Podcast Episodes

E39: Spanish civil war, part 1

Season 1 Episode 39

Part 1 of a double podcast episode where we give a brief general overview of the Spanish civil war and revolution which broke out after the attempted military coup by right-wing general Francisco Fra…

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

E38: Mutiny! With Srsly Wrong

Season 1 Episode 38

Special Working Class History episode produced by our friends at lefty comedy podcast Srsly Wrong, speaking with John from WCH about mutinies: rebellions in the armed forces.

We thought we would do s…

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago

E37: The 43 Group, part 3

Season 2

Final part of our podcast miniseries about the 43 Group of mostly Jewish ex-servicemen and women who battled Oswald Mosley’s fascists in Britain’s streets after World War II.
We speak with Daniel Sona…

Published on 5 years, 3 months ago

E36: The 43 Group, part 2

Season 2

Second of a three-part podcast miniseries about the 43 Group of mostly Jewish ex-servicemen and women who battled Oswald Mosley’s fascists in Britain’s streets after World War II.
We speak with Daniel…

Published on 5 years, 3 months ago

E35: The 43 Group, part 1

Season 2

First part of a podcast miniseries about the 43 Group of mostly Jewish ex-servicemen and women who battled Oswald Mosley’s fascists in Britain’s streets after World War II.
We speak with Daniel Sonabe…

Published on 5 years, 4 months ago

Seasons' greetings and an appeal from WCH

A happy holidays and New Year message from WCH, alongside an appeal for people to support our work on patreon so we can continue our work in 2020 and beyond.
Find out more, support us and get access t…

Published on 5 years, 6 months ago

E34: Asian youth movements in Bradford, part 2

Season 2

Concluding our double episode on the Asian Youth Movement and United Black Youth League in conversation with Tariq Mehmood. This episode Tariq tells the story of the sensational Bradford 12 trial, an…

Published on 5 years, 7 months ago

E33: Asian youth movements in Bradford, part 1

Season 1 Episode 33

First part of our double episode about anti-racist Asian youth movements in Bradford, England in the 1970s and 80s. We speak to Tariq Mehmood about the Asian Youth Movement, the United Black Youth Le…

Published on 5 years, 8 months ago

WCL E01: T-Bone Slim – the laureate of the logging camps

Season 2 Episode 1

Repost to WCH of the first episode of the Working Class Literature podcast, about the life and work of radical hobo author T-Bone Slim. A prolific columnist for the revolutionary Industrial Workers o…

Published on 5 years, 8 months ago

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 working in the mills in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, orga…

Published on 5 years, 9 months ago