This month marks the 100th anniversary of the 1926 #GeneralStrike. Originally printed in our newly released issue: Striking Back, @joeredmayne.bsky.social 's article 'Their hour of glory' looks at the role of trades councils in this historic moment. Read now ⬇️ www.redpepper.org.uk/economics-un...

OTD: HMS Wallace, HMS Vancouver and HMS submarine L22 moored near food ships anchored in the Tyne. Trade union members under trade permits abandoned their work because of the introduction of OMS volunteers and the presence of the admiralty. #GeneralStrike100 www.redpepper.org.uk/economics-un...

Happy May Day! The indomitable Peter Cole traces the contested memory of one of the most dramatic, best-known episodes in U.S. and international labor history – the Haymarket Affair – through the story of three competing physical monuments in Chicago longhaulmag.com/haymarket-af...

A century and a half of history encased in more than 1,500 archive boxes After three years, conservation and cataloguing of the archives of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has been completed...

Some good and well-organised people in Newcastle are crowd-funding to get a left-wing bookshop off the ground - we haven't had one for forty years, which for a city this size is bonkers. They'e into the last hours of the appeal, so please throw them some spare cash if you've got it:

A huge thank you to everyone who has shown support to the workers on strike at the National Coal Mining Museum since last August. Visiting the picket line, donating to the strike fund or just beeping when driving past - it's kept spirits up throughout. Solidarity ✊

Cases filled and exhibition ready! 'Nine Days in May: Remembering the 1926 General Strike' will run until 5 June - featuring archives on the strike, its causes and consequences Want MORE General Strike content? Our digitised sources and resources are free online at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...

🚨 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...

It's time Newcastle had a radical bookshop again! Support the crowd funder if you can! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/booksfromb...

@newcastleuni.bsky.social will be hosting the British General Strike of 1926: New Directions of Research conference on 7-8 May. Tickets (no charge) for the event go live today at 9am. We have an excellent programme of speakers. Supported by @leverhulme.ac.uk @sslh.bsky.social @ialhi.bsky.social

@newcastleuni.bsky.social will be hosting the British General Strike of 1926: New Directions of Research conference on 7-8 May. Tickets (no charge) for the event go live today at 9am. We have an excellent programme of speakers. Supported by @leverhulme.ac.uk @sslh.bsky.social @ialhi.bsky.social

Are there any #historians going to the UK National Archives at Kew soon who could photograph a short file for me? #histsky discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1...

Collective Researcher @joeredmayne.bsky.social is giving a talk entitled Chopwell: From the Miners' Lockout to the General Strike, 1925-'26 in Chopwell THIS FRIDAY 13th March! There are only a handful of (free!) tickets left - don't miss out! Get tickets: ticketsource.com/booking/sele...

Red Pepper returns to print. 'Striking back' explores 100 years since the 1926 General Strike, migration justice, repression in Latin America and wars for oil in Nigeria and Iran. Culture critics take on film, TV, music and books. Order by 5 March to guarantee pre-launch delivery to your door!

New Video! 📽️ Collective researcher @silviefisch.bsky.social discusses the Byker Community Archive, the history of the Estate, and the work being done to transform the space in the near future! 📃 Watch on the OHC YouTube channel here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTEw... #oralhistory #byker

I’m helping PhD student, Vyshakh Thaliyil, with their film comparing the politics and industrial militancy of Pattiam in Northern Kerala and Chopwell in North East England. I will be speaking about worker resistance against the ConsettIronCo. Please do come along www.ticketsource.com/chopwell1925...

#𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐞𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 Brought to you by the GS100 national partnership. Pledge to visit your nearest partners and historical sites here: bit.ly/VisitaGS100s... 1/5

𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 🎪 🗓️13 March, 10am Chopwell: From the Miners’ Lockout to the General Strike, 1925–26 Venue: The Red House, Newcastle 🗓️14 March, 10am Manchester Women and the General Strike: 100 years on Venue: Mechanics Institute, Manchester 2/5

@politicdormouse.bsky.social My friend @jostanley.bsky.social's book is now out. If you have any interest in #maritimehistory or #womenshistory you will want to buy this. She is THE expert on these topics. thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/... #historybook #history

“The combined tuition fees of the entire Question Time panel would not cover my cost for 1 year of uni. Is that fair?” Oli Dugmore It’s absolutely NOT fair. This outrageous scandal must end

Three scholarships for PhD in Arthur Scargill Archive - quite the opportunity. Believe me when I say that I am sure that some of the stuff in here will be quite the eye-opener! (if the good stuff hasn't been already shredded or slapped with an embargo)

It is always a pleasure to read about Margaret Calvert. Absolute legend. Her contribution to the look of modern Britain is immense. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

As the General Strike centenary gets closer, we've been boosting our digitised content! 560 original documents have now been digitised & are free to access, including strike bulletins, radio transcripts, union communications & more... #GeneralStrike100 cdm21047.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...

Just over a week or so left to submit your abstracts. It’s shaping up to be an excellent conference from the papers already submitted, as well as with confirmed keynote speakers Prof. David Featherstone and Dr. @kasperbrasken.bsky.social. Please share with colleagues and networks! #GeneralStrike100

Just over a week or so left to submit your abstracts. It’s shaping up to be an excellent conference from the papers already submitted, as well as with confirmed keynote speakers Prof. David Featherstone and Dr. @kasperbrasken.bsky.social. Please share with colleagues and networks! #GeneralStrike100

"Three Palestine Action members end 73-day hunger strike | UK News | Sky News" news.sky.com/story/palest...

