What is the future of common spaces & community gathering spots in the UK?

How might we rethink our relationship with public space, the land, & each other?

May Robson in the latest HW podcast episode:
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What is the future of common spaces & community gathering spots in the UK?

How might we rethink our relationship with public space, the land, & each other?

May Robson in the latest HW podcast episode:
historyworkshop.org.uk/podcast/now-he…

It was a real privilege to chat about Now Here on the History Workshop podcast!

We discuss the radical roots of community ownership - from the civil rights movement to workers education to fights against the enclosures of common land. Listen here: tinyurl.com/45rhw5ne

OTD in 1848, some 150,000 Chartists presented their third petition to Parliament.

Chartists were a working-class movement for political & economic reform in mid-19th Britain.

Mark Crail on Chartist ancestries and doing family history in the digital age:
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Really pleased to have been asked to write an appreciation of the life of Arthur Burns for History Workshop academic.oup.com/hwj/advance-ar…
I keep hearing his voice in my head.

OTD in 1998, Patrick Corporation, the company which ran the operations at the major Australia ports, sacked their entire workforce.

How did personal experience of this strike shape understandings of Solidarity Forever?

Rosa V Campbell, from the archive:
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OTD in 1917, the United States declared war on Germany, entering World War I - 3 years after the conflict began.

Penny Streeter (Dr Penny Streeter💙) looks at military sweetheart brooches from the war and considers how people memorialised their loved ones.

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'This recent debate begs the question of how many other hospitals across the UK profited in substantial ways from the practice of slavery'.

Rachael Scally examines the legacy of slavery at Edinburgh's Royal Infirmary Hospital.

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What could a decolonised healthcare system look like?

In this week's HW article, Rachael Scally draws out the legacies of slavery of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, and the possibilities of decolonising Scottish NHS institutions.
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'In Northern Ireland, the decolonisation movement has reignited debates about whether Ireland was itself a British colony.'

In our newest article, Dr Briony Widdis explores how decolonisation interacts with the peace process.

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How can objects in Northern Irish museum collections spur conversations about Northern Ireland’s complex relationships with global histories of colonialism and imperialism?

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'Our work is trying to fill this void that's out there, and to make sense out of this mess that we are living through these days.'

Albert Scharenberg (Albert Scharenberg) shares the radical mission behind the podcast Rosalux History (@rosaluxstiftung)

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Check out the latest episode of the History Workshop Podcast, where the RLS’s Albert Scharenberg joins Marybeth Hamilton to talk about “radical podcasting”, and the #RosaluxHistory podcast as a tool for political education. Tune in History Workshop: historyworkshop.org.uk

'Our work is trying to fill this void that's out there, and to make sense out of this mess that we are living through these days.'

Albert Scharenberg (Albert Scharenberg) shares the radical mission behind the podcast Rosalux History (@rosaluxstiftung)

historyworkshop.org.uk/podcast/rosalu…

In der neuen Folge des britischen «History Workshop Podcast»🎧bin ich zu Gast bei Marybeth Hamilton. Wir sprechen über «radical podcasting» – und natürlich über den Podcast #RosaluxHistory als Instrument der politischen Bildung. Hört rein History Workshop. historyworkshop.org.uk

How can we disseminate radical history in a political climate where history is too often simplified, falsified, dismissed, or ignored?

Marybeth Hamilton and Albert Scharenberg reflect on the radical potential of the podcast 🎙️

historyworkshop.org.uk/podcast/rosalu…

How can we disseminate radical history in a political climate where history is too often simplified, falsified, dismissed, or ignored?

Marybeth Hamilton and Albert Scharenberg reflect on the radical potential of the podcast 🎙️

historyworkshop.org.uk/podcast/rosalu…

How can podcasts help us connect with radical history?

In this new episode, Albert Scharenberg (Albert Scharenberg) discusses the evolution and impact of the Rosalux History podcast (@rosaluxstiftung)

historyworkshop.org.uk/podcast/rosalu…

How can podcasts help us connect with radical history?

In this new episode, Albert Scharenberg (Albert Scharenberg) discusses the evolution and impact of the Rosalux History podcast (@rosaluxstiftung)

historyworkshop.org.uk/podcast/rosalu…