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Industrial relations prof, Bob Crow & Mick Lynch bios, author Joe Strummer's punk politics (manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/978…), and Redskins' political influence book www.bloomsbury.com/uk/marxism-in-mu…

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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
From Sindicalismo.org - an open, free and self-managed space for information about the trade union world and in particular the working class - a piece on my new book called :'Marxism in music: The Redskins, rock and roll and the revolution' sindicalismo.org/2026/09/06/e...
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Actualidad obrera · Cultura sindical · Memoria de clase
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Recording of my talk on Mon 28 Sept to the London Socialists Historian Group on The Redskins and a constructing a communist contra-culture - see link for 35% discount on the book kmflett.blog/2026/09/30/s...
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Socialist History Seminar. Gregor Gall on Marxism & Music, The Redskins, Rock’n’roll & Revolution. Recording
Monday 28th September 5.30pm Gregor Gall ‘Marxism in Music: Constructing a Communist Contra-Culture with The Redskins, Rock’n’roll and Revolution’. Recording of seminar: Manufacturing Marxist music…
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Recording of my talk on Mon 28 Sept to the London Socialists Historian Group on The Redskins and a constructing a communist contra-culture - see link for 35% discount on the book kmflett.blog/2026/09/30/s...
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Socialist History Seminar. Gregor Gall on Marxism & Music, The Redskins, Rock’n’roll & Revolution. Recording
Monday 28th September 5.30pm Gregor Gall ‘Marxism in Music: Constructing a Communist Contra-Culture with The Redskins, Rock’n’roll and Revolution’. Recording of seminar: Manufacturing Marxist music…
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@ihr.bsky.social Reminder of my book launch tonight at 5.30pm on The Redskins and communist contra-culture (where code for 35% off hardback available) www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Marxism in Music: Constructing a Communist Contra-Culture with The Redskins, Rock’n’roll and Revolution
Socialist History Seminar
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#redskins Reminder of my book launch tonight at 5.30pm on The Redskins and communist contra-culture (where code for 35% off hardback available) londonsocialisthistorians.blogspot.com/2026/09/lshg...
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LSHG Autumn term seminars - from the Redskins to Eric Hobsbawm
LSHG Autumn term seminars  Monday 28th September 5.30pm Gregor Gall ‘Marxism in Music: Constructing a Communist Contra-Culture with The Red...
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Reminder of my book launch tonight at 5.30pm on The Redskins and communist contra-culture (where code for 35% off hardback available) londonsocialisthistorians.blogspot.com/2026/09/lshg...
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LSHG Autumn term seminars - from the Redskins to Eric Hobsbawm
LSHG Autumn term seminars  Monday 28th September 5.30pm Gregor Gall ‘Marxism in Music: Constructing a Communist Contra-Culture with The Red...
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#Andyburnham #LabourParty #Labour Although Labour is still in the lead, subsequent polling has shown the Burnham bounce is indeed over as Labour’s average polling starts to decline and go into reverse from early September - my article from last week www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
heraldscotland.com
The Burnham bounce is over and Labour should be worried
As Labour gathers in Liverpool for its annual conference, Professor Gregor Gall argues that Andy Burnham's honeymoon period is already fading.…
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
@heraldscotland.bsky.social Along Labour is still in the lead, subsequent polling has shown the Burnham bounce is indeed over as Labour’s average polling starts to decline and go into reverse from early September - my article from last week www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
heraldscotland.com
The Burnham bounce is over and Labour should be worried
As Labour gathers in Liverpool for its annual conference, Professor Gregor Gall argues that Andy Burnham's honeymoon period is already fading.…
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Along Labour is still in the lead, subsequent polling has shown the Burnham bounce is indeed over as Labour’s average polling starts to decline and go into reverse from early September - my article from last week www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
heraldscotland.com
The Burnham bounce is over and Labour should be worried
As Labour gathers in Liverpool for its annual conference, Professor Gregor Gall argues that Andy Burnham's honeymoon period is already fading.…
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Reminder of my book launch on The Redskins and communist contra-culture on Mon 28 Sept for London Socialist Historians Group - code for 35% off hardback available at launch londonsocialisthistorians.blogspot.com
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London Socialist Historians Group
The official blog of the LSHG - Email Keith Flett at keith1917@btinternet.com for more information - follow us on twitter @LSHGofficial
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@heraldscotland.bsky.social With the Labour Party conference starting this Sunday, my piece in The Herald today about why the Burnham bounce may already be coming to an end and what lies ahead www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
