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E32: The Pawtucket mill strike
Season 1 Episode 32
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 wor…
6 years, 3 months ago
Introduction to Working Class Literature
Season 2
A very brief introduction to our new sister podcast, Working Class Literature, taking a radical look at fiction and culture.
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6 years, 4 months ago
E31: The Hong Kong riots 1967, part 2
Season 2
Concluding part of our double episode on the Hong Kong general strike, protests and bombings of 1967.
More information, photos and full show notes her…
6 years, 4 months ago
E30: The Hong Kong riots 1967, part 1
Season 2
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 …
6 years, 5 months ago
E29: Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners, part 3
Season 2
Last of our three-part podcast miniseries this Pride month about Lesbians & Gays Support the Miners.
This podcast is funded entirely by our listeners …
6 years, 6 months ago
E28: Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners, part 2
Season 2
Second in our three-part podcast miniseries this Pride month about Lesbians & Gays Support the Miners.
This podcast is funded entirely by our listener…
6 years, 6 months ago
E27: Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners, part 1
Season 2
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…
6 years, 6 months ago
E26: The Stonewall riots and Pride at 50, part 2
Season 2
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 …
6 years, 7 months ago
E25: The Stonewall riots and Pride at 50, part 1
Season 1 Episode 25
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, ma…
6 years, 7 months ago
E24: WCH Crime - The Columbia Eagle mutiny, pt 4
Season 2
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…
6 years, 8 months ago