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'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.

Can the ideas of a controversial trans Marxist be recovered? Rebecca Jane Morgan on Rachael Webb's (1940-2009) class-based coalition politics.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

I’ve launched a new series, Radical Horizons, for History Workshop today! Excited to share some great pieces over the next month.

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

Ongoing thread of the names, images, and brief bios of Iranian civilians killed during January 2026 #IranProtests:

'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.

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.

This is such a wonderful piece by Sara Kazmi. I loved working on it with her.

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.

Netpol's statement on today's court decision is available here netpol.org/2025/07/04/p...

"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...

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.

NO WAR WITH IRAN - please urgently write to your MP, email template link docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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.

"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

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

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.

📣 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.

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....

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....

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....

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....

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

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....

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

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...

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.

“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.

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

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.

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....

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!

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:

It’s a pleasure to publish @alexjwhite.bsky.social’s research on transnational African activists in anticolonial Cairo for History Workshop online👇

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....

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....

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...

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!

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