heraldscotland.com
The Burnham bounce is over and Labour should be worried
As Labour gathers in Liverpool for its annual conference, Professor Gregor Gall argues that Andy Burnham's honeymoon period is already fading.…
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
With the Labour Party conference starting this Sunday, my piece in The Herald today about why the Burnham bounce may already be coming to an end and what lies ahead www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
heraldscotland.com
The Burnham bounce is over and Labour should be worried
As Labour gathers in Liverpool for its annual conference, Professor Gregor Gall argues that Andy Burnham's honeymoon period is already fading.…
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@heraldscotland.bsky.social My piece in The Herald today about why the Burnham bounce may already be coming to an end and what lies ahead www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
heraldscotland.com
The Burnham bounce is over and Labour should be worried
As Labour gathers in Liverpool for its annual conference, Professor Gregor Gall argues that Andy Burnham's honeymoon period is already fading.…
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My piece in The Herald today about why the Burnham bounce may already be coming to an end and what lies ahead www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
heraldscotland.com
The Burnham bounce is over and Labour should be worried
As Labour gathers in Liverpool for its annual conference, Professor Gregor Gall argues that Andy Burnham's honeymoon period is already fading.…
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The Tenementals @tenementals.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"The Broken Stones of The Calton Weavers is a bold attempt to make whole again the memory of the murdered Calton Weavers." Many thanks to @gregorgall.bsky.social for the article in today's National. Sign the petition to award The Freedom of the City to the weavers at the link. Let's do it!
One-page newspaper article about The Tenementals new single The Broken Stones of The Calton Weavers
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
@culturematters.bsky.social A taster for my book on The Redskins and using music for socialist ends www.culturematters.org.uk/marxism-in-m...
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#redskins Not the Washington Redskins but The Redskins’ ‘Neither Washington Nor Moscow' … A taster for my book on The Redskins and using music for socialist ends www.culturematters.org.uk/marxism-in-m...
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A taster for my book on The Redskins and using music for socialist ends www.culturematters.org.uk/marxism-in-m...
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A taster for my book on The Redskins and using music for socialist ends www.culturematters.org.uk/marxism-in-m...
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Marxism in Music: constructing a communist contra-culture – Culture Matters
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
@tenementals.bsky.social My piece in The National newspaper today on the new single from The Tenementals, a Glasgow ensemble putting the city's radical history into song. It's called 'The Broken Stones of the Calton Weavers'. www.thenational.scot/news/2656594...
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Glasgow band calls on city to right historic wrong against murdered workers
MUSICAL ensemble
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
@scotnational.bsky.social My piece in The National newspaper today on the new single from The Tenementals, a Glasgow ensemble putting the city's radical history into song. It's called 'The Broken Stones of the Calton Weavers'. www.thenational.scot/news/2656594...
thenational.scot
Glasgow band calls on city to right historic wrong against murdered workers
MUSICAL ensemble
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
My piece in The National newspaper today on the new single from The Tenementals, a Glasgow ensemble putting the city's radical history into song. It's called 'The Broken Stones of the Calton Weavers'. www.thenational.scot/news/2656594...
thenational.scot
Glasgow band calls on city to right historic wrong against murdered workers
MUSICAL ensemble
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
@timeshighered.bsky.social Interviewed by the Times Higher on the new long strikes in universities which begin today at Dundee www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uk-univ...
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UK universities face autumn of chaos as ‘prolonged’ strikes planned
Unprecedentedly long strikes at Nottingham, Edinburgh and Dundee could be the shape of things to come, observers say
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Interviewed by the Times Higher on the new long strikes in universities which begin today at Dundee www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uk-univ...
timeshighereducation.com
UK universities face autumn of chaos as ‘prolonged’ strikes planned
Unprecedentedly long strikes at Nottingham, Edinburgh and Dundee could be the shape of things to come, observers say
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
@heraldscotland.bsky.social Given that Michael Marra today won the leadership of Scottish Labour, it's worth recalling that neither he nor Joe Fagan, the defeated candidate, are capable of reviving Scottish Labour - see my analysis from three weeks ago www.heraldscotland.com/politics/hol...
