Workers’ Organisation before 1843: Radical unionism and the Preston Cotton Martyrs The workers' struggles and damning poverty in Preston, Lancashire during the 19th Century have sadly…
The Courtaulds Red Scar Mill strike, 1965 A short history of the unofficial strike at Courtauld's Red Scar Mill in Preston, 1965, the first of what would become a long list of significant…
Spanish anti-fascist ‘prisoners of war’ in Lancashire, 1944–46 Fascinating and detailed paper by Richard Cleminson examining the appalling treatment of Spanish…
The Luddites: machine-breaking in regency England A historical overview and analysis of the Luddite movement 1811-1816 which swept parts of the UK as workers smashed machines to defend their jobs…
Mail order millions - Paul Bolton 'Mail Order Millions' was written by Paul Bolton and published by Solidarity (North West) - the first pamphlet they issued, analysing the mail…
The road to Wigan Pier - George Orwell Orwell's examinations of the conditions for the working class in the north of England prior to World War Two and how he became a socialist.
Stakhanovism and the British workers Marie Louise Berneri's article on Stakhanovism and other methods imposed on workers in order to squeeze more productivity and profit out of them…
There is blood on your hands Mr. Lawson! A Freedom article on Agustin Soler's suicide on 11th July, 1945, and the then Labour government's policy of interning anti-fascists.
The Lancashire coalfield 1945-1972: NUM-Labour Party hegemony and industrial change An article by Stephen Catterall on the colliery closures of the fifties and sixties in the…
