Jan 7

E114: [TEASER] Fireside Chat – 2025 in review

Teaser extract of our latest Fireside Chat podcast available exclusively for our Patreon supporters in which we sit down for a bit of a chat about the year past, for WCH and the world, and plans we have for the year ahead.We discuss a year of the podcast, sick leave, full kit wan ... Show More

11m 52s

Nov 26

E113: [TEASER] Radical Reads – Forces of Labour

This is a teaser preview of one of our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/collection/804050?view=expanded" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Radical Reads</a> episodes, made exclusively for our supporters on patreon. You can listen to the full 67-minute episode without ads ... Show More

18m 21s

Oct 30

WCH Podcast and Patreon Update

An update for you on the Working Class History podcast and its future. In short, we began releasing much more frequent podcast episodes 18 months ago, in an effort to get more supporters on Patreon. While we were able to grow our support, it has not been sufficient to cover our i ... Show More

4m 30s

Jun 2020

Pride & Protest

June 28, 1970. Hundreds of people start to gather on Christopher Street in Manhattan’s West Village for an anniversary celebration. One year earlier, in that very same spot, the Stonewall Inn was raided by police, sparking a revolution. Now, LGBTQ+ people have come here again, no ... Show More

24m 18s

Jun 2021

The Stonewall Inn

In June 1969, the gay community in New York responded to police brutality and harassment by rioting outside the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village. For several days there were battles with the police. The protest sparked the creation of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement and the f ... Show More

9m 5s

Jun 2019

The Stonewall Riot

In June 1969, the gay community in New York responded to police brutality and harassment by rioting outside the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village. The protest sparked the creation of the modern LGBT rights movement and the first Gay Pride events. Simon Watts talks to Stonewall v ... Show More

9m 11s

Jul 2020

Stonewall | Eric Marcus Remembers the Voices of Stonewall | 5

When the events of Stonewall happened in 1969, Eric Marcus was just a boy away at a New Jersey summer camp. Nearly 20 years later, he would document the voices of revolutionary LGBTQ activists like Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera and Frank Kameny for his book, “<a href="https ... Show More

39m 21s

Jun 2023

[BEST OF] The Spanish Civil War

ORIGINALLY RELEASED Jul 28, 2018 John from Working Class History joins Brett to discuss the Spanish Civil War! This is a long-anticipated episode on a deeply important and relevant historical event. We spent a LOT of time editing and producing ... Show More

1h 56m

Mar 2024

18th Century Graffiti: Sex, Murder & Rebellion

Whether it's a declaration of love, anger or rebellion against the government, graffiti can give us incredible insight into the social history of everyday people. By the 18th century it's recognised by authorities a serious social problem and a threat to their positi ... Show More

48m 37s

Nov 2023

Section 28: The Anti-Gay Law That Sparked A Movement

The 1980s have a lot to answer for - spandex, for one. It also saw the first new anti-gay law in Britain for over a century. Against the backdrop of the HIV epidemic, and increasing homophobia across the media and politics, the law Section 28 was passed in ... Show More

38m 44s

Feb 2023

The Black Liberation Army w/ Comrade Z of Rookery Press

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1h 46m

E26: The Stonewall riots and Pride at 50...