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Why Michael Marra and Joe Fagan cannot restore Scottish Labour’s lost soul
Michael Marra says Scottish Labour can rediscover its "soul" if he becomes leader, but Professor Gregor Gall argues the party's…
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Given that Michael Marra today won the leadership of Scottish Labour, it's worth recalling that neither he nor Joe Fagan, the defeated candidate, are capable of reviving Scottish Labour - see my analysis from three weeks ago www.heraldscotland.com/politics/hol...
heraldscotland.com
Why Michael Marra and Joe Fagan cannot restore Scottish Labour’s lost soul
Michael Marra says Scottish Labour can rediscover its "soul" if he becomes leader, but Professor Gregor Gall argues the party's…
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
My C86 podcast interview on my ‘Marxism in Music: Constructing a Communist Contra-Culture with The Redskins, Rock’n’roll and Revolution’. Until 31 Oct, 35% off - code MARXISM35 - on hardback so £52 (with free postage within UK) - www.bloomsbury.com/uk/marxism-i... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Crnw...
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Gregor Gall - The Redskins
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#snp #scottishindependence On the 12th anniversary of 2014 referendum, my National piece today looking at the falling and then rising level of support for independence, showing that the SNP so-called campaigning on independence has made next to no difference www.thenational.scot/politics/265...
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What can we learn from polling in order to secure Scottish independence?
Since the independence referendum on September 18, 2014, there have been an extraordinary number of polls and surveys on the level of support for…
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
@scotnational.bsky.social On 12th anniversary of the 2014 referendum, my piece in The National looking at the falling and then rising level of support for independence, showing that the SNP so-called campaigning on independence has made next to no difference www.thenational.scot/politics/265...
thenational.scot
What can we learn from polling in order to secure Scottish independence?
Since the independence referendum on September 18, 2014, there have been an extraordinary number of polls and surveys on the level of support for…
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
On the 12th anniversary of the 2014 referendum, my piece in The National today looking at the falling and then rising level of support for independence, showing that the SNP so-called campaigning on independence has made next to no difference www.thenational.scot/politics/265...
thenational.scot
What can we learn from polling in order to secure Scottish independence?
Since the independence referendum on September 18, 2014, there have been an extraordinary number of polls and surveys on the level of support for…
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
UVW seeks court injunction against Butlin’s over alleged union intimidation and blacklisting www.uvwunion.org.uk/en/news/2026...
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UVW seeks court injunction against Butlin’s over alleged union intimidation and blacklisting – UVW
“Butlin’s management should be ashamed that they’re intimidating us into not exercising our fundamental right to join a union and organise together.” – Jamie,…
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
@ihr.bsky.social Info for launch meeting of my 'Marxism in Music: Constructing a Communist Contra-Culture with The Redskins, Rock’n’roll and Revolution', Mon 28 Sept, 5.30pm by Zoom. There'll be 35% discount available for hardback (£52 with free UK postage). www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Marxism in Music: Constructing a Communist Contra-Culture with The Redskins, Rock’n’roll and Revolution
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Info for launch meeting of my 'Marxism in Music: Constructing a Communist Contra-Culture with The Redskins, Rock’n’roll and Revolution', Mon 28 Sept, 5.30pm by Zoom. There'll be 35% discount available for hardback (£52 with free UK postage). www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
history.ac.uk
Marxism in Music: Constructing a Communist Contra-Culture with The Redskins, Rock’n’roll and Revolution
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Strike statistics for July 2026 out: 34,000 days not worked in 63 strikes by 6,000 workers. With the exception of April, pretty much the same level for all of 2026 so far but a lot lower than tail end of 2025.
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
40 yrs ago today, 15 Sept 1986, The Redskins played their last gig. It was in Munich - see footage here. Why it turned out to be their last gig is told in my 'Marxism in Music: Constructing a Communist Contra-Culture with The Redskins, Rock’n’roll and Revolution' www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGfm...
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Redskins final gig - Alabama Halle, Munchen, Germany. 15th September 1986
YouTube video by Redskins001
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The Herald @heraldscotland.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Dark days beckon with this new tide of anti-immigrant protests || Gregor Gall www.heraldscotland.com/poli... @gregorgall.bsky.social 𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘴
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The Herald @heraldscotland.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
'Suddenly, these protests have taken on an even darker and more threatening manner which to me have echoes of Oswald Mosely’s Blackshirts of the 1930s' www.heraldscotland.com/poli... @gregorgall.bsky.social
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
@heraldscotland.bsky.social My piece in The Herald tomorrow called 'Dark days beckon with this new tide of anti-immigrant protests' following the Dover and Portsmouth port protests by the Patriot Platform www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
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Dark days beckon with this new tide of anti-immigrant protests
For the last two years, there’s been a rising tide of anti-immigrant protests north and south of the Border. But suddenly, these protests have…
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
My talk on new book: Mon 28 Sept 5.30pm, ‘Marxism in Music: Constructing a Communist Contra-Culture with The Redskins, Rock’n’roll and Revolution’. On Zoom. Email keith1917@btinternet.com for link. For those attending, 35% discount on hardback so £52 plus free UK postage kmflett.blog/2026/09/14/s...
