Ongoing thread of the names, images, and brief bios of Iranian civilians killed during January 2026 #IranProtests:
'The thread that runs through the exhibition is this: no matter the context [...] as individuals, as people, we can come together, we can organise, and there's power to that.' Historians and archivists on the LSE Library's new exhibition on trades union history.
Reimagining Trades Union History
What does a new exhibition on 200 years of British trades union history reveal about the triumphs and challenges of collective action?
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Can the neglected anticolonial visions of Third World Marxist revolutionaries speak to our current moment? Peyman Vahabzadeh on Iran's 1970s radical, Mostafa Sho'aiyan.
A Forgotten Rebel
Can the neglected anticolonial visions of Third World Marxist revolutionaries speak to our current moment? Peyman Vahabzadeh on Iran's 1970s radical, Mostafa Sho'aiyan.
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This is such a wonderful piece by Sara Kazmi. I loved working on it with her.
History Workshop@historyworkshop.org.uk · 9mo agoIn our latest History Workshop article, Sara Kazmi presents a curation of two protest poems in translation from the Punjabi anticolonial tradition.
Join our wonderful team! Two paid editorial fellowships available for 3rd year PhDs and beyond (/in non-permanent posts). My DMs are open if you want to apply and have any questions.
History Workshop@historyworkshop.org.uk · last yr.📣 call for applications 📣 Two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop. Our fellowships support early career historians to develop expertise in public, radical and digital history & to gain experience of working in an editorial team. Please share widely! www.historyworkshop....
"The Netpol lawyers’ group letter, shared exclusively with the Guardian, was signed by 266 solicitors, barristers and legal academics, including 11 KCs and 11 law professors" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Pressure grows on Yvette Cooper to abandon plans to ban Palestine Action
UN experts and hundreds of lawyers warn that proscribing group would conflate protest and terrorism
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What an astonishing thing for the President of the European Commission to say in the present context in a long readout of her call with Netanyahu published on socials.
NO WAR WITH IRAN - please urgently write to your MP, email template link docs.google.com/document/d/1...
UK LETTER TO MP - NO WAR WITH IRAN
TEMPLATE - UK LETTER TO MP - NO WAR WITH IRAN STEPS Find your MP and their email address by entering your postcode here: https://members.parliament.uk/members/commons (you may need to copy and paste ...
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BREAKING: Trump took to Truth Social to stoke panic with a reckless threat, telling Iranians: “Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran.” It’s 2 a.m. in the Iranian capital. Some 16.8 million Iranians call the Tehran metro area home.
"It's so painful what we see in Gaza. It hurts me all over my body. And let me be clear, it's not about ideology. It's not about I'm right or I'm wrong. Come on. It's just about the love of life, the care of your neighbour" - Pep Guardiola
The University of Manchester@manchester.ac.uk · last yr.We’re proud to award an honorary doctorate to Pep Guardiola for his incredible impact on Manchester - on and off the pitch. @mancity.com
The Gaza Aid Flotilla 12: Greta Thunberg; Sweden Rima Hassan; French-Palestinian EU Parliament member France: Baptiste Andre Pascal Maurieras Yanis Mhamdi Reva Viard Omar Faiad; Reporter Thiago Avila; Brazil Suayb Ordu; Turkey Sergio Toribio; Spain Marco van Rennes; Netherlands Yasemin Acar; Germany
BREAKING: Israeli Forces Board Gaza Aid Flotilla and Detain 12 Crew Members
Zeteo contributor Greta Thunberg was on board the ship.
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Fascinating to learn about what Bristol city council did right! So happy to publish Eleanor’s important research on the 5th anniversary of the statue’s toppling.
History Workshop@historyworkshop.org.uk · last yr.On 5 June 2020, anti-racism protestors toppled the statue of slave trader Edward Colston. Where is it now? Eleanor Callaghan examines how local authorities and museum curators in Bristol turned the controversial monument into an opportunity for inclusive public history. www.historyworkshop....
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On 5 June 2020, anti-racism protestors toppled the statue of slave trader Edward Colston. Where is it now? Eleanor Callaghan examines how local authorities and museum curators in Bristol turned the controversial monument into an opportunity for inclusive public history. www.historyworkshop....
Colston’s Toppling Five Years On
Eleanor Callaghan examines how Bristol's local authorities and museum curators turned a controversial monument into an opportunity for inclusive public history.
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How did South African women use culture to build an international anti-apartheid movement? Kebotlhale Motseathata on life in exile with the Amandla Cultural Ensemble. www.historyworkshop....
The ‘Daisies’ of the Amandla Cultural Ensemble
How did South African women use culture to build an international anti-apartheid movement? Kebotlhale Motseathata on life in exile with the Amandla Cultural Ensemble
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Keir Starmer’s “island of strangers” speech follows a well-trodden path for Labour leaders. In our latest Historians' Watch piece, Kieran Connell (@kieranconnell.bsky.social) examines how far-right rhetoric on immigration has been mainstreamed in British politics. www.historyworkshop....
How can we better approach the histories of Indigenous peoples? Mary Katherine Newman introduces a new History Workshop series which will introduce a range of scholars, educators, and activists and the ways in which they examine Indigenous histories. www.historyworkshop....
