John Levin

@anterotesis
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Digital History, Radical History, Social History.
Dadaists, Coin clippers, Absconding Debtors, Londoners.
Critics and Critiques of Political Economy.
Open Access, Public Domain, Hacking Around.
Editor of British History Online at the IHR.
Also Cats & Spain.
Blog:https://anterotesis.com
Alsatia: Debtor Sanctuaries of Londonhttps://alsatia.org.uk/site/
Statutes Project:https://statutes.org.uk
Show threadJohn Levin18h ago

A couple more #PublicDomain volumes requested from Google Books:

Report on the Economic and Financial Situation of Palestine, 1927:
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-uG-yhx245UC

The Young Clerk's Compleat Guide in the Modern Practice of the Court of King's Bench, 11776:
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=rN9IAQAAMAAJ

Report on the Economic and Financial Situation of Palestine...

Google Books
John Levin1d ago

New #RadicalHistory event:

“Not a thing was moving”: the 1926 General Strike in Hackney and beyond

Sat 9 May 2026 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Hackney Archives, Dalston Square, E8 3BQ.

https://radicalhistoryfaction.wordpress.com/2026/03/08/event-the-1926-general-strike-in-hackney-and-beyond-may-9th-2026/

#History

Event: the 1926 General Strike in Hackney and beyond – May 9th 2026

“Not a thing was moving”: the 1926 General Strike in Hackney and beyond Sat 9 May 2026 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Hackney Archives, Dalston Square, E8 3BQ. A talk by Radical History Faction as part of…

Radical History Faction
Show threadJohn Levin2d ago

Yet more #PublicDomain vols released by Google Books:

Guide to the Public Record Office of Ireland, 1919:
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=aubr2appoQ4C

First periodical report of the Boundary Commission of Wales, 1954:
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9raCsD_xWl4C

Report on the Economic and Financial Situation of Palestine, 1927
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-uG-yhx245UC

A Guide to the Records Deposited in the Public Record Office of Ireland

"Piety and Power" explores gender and religion in the seventeenth century in three American colonies with a dominant religious traditions. The book examines not only the domestic and devotional aspects of women's lives, but also the more public roles that women engaged in as arbiters of community morals and public order.

Google Books
Show threadJohn Levin3d ago

And more #PublicDomain vols released by Google Books:

Jnls of the House of Commons,:
1708: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-TVIAQAAMAAJ
1957-8: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jrRWAAAAYAAJ
1974: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=MrtWAAAAYAAJ

1921 Census: London:
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=c-xQk9bnoFUC

Journals of the House of Commons ...

Google Books
Show threadJohn Levin6d ago

Videos uploaded to Internet Archive:

https://archive.org/details/Doge-Depositions-MLA-ACLS-AHA-Lawsuit-About-The-NEH

DOGE deposition videos in Depositions for MLA-ACLS-AHA Lawsuit About the NEH : MLA, ACLS, AHA : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Depositions for MLA-ACLS-AHA Lawsuit About the NEHIncludes:   - Justin Fox Deposition   - Nathan Cavanaugh Deposition   - Adam Wolfson Deposition   -...

Internet Archive
John LevinMar 14

Videos of DOGE depositions taken down:

https://www.404media.co/doge-deposition-videos-taken-down-after-judge-order-and-widespread-mockery/

But are available via torrent. Magnet link here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/1rt436y/comment/oacs96t/?force-legacy-sct=1

Transcripts:
https://www.acls.org/acls-aha-mla-lawsuit-discovery-materials/

DOGE Deposition Videos Taken Down After Judge Order and Widespread Mockery

The government asked a judge to stop the spread of the videos on YouTube. The judge agreed and ordered their immediate removal.

404 Media
Show threadJohn LevinMar 14

More #PublicDomain Govt publications released by Google:

Local Government Boundary Commission for England Report No.1 (1972):
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bJUWAQAAIAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s

1931 Census preliminary report:
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=33Gb9ggpTHUC&newbks=0&source=gbs_navlinks_s

1931 Census pamphlets:
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8JAcAAAAIAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s

Local Government Boundary Commission for England Report No.1

Google Books
Show threadJohn LevinMar 13

Irish historical materials released into the #PublicDomain by Google:

Irish Elections 1750-1832 (a collection of documents): https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6i7gGsu4e2wC

Eighteenth Century Irish Official Papers in Great Britain: PrivateCollections.

Volume 1: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=d2JX72yI4A0C
Volume 2: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wGi9G7paA40C

#Ireland #IrishHistory

Irish Elections 1750-1832

Google Books
John LevinMar 12
The Statutes ProjectMar 12

Things You MUST NOT DO In Covent Garden

A look at the old market byelaws painted on boards at Covent Garden.

https://londonist.com/london/history/things-you-must-not-do-in-covent-garden

#LegalHistory #London

Things You MUST NOT DO In Covent Garden

Never hurl a parsnip.

Londonist
John LevinMar 12

Bristol Radical History Festival, 25th & 26th April, program announced:

https://www.brh.org.uk/site/event-series/bristol-radical-history-festival-2026/

#RadicalHistory #History

Bristol Radical History Festival 2026 - Bristol Radical History Group

The Bristol Radical History Festival returns this Spring for its eighth edition, with history talks, panel discussions, films, history walks, performance and exhibitions. There will also be space devoted to stalls, where you can stock up on history pamphlets, books and more, from over 30 publishers and distributors. The main part of the festival is […]

Bristol Radical History Group