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
My talk on new book: Mon 28 Sept 5.30pm, ‘Marxism in Music: Constructing a Communist Contra-Culture with The Redskins, Rock’n’roll and Revolution’. On Zoom. Email keith1917@btinternet.com for link. For those attending, 35% discount on hardback so £52 plus free UK postage kmflett.blog/2026/09/14/s...
kmflett.blog
Socialist History Seminars Autumn 2026. From the Redskins to Eric Hobsbawm
Monday 28th September 5.30pm Gregor Gall ‘Marxism in Music: Constructing a Communist Contra-Culture with The Redskins, Rock’n’roll and Revolution’. On Zoom. Please mail Seminar Convenor Keith…
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Grand Theft Auto workers join protest as unfair dismissal tribunal begins www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Grand Theft Auto workers join protest as unfair dismissal tribunal begins
The 23 claimants were sacked by Rockstar Games last year for what it called "gross misconduct".
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Arriva North London drivers win ground breaking “hot bus” victory www.unitetheunion.org/news-events/...
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2652733...
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Call to right 'historic wrong' against Scotland's first working-class martyrs
A petition to grant the Freedom of Glasgow to the Weavers has been officially launched by The Tenementals, a band which is helping to tell the…
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
@scotnational.bsky.social My piece in The National today called 'Just how much longer is monarchy likely to survive?' which looks at the state of public opinion on the Royals and the fight for a republic www.thenational.scot/politics/265...
thenational.scot
Just how much longer is monarchy likely to survive?
Tomorrow marks four years since the death of Queen Elizabeth
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
My piece in The National today called 'Just how much longer is monarchy likely to survive?' which looks at the state of public opinion on the Royals and the fight for a republic www.thenational.scot/politics/265...
thenational.scot
Just how much longer is monarchy likely to survive?
Tomorrow marks four years since the death of Queen Elizabeth
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
@labour-hub.bsky.social Not the Washington Redskins but The Redskins’ ‘Neither Washington Nor Moscow …’ ... A taster for my new book, 'Marxism in Music: Constructing a Communist Contra-Culture with The Redskins, Rock’n’roll and Revolution', on Labour Hub labourhub.org.uk/2026/09/03/m...
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Mixing pop and politics
Gregor Gall introduces his new book, Marxism in Music: Constructing a Communist Contra-Culture with The Redskins, Rock’n’roll and Revolution, published today by Bloomsbury. After the dispiriting di…
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Not the Washington Redskins but The Redskins’ ‘Neither Washington Nor Moscow …’ ... A taster for my new book, 'Marxism in Music: Constructing a Communist Contra-Culture with The Redskins, Rock’n’roll and Revolution', published today by Bloomsbury, on Labour Hub labourhub.org.uk/2026/09/03/m...
labourhub.org.uk
Mixing pop and politics
Gregor Gall introduces his new book, Marxism in Music: Constructing a Communist Contra-Culture with The Redskins, Rock’n’roll and Revolution, published today by Bloomsbury. After the dispiriting di…
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A taster for my new book, 'Marxism in Music: Constructing a Communist Contra-Culture with The Redskins, Rock’n’roll and Revolution', published today by Bloomsbury, on Labour Hub labourhub.org.uk/2026/09/03/m...
labourhub.org.uk
Mixing pop and politics
Gregor Gall introduces his new book, Marxism in Music: Constructing a Communist Contra-Culture with The Redskins, Rock’n’roll and Revolution, published today by Bloomsbury. After the dispiriting di…
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
@bloomsburyhist.bsky.social Today, my 'Marxism in Music: Constructing a Communist Contra-Culture with The Redskins, Rock’n’roll and Revolution’ published by Bloomsbury. It integrates studies of communist parties & recent musicology along with fan testimonies www.bloomsbury.com/uk/marxism-i...
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
@bloomsburyhist.bsky.social Today, my 'Marxism in Music: Constructing a Communist Contra-Culture with The Redskins, Rock’n’roll and Revolution’ published by Bloomsbury. It integrates studies of communist parties & recent musicology along with fan testimonies www.bloomsbury.com/uk/marxism-i...
bloomsbury.com
Marxism in Music
'80s British alternative band, The Redskins, are a case study for examining the relationship between music, politics and revolution and the development of a con…
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