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Joe Redmayne @joeredmayne.bsky.social · Oct 14
CfP: The British General Strike of 1926: New Directions of Research, 7-8 May 2026 @newcastleuni.bsky.social
Deadline: 6 February 2026

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#GeneralStrike1926 #GeneralStrike100
CfP: The British General Strike of 1926: New Directions of Research
To commemorate the centenary of the British General Strike and miners’ lock-out, Newcastle University’s Labour & Society Research Group (LSRG) is organising a conference that revisits the…
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“The combined tuition fees of the entire Question Time panel would not cover my cost for 1 year of uni. Is that fair?”
Oli Dugmore

It’s absolutely NOT fair. This outrageous scandal must end
February 6, 2026 at 7:34 AM
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nataliethomlinson.bsky.social
Three scholarships for PhD in Arthur Scargill Archive - quite the opportunity. Believe me when I say that I am sure that some of the stuff in here will be quite the eye-opener! (if the good stuff hasn't been already shredded or slapped with an embargo)
FindAPhD : PhD Studentships to support doctoral research in the Arthur Scargill Archive at the University of Sheffield at University of Sheffield
Apply for a PhD: PhD Studentships to support doctoral research in the Arthur Scargill Archive at the University of Sheffield at University of Sheffield
www.findaphd.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:46 AM
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gazza-d.bsky.social
It is always a pleasure to read about Margaret Calvert. Absolute legend. Her contribution to the look of modern Britain is immense.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Waddle this way! The sign-making genius who kept Britain’s drivers (and ducks) safe
Airports, road signs, animal warnings … Margaret Calvert revolutionised how Britain looked and her brilliantly clear designs are still used today. We meet the font legend and Porsche lover
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:59 AM
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mrcwarwick.bsky.social
As the General Strike centenary gets closer, we've been boosting our digitised content!

560 original documents have now been digitised & are free to access, including strike bulletins, radio transcripts, union communications & more... #GeneralStrike100

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Leaflet issued during the May 1926 General Strike in support of the government: The General Strike. MESSAGE FROM THE PRIME MINISTER. Constitutional Government is being attacked. Let all good Citizens whose livelihood and labour have thus been put in peril bear with fortitude and patience the hardships with which they have been so suddenly confronted. Stand behind the Government, who are doing their part, confident that you will co-operate in the measures they have undertaken to preserve the liberties and privileges of the people of these Islands. The laws of England are the people’s birthright. The laws are in your keeping. You have made Parliament their guardian. The General Strike is a challenge to Parliament and is the road to anarchy and ruin. STANLEY BALDWIN. Front page of the Daily Graphic, 13 May 1926. It includes photographs of strike breaking activities, including medical students and soldiers moving goods. The Leeds Citizen, a special strike bulletin published on behalf of the local strike committee. This edition dates from 8 May 1926 and includes the Trades Union Congress' statement that the General Strike was an industrial dispute (rather than a revolutionary challenge to the constitution), information about the local situation, and a report on debates in the House of Commons. Leaflet issued by the Trades Union Congress during the May 1926 General Strike: TRADES UNION CONGRESS CONSTITUTION NOT CHALLENGED The General Council of the Trades Union Congress does NOT challenge Constitution. It is not seeking to substitute unconstitutional government. Nor is it desirous of undermining our Parliamentary institutions. AN INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE The sole aim of the Council is to secure for the miners a decent standard of life. The Council is engaged in an Industrial dispute. THERE IS NO CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS. THE ONLY ISSUE In any settlement, the only issue to be decided will be an industrial issue, not political, not constitutional. Printed and Published by the General Council of the Trades Union Congress, 33 Eccleston Square, London, S.W
January 30, 2026 at 11:49 AM
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joeredmayne.bsky.social
Just over a week or so left to submit your abstracts. It’s shaping up to be an excellent conference from the papers already submitted, as well as with confirmed keynote speakers Prof. David Featherstone and Dr. @kasperbrasken.bsky.social. Please share with colleagues and networks! #GeneralStrike100
January 28, 2026 at 12:44 PM
joeredmayne.bsky.social
Just over a week or so left to submit your abstracts. It’s shaping up to be an excellent conference from the papers already submitted, as well as with confirmed keynote speakers Prof. David Featherstone and Dr. @kasperbrasken.bsky.social. Please share with colleagues and networks! #GeneralStrike100
January 28, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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freedompress.bsky.social
"Three Palestine Action members end 73-day hunger strike | UK News | Sky News" news.sky.com/story/palest...
Three Palestine Action members end 73-day hunger strike
Three Palestine Action hunger strikers have ended their 73-day action after they claimed a key demand was met.
news.sky.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:25 PM
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historyworkshop.org.uk
What does a new exhibition on 200 years of British trades union history reveal about the tumultuous story of workers organising for change?

