Harold Wilson & Bessie Braddock
Let's Go With Labour
June 30, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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#OtD 19 Jun 1933 the National Unemployed Movement held a hunger march in Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad, demanding relief work and rent control. More on struggles in Trinidad at this time in our podcast: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9113...
June 19, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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#OtD 19 Jun 1937 oil workers in Trinidad went on strike. It quickly spread across the rest of the economy. A state of emergency was declared and British warships came to suppress the rebellion. More info in our double-episode podcast: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e75-...
June 19, 2026 at 10:40 PM
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#OtD 16 Jun 1836 the London Working Men's Association was formed by a cabinetmaker, two printworkers and a publisher. They laid the foundations for the Chartist movement, the first nationwide mass working-class movement in Britain stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8797...
June 16, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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London radical publisher, free-thinker and Chartist Henry Hetherington born #OnThisDay 17 June 1792
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Henry Hetherington, 1792 - 1849 - chartist ancestors
Henry Hetherington wasa respected and admired London radical who as a member of the London Working Men's Association became a leading Chartist moderate
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June 17, 2026 at 6:13 AM
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tool. Her murder demonstrated how poisonous rhetoric and extremism on all sides can be and it can have devastating real-world consequences. A decade later, amid continuing political tensions at home and abroad, her call for compassion and common ground remains as relevant as ever.
June 16, 2026 at 5:30 AM
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🧵Just ten years ago today Helen Joanne (Jo) Cox was murdered just down the road from me. She died after being shot and stabbed multiple times in the street in the town of Birstall, where she had been due to hold a constituency surgery. Words are a very powerful and potentially dangerous
The woman in this photograph is Jo Cox, the Labour MP for Batley and Spen from 2015 until her murder in 2016. Widely regarded as a rising star in British politics, she was a passionate advocate for human rights, refugees and campaigns to tackle loneliness and social isolation. Before entering Parliament, she built a distinguished career in the humanitarian sector, working on international aid and development projects around the world. Her life was tragically cut short on 16 June 2016 when she was murdered by a far-right extremist in Birstall, West Yorkshire.
June 16, 2026 at 5:30 AM
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Summer 1940, painting by Sheffield artist Harry Epworth Allen, 1894-1958 (Glynn Vivian Art Gallery).
June 14, 2026 at 8:35 AM
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#OnThisDay in London's radical history,‪1649: ‬The ‘Digger’ community occupying land to grow crops in common, at St George’s Hill, Surrey, is attacked by thugs hired by local landowners.‬

More in our pamphlet:
‘Stand Up Now Diggers All’

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Today in radical history, 1649: the ‘Diggers’ take over common land, St George’s Hill
“In the beginning of Time, the great Creator Reason, made the Earth to be a Common Treasury, to preserve Beasts, Birds, Fishes, and Man, the lord that was to govern this Creation; for Man had Domin…
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June 11, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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This looks like a tremendous event, on labouring-class poetry, in Manchester, this Saturday.
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June 11, 2026 at 9:47 AM
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Cannot recommend enough!
June 11, 2026 at 9:07 AM
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Children’s street party celebrating VE Day (Victory in Europe), Rosamund Street West, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, 1945 (Manchester Libraries).
June 10, 2026 at 7:31 AM
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Liverpool, 1983, photo by Martin Parr.
June 10, 2026 at 7:32 AM
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Have you booked your tickets for our annual lecture this coming Saturday? We would love for you to come and join us.
June 8, 2026 at 9:27 AM
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The date is fast approaching. Book your tickets now for our fifth annual John Halstead Memorial Lecture on Saturday 13 June at 2pm. Free and welcome to all! sslh.org.uk/2026/01/05/j...
John Halstead Memorial Lecture 2026
The fifth annual John Halstead Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Professor John Goodridge, President of the John Clare Society.  Professor John Goodridge. Organised by the Society for the…
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June 1, 2026 at 11:31 AM
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Victoria Street, Edinburgh, painting by Lesley Anne Derks, Scottish artist.
June 8, 2026 at 11:56 AM
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Manchester from Long Millgate, painting by Steven Scholes.
June 6, 2026 at 7:34 AM
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We’re proud to be supporting the International Anti-War conference on 20 July at Westminster Central Hall.

Great to be alongside our trade union sister unions in standing against the global drive to militarism and war.
June 2, 2026 at 10:11 AM