Working Class History
History isn't made by kings and politicians, it's made by all of us. This podcast is about how we, together, have fought for a better world.
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- Update frequency
- every 16 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 128
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
WCL E3: Michael Rosen's socialist fairy tales, part 1
A Working Class Literature podcast double-episode in which we talk to acclaimed author, poet and Professor of Children's Literature, Michael Rosen, about his anthology, Workers' Tales: Socialist Fair…
00:34:06 |
Thu 17 Mar 2022
E62: League of Revolutionary Black Workers, part 2
Second of a double podcast episode about the League of Revolutionary Black Workers in Detroit in the late 60s/early 70s, in conversation with Herb Boyd, author of Black Detroit and former member of t…
00:54:09 |
Mon 07 Mar 2022
E61: The League of Revolutionary Black Workers, part 1
Double podcast episode about the League of Revolutionary Black Workers in Detroit in the late 60s/early 70s, in conversation with Herb Boyd, author of Black Detroit and former member of the group, an…
00:46:00 |
Thu 24 Feb 2022
E60: The Bread Intifada, part 2
Concluding part of our double podcast episode on the 1977 Bread Intifada in Egypt. We speak with journalist and revolutionary socialist, Hossam el-Hamalawy, about the uprising and its significance to…
00:39:05 |
Mon 27 Dec 2021
E59: The Bread Intifada, part 1
Part 1 of our double episode on the 1977 Bread Intifada in Egypt, in which hundreds of thousands of working-class Egyptians rose up against the government’s termination of food subsidies. We speak to…
00:27:36 |
Mon 13 Dec 2021
E58: West Virginia Mine Wars, part 2
Concluding part of a double podcast episode on the West Virginia mine wars 1902-1922. We speak with Catherine Moore and others from the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum, as well as some West Virginia …
00:33:11 |
Mon 29 Nov 2021
E57: West Virginia Mine Wars, part 1
Part 1 of a double podcast episode on the West Virginia mine wars 1902-1922. We speak with Catherine Moore and others from the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum, as well as some West Virginia teachers w…
00:37:59 |
Tue 09 Nov 2021
E56: Gwangju uprising, part 4
The final part of our four-part podcast miniseries about the May 18 uprising in Gwangju, South Korea, in 1980 against the US-backed military dictatorship of Chun Doo Hwan. We speak with Kim Yong Ho, …
00:42:41 |
Mon 25 Oct 2021
E55: Gwangju uprising, part 3
Part 3 of our four-part podcast miniseries about the May 18 uprising in Gwangju, South Korea, in 1980 against the US-backed military dictatorship of Chun Doo Hwan. We speak with Kim Yong Ho, David Do…
00:42:04 |
Fri 08 Oct 2021
E54: Gwangju uprising, part 2
Part 2 of our four-part podcast miniseries about the May 18 uprising in Gwangju, South Korea, in 1980 against the US-backed military dictatorship of Chun Doo Hwan. We speak with Kim Yong Ho, David Do…
00:37:58 |
Mon 27 Sep 2021
E53: Gwangju uprising, part 1
First part of our podcast miniseries about the May 18 uprising in Gwangju, South Korea, in 1980 against the US-backed military dictatorship of Chun Doo Hwan. We speak with Kim Yong Ho, David Dolinger…
00:31:28 |
Sat 11 Sep 2021
E52: The IWW in Canada
Podcast episode about the history of the revolutionary union the Industrial Workers of the World in Canada. We speak with historian and author Mark Leier about the union’s organising work amongst log…
01:01:33 |
Fri 18 Jun 2021
WCL E2: Joseph Skipsey – poet and pitman
Episode two of the Working Class Literature podcast about Joseph Skipsey, a poet and coal miner from the North East of England. After entering the mines as a child, he would grow up to become a natio…
00:50:59 |
Thu 10 Jun 2021
E51: Jeon Tae-il and Lee So-sun
Podcast episode about two extremely influential South Korean worker organisers, Jeon Tae-il and Lee So-sun, and the autonomous self-organisation of women textile and garment workers in the country fr…
01:01:12 |
Mon 12 Apr 2021
E50: Working Class History the book
Podcast episode in which we talk about our new book, Working Class History: Everyday Acts of Resistance & Rebellion, with our friends at the Coffee with Comrades podcast, which they edited and put ou…
01:07:02 |
Tue 09 Feb 2021
E49: Anti-Racist Action in Minneapolis
As a far-right mob storms the Capitol in Washington DC, learn more about the history of opposition to white supremacy in the US. This podcast episode tells the story of Anti-Racist Action, a militant…
00:55:23 |
Mon 11 Jan 2021
E48: The green bans, part 2
Concluding part of our double podcast episode about green bans by building workers in Australia from 1970 to 1975 which held up billions of dollars of development which would have been harmful to the…
00:58:53 |
Tue 08 Dec 2020
E47: The green bans, part 1
Double podcast episode about green bans by building workers in Australia from 1970 to 1975 which held up billions of dollars of development which would have been harmful to the environment, or workin…
00:51:17 |
Mon 23 Nov 2020
E46: The movement against the Vietnam war, part 4
Third of our four-part miniseries on opposition to the Vietnam war in the US, in conversation with five former participants in the movement. This week we look at anti-war organising with US prisoners…
01:03:41 |
Wed 04 Nov 2020
E45: The movement against the Vietnam War, part 3
Third of our four-part miniseries on opposition to the Vietnam war in the US, in conversation with five former participants in the movement. This week we look at the intersection between the Black li…
00:39:58 |
Tue 27 Oct 2020
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