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E22: WCH Crime - The Columbia Eagle mutiny, pt 2
Season 2
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 ton…
Published on 6 years, 2 months ago
E21: The Columbia Eagle mutiny, pt 1
Season 1 Episode 21
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 t…
Published on 6 years, 2 months ago
E20: The Exotic Dancers Union
Season 1 Episode 20
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…
Published on 6 years, 3 months ago
Coming soon: WCH Crime
Season 2
Teaser trailer for our forthcoming occasional podcast series WCH Crime, where true crime meets the struggle for a better world, as well as an update about forthcoming podcast episodes.
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Published on 6 years, 4 months ago
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, 5 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, 5 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, 6 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, 6 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, 7 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, 8 months ago