In our latest issue, @nancymaclean.bsky.social meditates on the history of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 because MAGA, she writes, is "counting on public amnesia about why these transformative policies were needed in the first place and how they were won." hammerandhope.org/article/civi...

The Forgotten History of the Civil Rights Movement’s Fight for Economic Justice

By turning DEI into a slur, Trump and MAGA want to erase the radical promise of the movement that won civil rights.

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"The Antiuniversity of London was a shortlived and intense experiment into selforganised education and communal living that took off at 49 Rivington Street in Shoreditch in February 1968" Research blog here: antihistory.org

Antihistory | Antiuniversity of London

This is a research blog collecting material related to the Antiuniversity of London and related...

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Would love to have a class or reading group that revisits all of these radical housing/urban planning texts from the 1970s 😍

Spirit of Revolt – Archives of Dissent. The Archive collects, manages and preserves multi-media records from Glasgow’s and Clydeside’s anarchist and libertarian-socialist past and present. #reference

For Pride Month, Radical Online Archives has many collections of LGBTQ+ historical documents from across the world listed. Here is a selection of those listed. hatfulofhistory.com/radical-onli...

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'These children are being poisoned' - they used to put lead in petrol, you know? Leeds Other Paper was on the case for years...

"This fall, MCNY will open the Puffin Foundation Center for Social Activism, dedicated to civic engagement [+] the city’s rich history as a hotbed of political organizing... 'We’re certainly aware of the moment we are all living through... We’re just continuing to do what we do...'"

As Democracy Falters, a New York Museum Champions Activism

The Museum of the City of New York will open its expanded center for social activism alongside a slate of exhibitions, public programs, and screenings.

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The Manchester Histories Festival 2026 programme is now live! Expect workshops, performances, talks, films, and a visit from a wandering friend 🐐 🎟️ Explore the full programme & book your tickets: bit.ly/mhf2026

Did you miss the launch of our new imprint Class Compositions? Watch it on Red May's Youtube channel! @charmainechua.bsky.social, @sarahljaffe.bsky.social, Kieran Knutson, and Peter Linebaugh discuss "Class Compositions in a Time of Fascism" with @americanwork47.bsky.social as moderator.

Class Compositions in a Time of Fascism

YouTube video by Red May TV

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History matters. Good to see Huddersfield celebrating and publicising its local history. I enjoyed my recent visit.

Tomorrow 5/17!

Last blog post now up @wcmlibrary.bsky.social ! wcml.org.uk/blog/wrappin...

Wrapping up the People’s Papers project - Working Class Movement Library

Building on my previous blog posts, the aim of this last update is to provide a fuller summary of some of the papers I looked at in the WCML collection — as a series of paper profiles — along with res...

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A small number of spaces are left - book now to guarantee your place! Free one-day conference on the history of coal communities, health and welfare, featuring academic researchers, heritage organisations, and community and campaign groups. Find out more: warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...

Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick@mrcwarwick.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🚨 Conference booking open 🚨 Blood is the price of coal: Coal communities, health and welfare in Britain from the 19th century to the present 18 June 2026, University of Warwick Booking form and additional information about the programme available at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...

A century ago today, Britain was brought to a standstill as the General Strike began. In our latest blog, Dr Janette Martin explores its impact on Manchester, drawing on material from The Guardian Archive at the John Rylands Library to reveal how the city responded: https://ow.ly/GsoL50YUiVR

"The history of London's squat cafes: Chaos in the Streets. Order in the Kitchen" ! Chris (56a Infoshop) on squat cafes and their discontents (😍) in @vittles.bsky.social: substack.com/home/post/p-...

The history of London's squat cafes

Chaos in the Streets. Order in the Kitchen. Chris Jones on squat cafes and their discontents

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Such a rich archival history on film (and great programming from the NY Public Library!)

Film Comment Live: Labor Day on 16mm with the New York Public Library

Join Film Comment Co-Deputy Editors Devika Girish and Clinton Krute as they welcome Elena Rossi-Snook, Collection Manager at the New York Public Library, for a lively screening and conversation event.

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"Documents the PAH’s strategy for building the power of ordinary people to tackle Spain’s eviction crisis. . . . an inspirational resource." —@amandatattersall.bsky.social and @kurtiveson.bsky.social YES, IT'S POSSIBLE! BUILDING POWER FROM BELOW by @fedivers.joao.cat and the PAH Available Now! 👇

Yes, It's Possible! A Handbook for Building Power from Below — Common Notions Press

A handbook for achieving social change through collective action based on lessons from a revolutionary movement’s struggle for housing justice in Spain.