Indigenous Historical Practices
Delve into Indigenous history with our History Workshop series, highlighting complex systems of historical knowledge and their significance.
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OPEN LETTER: HISTORIANS FOR TRANS RIGHTS Are you a historian in the UK or working on UK history fed up at seeing the history of LGBTQIA+ discrimination repeat itself? Sign this open letter to MPs demanding they stand up for trans rights now! Letter: tinyurl.com/879vuver Sign: tinyurl.com/4p7wktrn
Historians for Trans Rights - Open Letter to MPs
In light of the recent and incessant attacks on the trans community in the UK by the UK government and legal system, a group of UK-based historians have drafted the letter linked below. Our aim is to ...
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Today marks 46 years since the death of Blair Peach, an anti-fascist activist who mobilised alongside Southall’s migrant community in 1979. Saffron East (@saffroneast.bsky.social) on the British Asian women in Southall who subsequently organised against racism and sexism. www.historyworkshop....
South Asian Political Blackness in 1970s Britain
In April 1979, activists and locals stood up to British fascists targeting Southall’s South Asian community. Saffron East explores the politics of the Southall Black Sisters, a feminist collective that arose in its aftermath.
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New for @historywo.bsky.social - a piece on South African exiles in socialist Tanzania, the 1976 Soweto student movement, and the lasting resonance of self-reliance
History Workshop@historyworkshop.org.uk · last yr.How did Tanzanian socialist ideas shape the anti-apartheid struggle in the 1970s? Yasmina Martin connects two traditions of African liberation through the ANC's projects of 'self-reliance' in exile. www.historyworkshop.org.uk/empire-decol...
How did Tanzanian socialist ideas shape the anti-apartheid struggle in the 1970s? Yasmina Martin connects two traditions of African liberation through the ANC's projects of 'self-reliance' in exile. www.historyworkshop.org.uk/empire-decol...
The Soweto Uprising and South African Exile in Socialist Tanzania
How did Tanzanian socialist ideas shape the anti-apartheid struggle in the 1970s? Yasmina Martin connects two traditions of African liberation through the ANC's projects of 'self-reliance' in exile.
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Read what Hossam, a 24-year-old Palestinian journalist, wrote just hours before he was killed today. There are no words to describe the inhumanity of the times you and I are sharing.
Drop Site@dropsitenews.com · last yr.NEW: Hossam Shabat’s Last Article Filed hours before his killing in an Israeli airstrike, journalist Hossam Shabat describes the resumption of Israel's scorched earth campaign in his hometown of Beit Hanoun. Translated through tears by Sharif Kouddous dropsitenews.com/p/hossam-sha...
Interview with Avi Shlaim on his new book “Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine”. “I was radicalised in the archives. I was indoctrinated at school in Israel, and even more so, when I served in the IDF in the mid 1960s.” “I believe…Zionism is in the process of destroying itself.”
‘We’re Witnessing the Last Gasp of Israeli Violence’: In Conversation With Avi Shlaim | Novara Media
Professor Avi Shlaim speaks to Sebastian Shehadi about his latest book, western complicity in the genocide in Gaza and how Israel’s own archives turned him into an anti-Zionist.
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“I ask you now: do not stop speaking about Gaza. Do not let the world look away. Keep fighting, keep telling our stories—until Palestine is free.” Hossam Shabat’s final message to the world, shared by his team after Israel assassinated him this morning in northern Gaza.
We’re sharing below clips of journalist Hossam Shabat, whom Israel assassinated in northern Gaza earlier today. He was a role model to Gaza’s children, especially those aspiring to become reporters. Video from @ GazaMartyrs
Mahmoud's wife recounts ICE following them into their building as they returned from an Iftar dinner. She refused to leave Mahmoud. Officers threatened to arrest her too. The officers barricaded Mahmoud from her. They didn't show a warrant. They hung up the phone on their lawyer.
Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social · last yr.NEW—Mahmoud Khalil's wife: "I was born & raised in the Midwest. My parents came here from Syria…They believed living in the US would bring a sense of safety & stability. But here I am…weeks before I’m due to give birth to our first child…I feel more unsafe & unstable than I have in my entire life."
Donald Trump's January 20th Executive Order is a harmful attack on queer and transgender healthcare education, but it will be resisted. Lucy Kelly turns to the legacy of queer activists and allies in the struggle for AIDS education in the 1980-90s. www.historyworkshop....
Queer Activists and the Struggle for AIDS Education
Donald Trump's January 20th Executive Order is a harmful attack on queer and transgender healthcare education, but it will be resisted. Lucy Kelly turns to the legacy of queer activists and allies in the struggle for AIDS education in the…
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Very pleased to share the news that this is finally out! Hopefully it will be of interest to anyone working on histories of energy, labour, science & technology, and decolonisation!
Rachel Bridgewater@rachelbridgewater.bsky.social · last yr.📖Hot off the press!: a new history of Iranian oil nationalisation from below, by @mattinbiglari.bsky.social 📖 edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-nationa... @edinburghup.bsky.social