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John Rees

@johnwrees.bsky.social
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Moonraker. Leveller. Socialist. Revolutionary. Author of The Leveller Revolution, Imperialism and Resistance, The Algebra of Revolution. Forthcoming The Fiery Spirits (Verso).

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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Happy to have nearly completed the draft for the second edition of A People’s History of London, due from Verso later this year!
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Had a great time giving the annual Christmas dinner lecture at Wortley Hall, the workers stately home in Yorkshire. Previously owned by the Wortley family, it’s now a trade union run co-operative. I spoke about Sir Francis Wortley, who owned the place in the English Revolution.🧵
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Following the conference, join the online rally this Monday 6:30pm to discuss making Your Party work, with a great lineup of speakers. Register on Zoom and share widely: bit.ly/4pUbcgZ
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Important pre-conference online rally: Register on Zoom and share widely: bit.ly/44pvqqz
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
The call from the Peace conference in Paris for international demonstrations for Gaza on 29 November in French, German, Italian, and Spanish…please share far are wide….
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Looking forward to speaking to the 6th form at Camden School for girls in December…but even before that it’s A+ to whoever wrote this intro…
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Very grateful to John McDonnell MP for this very thoughtful and generous review of The Fiery Spirits in the House of Commons magazine…
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Many thanks to the University of Essex for granting me a Visiting Fellowship for the next three years. Especially grateful to Michael Bailey for promoting my candidate. Looking forward to speaking about The Fiery Spirits next month & to working on the sequel at the university…
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Details and registration here: www.stopwar.org.uk/events/inter...
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Jeremy Corbyn, Lindsey German and Michael Lavalette, Almas Razakazi campaigning for Your Party at a meeting of over 500 in Preston today…
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Terrance Stamp has gone. The quintessential east end mod, with a string of classic acting credits including Ken Loach’s Poor Cow. But also some later career greats like The Hit and The Limey.
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
The government is an ass…
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Very grateful to Ted Vallance for his generous review of The Fiery Spirits in the new Literary Review…
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
We need to reignite an organised international anti war movement. This conference is a start. It’s organised by anti war MPs and supported by Stop the War. There are already 1,600 registered. Use the QR code to book your place…https://www.billetweb.fr/meeting-international-contre-la-guerre
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Looking forward to speaking at Witney Waterstones this evening… Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about An Evening with John Rees today.
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Tomorrow in Westminster…open to the public and all welcome…
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
True…
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Coming up…
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Whitehall now!
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
This event in Parliament is open to the public so do come along…it’s the Cromwell Green entrance to Westminster (appropriately enough)…
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
There is not going to be a better visual metaphor than this for the Labour government’s relations with the military and the monarchy: Sir Keir and Lady Starmer following behind at arse level with the target area clearly delineated with gold braid.
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Yesterday, port of Genoa, against the docking of the container ship Contship ERA of the Israeli company ZIM, after the French dock workers blocked 14 tons of machine gun components load in Marseille.
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Be there… you know why…
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Impressive support for the People’s Assembly demo on June 7th…
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
As the late, great Curtis Mayfield said: Keep on Pushing….
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Sorry not have been at today’s Palestine March but very good to be keeping the flame of revolution alive at Levellers’ Day…and signing some copies of The Fiery Spirits. Thanks to Wheelz Wheeler for the pics….
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
I’ll be speaking at Waterstones in Witney in July…
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
I’ll be speaking at the Sunday Papers Live this coming Sunday…. www.sundaypaperslive.com/what-s-on
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Great discussion at Waterstones in Gower Street for the launch of the Fiery Spirits. The next time I’ll be talking about the English Revolution is at Levellers Day on the walking tour of Burford with Jonathan Healey….and The Fiery Spirits will be available!
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Brilliant and packed Revolution festival today. speaking on the second day tomorrow about this story from The Fiery Spirits. Do come along…
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Massive congratulations to Michael Lavalette, Yousuf Motala, and Alma’s Razakazi for their huge win in Preston, beating Labour, Reform and Tories. And to Ëmmâ Męåd for a great campaign…next time!
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
A great weekend line up just got better…get your ticket here bit.ly/revmayday
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Many thanks to Mark Turnbull for this serious and thoughtful review in Aspects of History…
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
This Tuesday….do come along…
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
It’s the official publication day of The Fiery Spirits….the launch is next Tuesday and you are all welcome. RSVP: Levellersassociation@proton.me
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Very much looking forward to this…
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Very happy to be talking about the Fiery Spirits in the Cromwell Museum’s excellent forthcoming series of lectures….
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
It’s landing ahead of its launch! At least in Witney’s Waterstones (thanks for the pic, Patty Dohle!). But you are still all welcome at the launch in London on 29 April…details below…
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Salt Lake City doesn’t want any Kings….#fiery spirits
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Looking forward to the launch of my new book The Fiery Spirits, popular protest, Parliament, and the English Revolution. It’s a public event so do come along, but so we know how many may turn up it’s good to RSVP to levellersassociation@proton.me
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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Pleasure to contribute to History Today’s feature on Did Charles I Have to Die? alongside Alice Hunt, Jonathan Healy, and @Rachel Hammersley…
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