Marybeth Hamilton sits down with historians and archivists to discuss the exhibition and the unexpected stories that it unveils.
Reimagining Trades Union History
What does a new exhibition on 200 years of British trades union history reveal about the triumphs and challenges of collective action?
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
January 8, 2026 at 7:00 AM
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sslh.bsky.social
In our continuing series on places in labour history, Quentin Outram recounts the story of the Northumberland miners who came to be known as the Cramlington train wreckers sslh.org.uk/2025/12/19/c...
Cramlington: a place in labour history
In our continuing series on places in labour history, Quentin Outram recounts the story of the Northumberland miners who came to be known as the Cramlington train wreckers. East Coast main line at …
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December 19, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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shirinhirsch.bsky.social
Jimmy Cliff was touring the clubs of Wolverhampton in the year Enoch Powell made his Rivers of Blood speech. 50 years later artists Anand Chhabra, Jagdish Patel and Vanley Burke responded with the exhibition Many Rivers to Cross, the title of Cliff's 1969 track. RIP www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y9Q...
Many rivers to cross - Jimmy Cliff
YouTube video by TheSunAnge
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November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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We're proud to be a member of the #GeneralStrike100 national partnership .

Explore our interactive map and sign up to visit your nearest partner and #GeneralStrike100 history sites via https://bit.ly/VisitaGS100site

#GFTU
Commemorative poster for the General Strike 1926-2026, featuring a montage of historical black and white photos including workers and children, with a dominant central figure standing at a podium. The logo of the General Federation of Trade Unions is also visible.
November 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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mrcwarwick.bsky.social
Call for papers #CFP

Blood is the Price of Coal: Coal Communities, Health and Welfare in Britain and Beyond from the 19th Century to the Present

18 June 2026: 1 day conference + NUM archive exhibition

Submit abstracts / express interest at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...

