Working Class History

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The festival takes place at the ex-GKN car parts factory in Florence, which was seized by workers after they were fired in 2021. They've held the factory for 4+ years and plan to reopen it as a coop making ecological goods.

More in our previous eps here: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/wcl10-11-florence-working-class-literature-festival/

This Wed at 4pm BST: new podcast episode, Live from the Working-Class Literature Festival! We went to Florence to speak to authors, activists, and organisers about the festival, and what's next in the GKN struggle.

Listen on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/wcl-14-live-from-135090446

One lucky person has the opportunity to be the 666th backer of Be Gay Do Crime! Only 2 days to go! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wrkclasshistory/be-gay-do-crime-a-history-of-queer-resistance

New podcast episode! We talk to the authors of China in Global Capitalism about working-class life and struggle in China and its relations abroad, inc with Israel, in Africa, and its rivalry with the US.

Listen to a preview here or wherever you get your podcasts: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e106-radical-reads-china-in-global-capitalism/

Thank you to everyone who's supported our Kickstarter! But a special thank you to everyone choosing the 'Buy One, Donate One' reward, which lets us donate copies to groups for educational purposes.

Still 5 MORE DAYS to back the Kickstarter! More info: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wrkclasshistory/be-gay-do-crime-a-history-of-queer-resistance

Lots of new additions to our online store! Historical and theoretical texts to help inform your practice.

Check them out here: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/en-gb/collections/books

Sad to report that China Labor Bulletin is no more. Ostensibly due to "financial problems", six members have been detained. CLB had promoted workers' rights and news in China since 1994.

Our recent podcast would have been impossible without their work: https://patreon.com/posts/e106-radical-in-129688227

Out now for everyone! Part 1 of our double-episode about Jack Hilton. We talk about how Hilton survived WWI, got active the unemployed workers' movement, and became one of Orwell's favourite writers.

Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/wcl12-13-jack-hilton-rochdale-caliban/

New titles from our friends at @pmpress available in our online shop! Check them out, get inspired, and get organised: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/en-gb/collections/books