Exploring local Radical History through events, publications, and engaging speakers. Uncover untold stories with the Bristol Radical History Group.
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This account is no longer active. Please follow us to find about the Bristol Radical History Festival 25-26 April 2026 & all other activities on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/brisradhis.… & Facebook: facebook.com/bristolradicalh…
Stefan Szczelkun’s recent article summarises his philosophy as it’s developed in his self-published books over the last 40 years”. It’s an opportunity to learn & unlearn some truths about class & culture: tinyurl.com/mr3ejw73 @szczels
Public Meeting - with Bristol Anti-Racist Action, Bristol Anti-Fascists,
Bristol Defendant Solidarity, and NetPol.
6.30pm Doors + info; 7.00pm Speakers Panel + Q&A; 8.30pm informal chats
& campaign stalls
Keep Bristol Anti-Fascist!
#solidarity #mutualaid #AllColoursAreBristol
We’re chuffed to announce the dates of the 8th Bristol Radical History Festival so you can get the weekend in your diaries and calendars! Saturday 25th April 2026 at M Shed (10:00-16:30) @Mshedbristol and Sunday 26th April 2026 venue tbc
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7 years ago #OTD anti fascists marched & rallied over the far right’s attempting to capitalise over Brexit.
We need that fighting unity now & @UKTogetherAll is crucial to it.
@AntiRacismDay @Searchlight_mag
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Instant summary from the #spycops public inquiry where 'S', the now-ex wife of officer Mark Jenner has been talking about how he betrayed her, as did his managers & colleagues.
@tombfowler talks to @PeterSalmon7 of @UndercoverNet
youtu.be/oA-iOLDazyo
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Nice one @billybragg!
Join us with Billy Bragg & Care4Calais this Saturday 13 December, 1pm Downing Street.
Say no to fascist #TommyRobinson
Don’t let the far right divide us at Christmas.
#RefugeesAreNotToBlame
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#OtD 9 Dec 1947 the Rawagede massacre was carried out by Dutch colonial troops in Indonesia, who executed 431 people: nearly every male aged over 15 in the village of Rawagede (now Balongsari). None of the killers were prosecuted stories.workingclasshistory.…
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On Saturday 13 December fascist #TommyRobinson will be at Whitehall.
We won’t let the far right divide us at Christmas.
Join us with @care4calais to say ‘Unity over division’, 1pm, Downing Street.
Bring winter coats for ‘Coats4Calais appeal.
#RefugeesAreNotToBlame
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Alison explaining to the inquiry how she never questioned #spycops Jenner's reluctance to talk about his rough childhood. Spycops used tales of trauma to get sympathy from the people they were manipulating. "That's what being played looks like," she says.
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Remembering Sinead O'Connor on her birthday. Here in 1992 by photographer Jane Bown #WomensArt
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#OtD 9 Dec 1987 the First Intifada of Palestinians against Israeli occupation began with a general strike, refusal to pay taxes, a boycott of Israeli institutions and riots which lasted until the early 1990s. Learn more in these books: shop.workingclasshistory.com…
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#OtD 9 Dec 1842 one of the founders of contemporary anarchist-communism, Peter Kropotkin, was born. An activist, scientist, and philosopher, he abandoned his aristocratic background in favour of the revolutionary class struggle. Works available here: shop.workingclasshistory.com…
New blog by Richard Musgrove “Mass meeting on the Downs – 16 May 1926” Any more information welcome via @brisradhis website: tinyurl.com/bdd3mhsh #GeneralStrike100
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#OtD 28 Nov 1919 Faye Schulman, Jewish resistance partisan, was born in Lenin, Poland. She survived the massacre of local Jews and joined the partisans as a fighter, nurse and movement photographer. She survived and lived until the age of 101. stories.workingclasshistory.…
Obituary: a moving tribute to our late comrade, Samuel Kelly AKA Durston Fletcher: broadcaster, radical historian, Tower Harratz vocalist, stuntster, anti-fascist, ideas man… & Fishponder.
2026 marks the 9-day General Strike's centenary. @brisradhis are delighted to be part of the national partnership of museums, libraries, archives & history groups #GeneralStrike100 project. See Rob Whitfield’s article: tinyurl.com/57bjjhnp
In 1973 the Bristol Trades Union Council made a programme on its centenary as part of a BBC Community Programmes initiative. Engineering worker & TU Council delegate Ron Whiteford contributed his account of the 1926 General Strike in Bristol. Film clip: tinyurl.com/3jyux4dd
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My introduction to the 1926 General Strike for People’s History Museum #GeneralStrike100 phm.org.uk/blogposts/1926-ge…
ALT Tank with children standing next to it on residential street