The 1989 ⁦BBC Radio 4⁩ adaptation of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists in 6 parts will be on ⁦BBC Sounds⁩ and Radio 4 Extra later this week bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/…

#OtD 7 Apr 1879 Indian anti-colonial activist Begum Hazrat Mahal died in exile in Nepal. She led a rebellion against the British East India Company and seized control of Lucknow, but was eventually forced to retreat and sought asylum in Nepal stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10679/…

Carol Emarthle-Douglas, Northern Arapaho and Seminole basket maker who uses traditional methods, honouring the female heritage of her craft #WomensArt

Just because a fielde of studye ys ignored, neglected, or underfunded doth not mean it ys any less necessarye. The market ys a blasphemouslye terrible waye of determininge what ys valuable to teache and learne for the future.

Join me at Manchester International Workers Memorial Day megaphone.org.uk/events/manches… via @megaphoneuk

The horror in #Gaza will haunt the Western governments that have supported it for many years to come, just as the Iraq War has done. Biden, Sunak and others will forever be associated with the backing - and weapons - they supplied to Netanyahu.

As more people seek climate-friendly end-of-life solutions, increasingly popular options include renting a flatpack coffin to reduce your funeral’s carbon footprint
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Gabriel Carlyle reviews Astra Taylor's 'The Age of Insecurity: Coming Together as Things Fall Apart': peacenews.info/node/10925/ast… 3/3

Our market looking beautiful in the sun - thanks to Andrea Andrea 😍 Spring has sprung! So see you on Saturday ♥️

Please share this graphic widely everybody on all socials, on behalf of the magnificent striking workers at PCS Liverpool Museums ✊✊✊✊✊✊

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Amazon billed its 'Just Walk Out' stores as some triumph of AI. In reality, it was powered by thousands of low-paid Indian workers manually adding up items in your cart as you shopped.

How insanely dystopian. gizmodo.com/amazon-reporte…

56 years ago today, Civil Rights Movement leader, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. Gone, but not forgotten.

Rest in Power.

#OtD 1 Apr 1998 Christopher Alder died on a police station floor in Hull, UK. While unconscious, police failed to examine him and instead made monkey noises over his body. A verdict of unlawful killing was made in 2000. No officers were ever found guilty stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8041/c…

#OtD 1 Apr 1649 the Diggers, a group of Protestant radicals, occupied St George's Hill in Surrey, UK, and began tilling the land collectively. The Diggers advocated a kind of proto-communism based on direct action, common ownership and the end of hierarchy stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8025/t…

#OtD 1 Apr 1914 the longest schoolchildren's strike in the UK began in Norfolk. Pupils at the Burston school walked out in support of two unfairly sacked teachers and started their own school with funds from the workers' movt. It lasted for over 25 years stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8028/b…

All set up at the Bolshie Bargain Bookstall @ Lark Lane Fleamarket today!
10-4pm
Books galore from £1.50
with *NEW* collection of Radical Rarities
Plus vintage vinyl; jazzy jewellry; bric-a-brac; political pamphlets; CDs

Lark Lane Fleamarket
Old Police Station
Liverpool
L17 8UU

Six books unified by an originality of voice, accessible, insightful, each one a masterpiece. May we present the first ever #WomensPrize for #NonFiction shortlist sponsored by Findmypast.

Huge congratulations to the shortlisted authors and our heartfelt thanks to the judges!

Wow. This is London right now.

Absolutely MASSIVE protest in support of Palestine.

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Our final read for #WomensHistoryMonth is ‘With Love, Grief and Fury’ by the fabulous Salena Godden, published by Canongate 2 May, available to pre-order now! 📚

Catch Salena Godden at #WoWFEST , 11 May, 7pm Bluecoat 🎟️tinyurl.com/3mknzmjc

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