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Holocaust Remembrance and Auschwitz
Eighty years ago today, Red Army soldiers liberated the surviving prisoners at Auschwitz, one of many Nazi death camps but now an enduring symbol of …
1 year, 3 months ago
Anarchism: A beginners guide Part Three
This episode is the third in our isms and ologies series on Anarchism and gives an explanation of anarchist thought on society, the state, communism …
1 year, 3 months ago
America's boom years - 1950 to 1970 (part two)
This is part two of our exploration of America's boom years in the 1950s and 1960s. What factors led to an unprecedented improvement in living standa…
1 year, 3 months ago
AQA Revolution and Dictatorship: Russia 1917-53 part 13
In this episode of the podcast we continue with our study of the AQA syllabus - Russia 1917-53: Revolution and Dictatorship. We explore the nature of…
1 year, 3 months ago
Prince Harry and the British Press - a media history
The British right wing print media has enjoyed extraordinary power to shape politics and public affairs in the UK in the past half century. They have…
1 year, 3 months ago
America's boom years - 1950 to 1970 (part one)
What factors led to an unprecedented improvement in living standards for white American families during the post war decades? This podcast examines t…
1 year, 3 months ago
Trump 2.0
It's Trump's second inauguration and here are some thoughts about him, about political organisation in the years ahead and why we absolutely cannot d…
1 year, 3 months ago
A brief history of Anarchism
This episode is the second in our isms and ologies series on Anarchism and gives a concise overview on the history of anarchist thought and politics …
1 year, 3 months ago
The Mandate System, Palestine, Syria and Iraq
At the end of the First World War the Ottoman Empire was carved up between the British and the French, with Palestine, Transjordan and Iraq being tak…
1 year, 3 months ago
Tiananmen Square 1989 - Part One
There are two main ways that historians have conceived of the causes of the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989, both as a struggle between liberalism …
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