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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 29/09/2026
'For some, revolution meant seizing state power, for others, it meant overcoming poverty, ending the historical subordination of indigenous peoples, and pursuing broader social transformations.' Mercedes Crisóstomo examines the experiences of Peru's militant women.
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Political Formation and Politicisation in Turbulent Times
How can processes of political formation shape transformative politics? Mercedes Crisóstomo discusses the experiences of Peru's militante women from past to present.
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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 24/09/2026
Can the ideas of a controversial trans Marxist be recovered? Rebecca Jane Morgan on Rachael Webb's (1940-2009) class-based coalition politics.
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Rachael Webb: The Forgotten Trans Marxist
Can the ideas of a controversial trans Marxist be recovered? Rebecca Jane Morgan on Rachael Webb's (1940-2009) class-based coalition politics.
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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 22/09/2026
Transforming the world around us begins with learning to see and inhabit it differently. Shahrzad Mojab reflects on her political education in the 1970s Iranian student movement in the United States.
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Revolutionary Learning
Transforming the world around us begins with learning to see and inhabit it differently. Shahrzad Mojab reflects on her political education in the 1970s Iranian student movement in the United States.
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marral @marralsham.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Everyone’s favourite archivist (and my brilliant colleague!) @magiclantern.bsky.social on Helen Lackner’s archives and the role of solidarity committees. Beautiful photographs included.
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Martin Shaw @martinshaw.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I’ve written a piece for History Workshop reflecting on mass activism and direct action - as Marral says, we first met when a group of members of the late 1960s LSE Socialist Society supported today’s Palestine activists in the School, who were under threat from the LSE authorities.
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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 01/09/2026
How might mass politics and direct action work together? Martin Shaw reflects on his experience in the student protests and antinuclear movement of the 1960s to the Palestine solidarity campaign of the 2020s.
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On Mass Politics and Direct Action
How might mass politics and direct action work together? Martin Shaw reflects on his experience in the student protests and antinuclear movement of the 1960s to the Palestine solidarity campaign of the 2020s.
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marral @marralsham.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A pleasure to publish Martin’s reflections for this series! Fitting that we first met as a result of his and other 1960s LSE activists’ support for the LSE encampment.
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Laura C Forster @lauracforster.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Such a great opening piece by @marralsham.bsky.social, including discussion of Doreen Massey's wonderful 1995 HWJ article on places & their pasts 🧡 Really looking forward to reading the rest of the series
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marral @marralsham.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I’ve launched a new series, Radical Horizons, for History Workshop today! Excited to share some great pieces over the next month.
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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 06/08/2026
Final call! We are hiring a new Editorial Fellow who specialises in pre-1800 CE history from any part of the globe 🌍 👉 this 2-year fellowship runs from October 2026 - September 2028 👉 this role is paid and part-time (3 hours per week) 👉 the application deadline is tomorrow, Friday 7 August
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Call for Applications: Editorial Fellowship at History Workshop, 2026
History Workshop is seeking to appoint one Editorial Fellow in 2026, with specialism in pre-1800 CE history from any part of the globe.
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Reza H. Akbari @rezahakbari.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Ongoing thread of the names, images, and brief bios of Iranian civilians killed during January 2026 #IranProtests:
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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 08/01/2026
'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.
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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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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 18/11/2025
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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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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marral @marralsham.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
This is such a wonderful piece by Sara Kazmi. I loved working on it with her.
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marral @marralsham.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
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.
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Netpol @netpol.org · 04/07/2025
Netpol's statement on today's court decision is available here netpol.org/2025/07/04/p...
A man in a crowd holds a homemade banner outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London, which reads "Palestine Action: Protecting the UK govt from committing war crimes since 2020"
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Netpol @netpol.org · 01/07/2025
"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...
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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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Luke Cooper @lukecooper100.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
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.
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marral @marralsham.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
NO WAR WITH IRAN - please urgently write to your MP, email template link docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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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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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 17/06/2025
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.
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Andrew Tan @andrewtanyongyi.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
"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
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
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
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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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marral @marralsham.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
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.
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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 28/05/2025
📣 Call for participants 📣 Have you ever used any History Workshop Journal articles in your teaching practice? We’d love to hear from you for the 100th issue of HWJ! Please let us know by sending an email or feel free to DM.
Green and red poster with History Workshop Journal printed in the corner, black and white illustrations in the corner, and short text under the title ‘Can you help us?’ requesting participation.
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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 05/06/2025
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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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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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 03/06/2025
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....
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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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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 22/05/2025
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....
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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 20/05/2025
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....
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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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Christyn Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
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
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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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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 24/04/2025
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....
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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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Yasmina Martin @yasmartin.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
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
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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 08/04/2025
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...
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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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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
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.
Passage from Hossam Shabat:

