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E19: The IWW in Australia
Season 2
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 Wor…
Published on 6 years, 3 months ago
E18: Anti-Zionism in Israel, part 2
Season 2
Concluding part of our two-part episode on a people's history of Zionism and opposition to it within Israel, in conversation with former members of socialist group Matzpen: Moshe Machover, Haim and U…
Published on 6 years, 4 months ago
Holiday greetings
Season 2
A festive and New Year message from WCH. You can support our work on patreon at https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory
Pictured is the Christmas tree outside the Athens Parliament, which was burned b…
Published on 6 years, 4 months ago
E17: Anti-Zionism in Israel, part 1
Season 1 Episode 17
First of a two-part episode on a people's history of Zionism and opposition to within Israel, in conversation with former members of socialist group Matzpen Moshe Machover, Haim and Udi.
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Published on 6 years, 4 months ago
E16: Women in the early IWW
Season 1 Episode 16
Podcast about the early history of women in the revolutionary Industrial Workers of the World union in the United States, in conversation with Heather Mayer, author of Beyond the Rebel Girl: Women an…
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago
E15: The Peterloo massacre with Mike Leigh
Season 1 Episode 15
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 po…
Published on 6 years, 6 months ago
E14: The Vietnam war with Noam Chomsky
Season 1 Episode 14
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…
Published on 6 years, 6 months ago
E13: Women in the miners' strike
Season 1 Episode 13
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.
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Published on 6 years, 7 months ago
E12: This episode has now moved to episodes 61-62
Season 1 Episode 12
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: https://w…
Published on 6 years, 8 months ago
E11: The GI resistance in Vietnam, part 2
Season 2
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…
Published on 6 years, 9 months ago