What does a new exhibition on 200 years of British trades union history reveal about the tumultuous story of workers organising for change? Marybeth Hamilton sits down with historians and archivists to discuss the exhibition and the unexpected stories that it unveils.

In our continuing series on places in labour history, Quentin Outram recounts the story of the Northumberland miners who came to be known as the Cramlington train wreckers sslh.org.uk/2025/12/19/c...

Jimmy Cliff was touring the clubs of Wolverhampton in the year Enoch Powell made his Rivers of Blood speech. 50 years later artists Anand Chhabra, Jagdish Patel and Vanley Burke responded with the exhibition Many Rivers to Cross, the title of Cliff's 1969 track. RIP www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y9Q...

We're proud to be a member of the #GeneralStrike100 national partnership . Explore our interactive map and sign up to visit your nearest partner and #GeneralStrike100 history sites via https://bit.ly/VisitaGS100site #GFTU

Call for papers #CFP Blood is the Price of Coal: Coal Communities, Health and Welfare in Britain and Beyond from the 19th Century to the Present 18 June 2026: 1 day conference + NUM archive exhibition Submit abstracts / express interest at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib... Deadline: 25 Jan 2026

The newest issue of @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social (22:3) is online! Featuring essays on transnational solidarity, war, food, activism, and more! View the TOC and read the issue introduction, freely available: buff.ly/JczGGqn

See the recent book review by Joe Redmayne of 'Shipping Lords and Coolie Stokers: Class, Race, and Maritime Capitalism in the Early Twentieth Century' by Ravi Ahuja (Verso, 2024): doi.org/10.1080/0308...

The Genoese dockworkers inserted themselves into the globe’s most contentious political issue, Palestine, using the best tool in any worker’s toolbox: stopping work. Call it a boycott, call it direct action, call it a strike. When workers stop working, bosses & governments take notice. My latest! ✊

On 22 November, I'll be giving an online talk as part of the Mineral Expertise series at the University of Vienna: "Mining the Past: What is the role of historians in the mining industry?" You can sign up here: scarce.univie.ac.at/events/singl...

#ICYMI: In one of our latest blogs, @redhen90.bsky.social shares information about the national partnership to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the General Strike 1926. Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/blog-making-... #WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll @gftu.org.uk

Join us for the launch of Henry Dee’s ‘Militant Migrants: Clements Kadalie, the ICU and the Mass Movement of Black Workers in Southern Africa, 1896-1951’. Published with @livunipress.bsky.social. Marx Memorial Library, 29 November sslh.org.uk/2025/10/27/b...

Speaking at the University of Manchester's History Department in early December about my work on prisons and racism if you're in town and interested.

New book review published at @jich.bsky.social @joeredmayne.bsky.social reviews Ravi Ahuja's 'Shipping Lords and Coolie Stokers: Class, Race, and Maritime Capitalism in the Early Twentieth Century' @versobooks.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Massive congratulations to our wonderful @liamliburd.bsky.social for the publication of his new article "The Lost Pillar of British Political Culture: Black Constructions of British Fascism, 1930s–1970s" in The Journal of British Studies. 🎉https://doi.org/10.1017/jbr.2025.10129

Colleagues doing very cool things! One for the labour, maritime and mining historians among you.

CfP: The British General Strike of 1926: New Directions of Research, 7-8 May 2026 @newcastleuni.bsky.social Deadline: 6 February 2026 More details: @sslh.bsky.social sslh.org.uk/2025/10/13/c... sslh.org.uk/wp-content/u... Kindly supported by @leverhulme.ac.uk #GeneralStrike1926 #GeneralStrike100

CfP: The British General Strike of 1926: New Directions of Research, 7-8 May 2026 @newcastleuni.bsky.social Deadline: 6 February 2026 More details: @sslh.bsky.social sslh.org.uk/2025/10/13/c... sslh.org.uk/wp-content/u... Kindly supported by @leverhulme.ac.uk #GeneralStrike1926 #GeneralStrike100

Our project to digitise the Zambia Congress of Trade Union archives has now been scanning documents for a year. Over 80,000 pages scanned so far, despite severe power shortages in Zambia!

🚨 Over 1,300 trade unionists have signed #StrikeMap & CTUF's call for an Employment Rights Bill 2 — backed by 14 organisations. Here are the top 10 unions whose members are leading the call 1) @unitetheunion.bsky.social 2) POA 3) @unison.org.uk 4) @pcsunion.bsky.social #StrikeMap

Are you of African/Caribbean descent with ties to the Valleys? The Black Valleys Project would love to hear your story! Help support the creation of new Black Welsh History resources for local schools. 🗓️Friday 24th October 🕰️2pm 📍Rhondda Heritage Park Museum

Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao caio socialistworker.co.uk/palestine-20...

McCarthyism is here, and gender scholars and equality activists and even basic human/legal rights proponents are in its sights. I have learnt so much from Judith Butler and now this: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

⛏️✨ Lessons in solidarity, straight from 1984. Miners’ Weekend School (1984) at The Burr of Berwick. Six films by Amber Films’ Current Affairs Unit from the 1984 to 85 Miners’ Strike. Free drop-in Saturdays 12 to 4 pm until 31 Oct.  🔗 More details: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...

Interesting interview with Zara Sultana newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...