North East Labour History

Tuesday 26th September at the Lit & Phil at 6.00pm Booking: Lit & Phil Members only until 4th September. In association with Yale University Press Presented by Robert Gildea A powerful new history of the Great Strike, based on more than 140 interviews with former miners and their families. Forty years ago, Arthur Scargill led […]

This talk will reflect on the politicisation of unemployment across UK towns and cities in the early 1980s. With a particular focus on trade union and community organising, the presentation will reflect on the role of Unemployed Workers’ Centres in articulating opposition to deindustrialisation, redundancies, and long-term unemployment. Focusing upon centres as ‘solidarity infrastructures’ allows […]

From Liam Liburd: My name is Liam Liburd and I'm the Assistant Professor of Black British History at Durham University. I'm also the Department of History's Public History Officer and am responsible for arranging history-related public events across the academic year. I'm writing to bring our Black History Month event to your attention... History Now! BHM […]

From Martin Levy The annual 'Volunteers for Liberty' event, to commemorate the volunteers from the North East who gave their lives fighting in the International Brigade in Spain, will be held at 2 pm on Sunday 29 October at the memorial plaque in the grounds of Newcastle Civic Centre. Speakers will include author Alex Clifford and representatives from the Communist […]