The South Pelaw Miners Banner needed a new home- where better than the local school where the children would grow up knowing of their proud mining heritage? A grant from Durham County Council's Labour local Councillor Tracie Smith has paid for the restoration of the banner and its fine oak case . This delicate silk […]
Whatever happened to Community Education or Life Long Learning? Who controls Learning now? How can adult education strengthen democracy?
Lewis is Associate Professor of Political Theory at Durham University and author of The Great Political Unrest: rank-and file movements and political change in the Durham coalfield
The Newcastle University Labour & Society Research Group are organising a conference on 'The British General Strike of 1926: New Directions of Research' at the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Armstrong Building NE1 7RU on Thursday 7 and Friday 8 May and the programme and poster are attached. Tickets will be available on Thursday […]
Robert Lowery was a North Shields working man whose early life was a mixture of tragedy, hard work and crippling illness. He went on to become a leading Chartist and a speaker able to attract large crowds to fight for the Chartist cause. He spent almost half his life campaigning for the Charter and later […]
From Martin Levy Dear Comrades and Friends On Friday 26 June, Newcastle TUC will be screening the documentary film, 'The General Strike – A Revolution Betrayed?' recently unearthed in the archive of Platform Films. The event takes place at 7.30 pm at the Tyneside Irish Centre. Details, and the booking link are given below. Please […]
Overview This lecture explores Sacriston’s unique role during this turbulent period. One hundred years ago, Sacriston was in the grip of a historic industrial conflict. The short-lived General Strike, in May 1926, in the eyes of some, had brought Britain to the brink of revolution. It was followed by the months-long Miners’ Lockout, as coal […]
In 1932 one government response to mass unemployment was to fund the National Council for Voluntary Service to set up clubs and social centres for the unemployed. They offered members materials and instruction in boot-repair, carpentry, and allotment gardening, clothes making and alteration. Some like Rock House in Seaham and the Spennymoor Settlement also provided discussion-based […]
For the past seven years men from Teesside who volunteered to fight fascism and defended democracy during the Spanish Civil War of 1936-39 have been remembered at a special commemorative event, thirty Two Teesside volunteers served in the International Brigade in Spain, of these ten lost their lives. This year our Teesside Volunteers for Liberty […]
For the past seven years men from the North East of England who volunteered to fight fascism and defended democracy in the International Brigade during the Spanish Civil War of 1936-39 have been remembered at commemorative events organised by the North East Volunteers for Liberty, these are held in Newcastle, Sunderland and on Teesside; see […]