History

Originally published on internationalsocialist.net  To mark the anniversary of the Bush/Blair invasion of Iraq, we republish here three articles. The editorial from Socialist, then the

By Jason Toynbee It was huge. The biggest demonstration in British history with up to two million people on the streets of London shouting, down

With the revolutionary events in Iran inspiring working class people across the world, we look back at the events of 1979, when workers and the

Just over a century ago the world was in the midst of its first ‘global’ imperialist war. Developed capitalist states, grouped into blocs, sent people

Amongst the greatest victories in Scottish workers’ history was the 1915 rent strike – during the First World War. Beginning in Glasgow, resistance spread across

The Spanish Revolution of 1931-1939 is one of the greatest events in working-class history in the twentieth century. Heroic Spanish workers rose up against an

This summer marks the 180th Anniversary of the General Strike of 1842, when hundreds of thousands of workers across Britain staged walkouts. Raging from the

As the so-called Summer of Discontent continues to build, with the media and politicians screaming out about ‘abuses of union power’, attention has once again

We live in times of crises. The effects of the climate crisis are being felt more and more. As extreme weather events including forest fires,