When I arrived on the scene, I wasn’t ready for the horror before my eyes. The streets were filled with the dead. Under every stone lay a martyr. Dozens were crying for help from underneath the rubble of their homes but there was no one to respond. Screams filled the air while everyone stood helpless. My tears didn’t stop. The scenes were more than any human being could bear. The ambulances were filled with corpses, their bodies and limbs piled on top and intertwined with one another. We could no longer distinguish between children and men, between the injured and the dead.

At Al-Andalus hospital the scene was even more painful. The hospital was filled with martyrs. Mothers bid silent farewells to their children. Medical staff worked in horrific conditions, trying to treat the injured with only the most basic means available. It was an impossible situation with massive numbers of dead and wounded being brought in at a terrifying rate.

Israel’s aggression continues. Massacre after massacre, leaving only the screams of mothers in its wake and the dreams of children that have turned to ash. There is no justification for this. Everything is being crushed: the lives of innocent people, their dignity, and their hopes for a better future.
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Yusuf @yusufimaadkhan.com · 24/03/2025
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.”
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‘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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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 24/03/2025
“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.
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 24/03/2025
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
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
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.
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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 06/03/2025
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....
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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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Mattin Biglari @mattinbiglari.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
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!
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Alex White @alexjwhite.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
New article out today! I wrote about the African Association - an influential network of anti-colonial activists based in the heart of Nasser's Egypt. You can read it at @historywo.bsky.social here:
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African Activism in Anticolonial Cairo
In the 1950s-60s, the African Association in Cairo became a hub for anticolonial activists from across the world. Alex White examines the role of transnational activists who shaped the anticolonial mo...
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marral @marralsham.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
It’s a pleasure to publish @alexjwhite.bsky.social’s research on transnational African activists in anticolonial Cairo for History Workshop online👇
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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 27/02/2025
The 2022 People's Struggle in Sri Lanka, known as Aragalaya, led to the toppling of the government. In this week's podcast episode, Samal Hemachandra, Lara Wijesuriya and Andi Schubert reflect on articles they recently published in HWJ 97 on the roots of the protests. www.historyworkshop....
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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 26/02/2025
The New Left "was an avowedly socialist endeavour which... sought to operate largely outside conventional political parties and electoral politics" Andrew Whitehead brings together 50 years of writing on the New Left, in a free-access issue of History Workshop Journal. www.historyworkshop....
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The New Left
In this new and free-access Virtual Special Issue, Andrew Whitehead brings together almost 50 years of writing and reflection on the New Left
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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
The racial exclusions of the border regime have malfunctioned. Somehow the British state extended a minimal act of kindness to a family of the wrong sort of humans. Bipartisan resolve that this will never happen again. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Keir Starmer pledges to close loophole that let Gazan family settle in UK
The family won an appeal to come to the UK, after originally applying through a scheme for Ukrainians.
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Vivien Chan @inoutofpractice.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
It's a big day! This intro took a while to put together, a lot of ideas, and lots of thoughts on itinerance while 'wandering and working' in some ways myself... plus I realise definitions are difficult and scary! I'd LOVE to hear your thoughts! DMs are open!
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Netpol @netpol.org · 20/01/2025
CALL-OUT: we are looking for video evidence of arrests at Saturday's Palestine protest, to assist lawyers defending those arrested. You can share videos in confidence through our secure email address: netpoladmin@protonmail.com
Delegation heading up Whitehall on Saturday 18 January
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marral @marralsham.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
70+ arrests at the national demo yday. For protesting. If you’re in London and can spend a few hours today outside a police station as we wait for arrestees to be released pls message me and I will loop you in and also answer any questions - people needed especially in SOUTH EAST LDN locations
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Tim Barker @timbarker.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
The AHA Council vetoed the Scholasticide Resolution. Time to cancel your membership. www.historians.org/news/busines...
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Business Meeting Resolution Update - AHA
Update as of January 17, 2025: The AHA Council deplores any intentional destruction of Palestinian educational institutions, libraries, universities, and archives in Gaza. The Council considers the “R...
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