Tag: 1970s

Events

Jenkins, Healey, and Crosland: ‘The Gang of Three’ on stage

‘The Gang of Three’: Roy Jenkins, Denis Healey, Tony Crosland: three brilliant friends, three bitter rivals – and all three convinced they should lead the Labour Party. Now, an acclaimed drama, and available for booking on a national tour. Labour historians might be all too familiar with the intricate details, machinations, and history of the three leading Labour Party figures – Roy Jenkins, Denis Healey, … Continue reading Jenkins, Healey, and Crosland: ‘The Gang of Three’ on stage

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MA & BA bursaries

Cian Ireland (University of York) on worker and trade union responses to deindustrialisation in Wales

Jim Tomlinson has argued that deindustrialisation was the ‘meta-narrative’ of post-war British history. In Wales, its historical economic reliance on extractive industries such as coal and slate saw their decline begin earlier in the twentieth century. Therefore, deindustrialisation has arguably been a ‘meta-narrative’ in Wales for decades longer. My dissertation looks at the history of worker and trade union responses to deindustrialisation in the south … Continue reading Cian Ireland (University of York) on worker and trade union responses to deindustrialisation in Wales

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Labour History Review

The Sentier Strike in Paris (1980): The Mobilization of Immigrant Workers as an Anti-Imperialist Struggle

Author:  Camille Fauroux and Fatma Çıngı KocadostThis is the abstract of an article published in Labour History Review (2025), 90, (3). Read this article. In the 1970s, young activists of the Turkish revolutionary left found themselves in France as refugees, students, or workers. Amongst them, members of Devrimci Yol (Revolutionary Way), galvanized by the intensity of the struggles in Turkey, decided to do their bit by organizing migrant workers … Continue reading The Sentier Strike in Paris (1980): The Mobilization of Immigrant Workers as an Anti-Imperialist Struggle

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Commentary

Coney Street, York: a place in labour history

Continuing our series on places of significance in labour history, Kathy Davies introduces Coney Street in York. As a resident of York, I frequently walk down Coney Street, one of the city’s oldest and most familiar commercial thoroughfares. Now bustling with ‘brunchers’ heading to The Ivy and tourists searching for Betty’s Tea Room, this street was once the home of the Yorkshire Evening Press and … Continue reading Coney Street, York: a place in labour history

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Bursary reports, Research bursaries

Gavin McCann on the libraries of the South Wales miners

Gavin McCann is researching a book on trade unions and education. Here he writes about his visit to the South Wales Miners’ Library in search of a lost culture of socialist education. ‘I was in a second-hand bookshop in Cambridge — it would have been 73-74 — and came across two volumes of the history of the mining industry. I thought, bloody hell, where has … Continue reading Gavin McCann on the libraries of the South Wales miners

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Research bursaries

Harry Griffiths (Bangor) on anti-fascism in South Wales and the North West of England

My PhD research examines the development of anti-fascist activism within industrial communities in twentieth-century Britain. It explores localised anti-fascist movements and how factors such as class, employment, and education influenced political engagement. Focusing on two case studies, South Wales and North West England, the project examines the shared characteristics and distinctive experiences of anti-fascist activism across different industrial regions. While anti-fascism in Britain has received … Continue reading Harry Griffiths (Bangor) on anti-fascism in South Wales and the North West of England

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Bursary reports, MA & BA bursaries

Steven Cox (Liverpool John Moores) on the legacy of Labour Party Young Socialists

My dissertation focuses on the individual and political legacy of the Labour Party Young Socialists (LPYS) with particular emphasis on the period 1979 – 1991. This period covers the ideological polarisation of Britain under Thatcher’s premiership. It was also a time when the LPYS grew dramatically to nearly 600 branches by 1985, only to contract and ultimately be closed down by the Labour Party in … Continue reading Steven Cox (Liverpool John Moores) on the legacy of Labour Party Young Socialists

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Labour History Review

Domestic Service and the Labour Movement in Franco-Era Spain: The Young Christian Workers and the Struggles of Domestic Workers (1960–1976)

Author: Diego LatorreThis is the abstract of an article published in Labour History Review (2025), 90, (2). Read this article. The 1960s and 1970s in Spain were a period of intense social mobilization against Franco’s dictatorship. The clandestine and democratic labour movement was the main political agent behind efforts to improve working conditions and to achieve a political transition towards democracy in Spain. However, within this context, domestic … Continue reading Domestic Service and the Labour Movement in Franco-Era Spain: The Young Christian Workers and the Struggles of Domestic Workers (1960–1976)

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Bursary reports, MA & BA bursaries

Jamila Squire (Westminster) on international solidarity with Italian political prisoners: 1979-84

My MA dissertation research focuses on a wave of state repression of Italian militants from the late 1970s to mid-1980s. On 7 April 1979 several Italian militants and intellectuals of Potere Operaio (workers’ power), Autonomia Operaia (workers’ autonomy), and unaffiliated activists critical of the Italian Communist Party, were arrested for participation in the armed group ‘The Red Brigades’ and the suspected kidnapping and killing of … Continue reading Jamila Squire (Westminster) on international solidarity with Italian political prisoners: 1979-84

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Events, Grants

Beyond the Fragments: 45 Years On

Earlier this year, a one-day conference was held to mark 45 years since the publication of the seminal socialist-feminist text, Beyond the Fragments: Feminism and the Making of Socialism. Co-authored by Sheila Rowbotham, Lynne Segal and Hilary Wainwright, the book argued that the Women’s Liberation Movement offered a unique insight for socialist organising at the end of the 1970s, found not just in theory, but … Continue reading Beyond the Fragments: 45 Years On

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