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Great online discussion today with Paul Gilroy and Adam Elliott-Cooper thanks to the Soundings Journal -- looking forward to the continued series! "Antiracist Organizing, Policing, and the GLC in 1980s London" www.eventbrite.com/e/antiracist...

The Past Tense stall at the always fabulous Bristol Radical History Festival. Talks, walks, stalls and exhibitions & more All day today at M Shed, Princes Wharf, Bristol BS1 4RN Tomorrow: The Cube BS2 8JD

Great to see such in-depth coverage of Needle!! Definitely worth a read: wellcomecollection.org/stories/pati...

Patient power

Needle, a small London-based group, led the early fight for patient rights. Leona Letts reveals how they championed giving patients a louder voice in their own care.

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Join us this Wednesday for the next instalment in our Salon series—The Northern Art Workers’ Guild: An Untold Story. Authors Barry Clark and Richard Fletcher will reveal the story of a community of artists, architects, and makers who shaped Manchester. 🎟️ Book here: bit.ly/4tFn1JX

#CFP: BRN Conference 2026: Spaces of Bookselling: "invites papers exploring the multiplicity of trajectories within which bookselling operates—and which are, in turn, created by bookselling spaces" via the Bookselling Research Network: booksellingresearchnet.uk/events/brn20... <3

CFP: BRN Conference 2026: Spaces of Bookselling - Bookselling Research Network

Bangor University | 9–11 September 2026In association with the Stephen Colclough Centre for the History and Culture of the Book “For such a space entails the unexpected. The specifically spatial […]

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In August 2025, our editorial collective spent an afternoon exploring the contents of the History Workshop archive held @bishopsgateinst.bsky.social 🗃️ Marybeth Hamilton, Elly Robson, Mary Katherine Newman, Marral Shamshiri, Vivien Chan and Beckie Rutherford reflect on their radical findings.

Reflections on a Radical Archive

In the final article of this series, our editorial team discuss their findings from an afternoon spent collectively exploring the History Workshop archive.

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Join archivists, activists, and scholars for an evening of study and strategizing for resisting the new McCarthyism on college campuses. Date: May 4, 2026 Time: 6-8pm Location: Proshansky Auditorium, The Graduate Center, CUNY www.eventbrite.com/e/we-know-it...

We Know It Well: Red Scare at CUNY and the Archival Politics of Dissent

Join archivists, activists, and scholars for an evening of study and strategizing for resisting the new McCarthyism on college campuses.

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Offering a few talks and workshops in Binghamton, Montreal, Chicago, and Online this spring (with more dates and details to come) and tabling with @commonnotions.bsky.social. Check it out: www.readingstruggles.info/post/spring-...

Binghamton, Montreal, Chicago, and Online Talks and Workshops Spring 2026

SPRING 2026 TALKS AND WORKSHOPSA few upcoming talks and workshops with more details forthcoming.  May 2nd and 3rdUsing Workers’ Inquiry to Organize and Fight the Boss a Workshop at the Upstate Anarchi...

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A Brief History of the Workers’ Inquiry out now on @commonnotions.bsky.social. Pick up a copy here: www.commonnotions.org/buy/brief-hi...

Susana Caló & Godofredo Pereira join Adam Greenfield on Lifepod to discuss CERFI – Analysis Everywhere. lifepod.transistor.fm/s1/5 From collective psychotherapy to desire, transversality & institutions as processes. Listen now 🔗 available on all the usual podcast places

"'There’s a kind of freedom that’s present in being an artist that allows for inquiry,'.. Embedded within municipal departments, PAIRs occupy unusual positions as temporary bureaucratic agents — or infiltrators — who make systems more visible, translate civic life, and advocate for change."

This National Poetry Month we share 'It Dread inna Inglan' by GPI Trustee Linton Kwesi Johnson, written as part of a campaign to free George Lindo, a wrongly convicted Jamaican-born man in Bradford in 1978, and which Linton recited on the steps of a police station in Bradford during the campaign.

Left on the Shelf remains a key resource for anyone interested in labour history. Find out more about new owner Mark Thwaite's plans for the store. sslh.org.uk/2026/04/07/l...

Left on the Shelf enters a new era

Left on the Shelf Books, the UK’s largest dealer in radical second-hand books, pamphlets and journals, has changed hands following the retirement of its founder and long-term owner Dave Cope. Set u…

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