Deadline: 25 Jan 2026
Blood is the Price of Coal: Coal Communities, Health and Welfare in Britain and Beyond from the 19th Century to the Present When and where: University of Warwick, Coventry, on Thursday 18 June 2026. Conference summary: This free one day conference aims to bring together researchers from higher education, community and campaign groups to explore the history of health and welfare in Britain’s coal mining industry. Held jointly by the University of Warwick's Centre for the History of Medicine, Science and Technology, and Modern Records Centre, the event will run alongside an exhibition which will explore some of the themes covered by the speakers through the National Union of Mineworkers' archives. We welcome contributions from new and established researchers, working inside and outside higher education. Confirmed participants include: - Jörg Arnold (University of Augsburg / Institute for Contemporary History Munich - Berlin), author of The British Miner in the Age of DeIndustrialization - Keith Gildart (University of Wolverhampton), Principal Investigator on research project On Behalf of the People: Work, Community and Class in the British Coal Industry 1947-1994 and former miner - Quentin Outram (University of Leeds), Secretary of the Society for the Study of Labour History and co-editor of Coal in Victorian Britain Conference themes: Subjects that could be addressed include but are not limited to: The human cost of coal, including: - Mining disasters, their contemporary impacts and later memorialisation. - Industrial accidents, industrial diseases and workers’ compensation. - Mine safety and the improvement of conditions. - Mining and mental health. Industrial health and welfare, including: - Pre-nationalisation provision in and beyond the colliery. - National Coal Board provision, including the NCB Medical Service, housing and the Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation. - Trade union campaigns and benefit schemes. - Sport and social provision as mining welfare. Coal and community, including: - Environmental impact. - Mining families and the intergenerational effects of the mining industry. - Impacts of the industry with particular reference to gender, race and ethnicity. - Coalfield communities after coal: the effects of deindustrialisation. Submission guidelines We wish to make space for dialogue between academic and community-based researchers, and welcome involvement from mining heritage and local history groups / researchers from former coalfield communities. We welcome and encourage alternative presentational styles. Possible formats for contributions could include: - 15-20 minute papers. - 5 minute lightning papers (for example showcasing a particular object or archival source, or highlighting a particular place, event, individual or experience). - Round table discussions. - Posters or displays. Submission deadline: 25 January 2026. Limited funding for travel support will be available, with priority given to early career researchers or participants who cannot draw upon institutional funding. For additional enquiries, please contact the conference organisers at archives@warwick.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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dukepress.bsky.social
The newest issue of @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social (22:3) is online! Featuring essays on transnational solidarity, war, food, activism, and more! View the TOC and read the issue introduction, freely available: buff.ly/JczGGqn
Cover of Labor: Studies in Working-Class History, Volume 22, Number 3, September 2025. The design features bold red, black, and beige artwork depicting a dockside scene with a cargo container being lifted by crane, industrial silhouettes, and the outline of Chile in the background. Text on the cover reads “Chile” and “Nothing for the Fascists: The Boycott Speeds Up the Victory of the Chilean People.”
October 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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jich.bsky.social
See the recent book review by Joe Redmayne of 'Shipping Lords and Coolie Stokers: Class, Race, and Maritime Capitalism in the Early Twentieth Century' by Ravi Ahuja (Verso, 2024): doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Shipping Lords and Coolie Stokers: Class, Race, and Maritime Capitalism in the Early Twentieth Century
Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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November 4, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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profpetercole.bsky.social
The Genoese dockworkers inserted themselves into the globe’s most contentious political issue, Palestine, using the best tool in any worker’s toolbox: stopping work. Call it a boycott, call it direct action, call it a strike. When workers stop working, bosses & governments take notice. My latest! ✊
November 1, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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mininghistory.bsky.social
On 22 November, I'll be giving an online talk as part of the Mineral Expertise series at the University of Vienna:

"Mining the Past: What is the role of historians in the mining industry?"

You can sign up here:

scarce.univie.ac.at/events/singl...
Mining the Past: What is the role of historians in the mining industry?
SCARCE Colloquium Speaker: Duncan Money (Independent scholar) University of Vienna Hybrid Event
scarce.univie.ac.at
October 31, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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#ICYMI: In one of our latest blogs, @redhen90.bsky.social shares information about the national partnership to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the General Strike 1926.

Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/blog-making-...

#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll

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The logo for the centenary of the General Strike project. It includes images from the General Strike, and the logos of key project partners.
October 30, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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sslh.bsky.social
Join us for the launch of
Henry Dee’s ‘Militant Migrants: Clements Kadalie, the ICU and the Mass Movement of Black Workers in Southern Africa, 1896-1951’. Published with @livunipress.bsky.social.
Marx Memorial Library, 29 November
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October 28, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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Speaking at the University of Manchester's History Department in early December about my work on prisons and racism if you're in town and interested.
Dr Liam Liburd (Durham University), An Accidental History of Prisons and Race in Late Twentieth Century Britain | Events at The University of Manchester
Department of History Guest Seminar
events.manchester.ac.uk
October 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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New book review published at @jich.bsky.social

@joeredmayne.bsky.social reviews Ravi Ahuja's 'Shipping Lords and Coolie Stokers: Class, Race, and Maritime Capitalism in the Early Twentieth Century'

@versobooks.bsky.social

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Shipping Lords and Coolie Stokers: Class, Race, and Maritime Capitalism in the Early Twentieth Century
Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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durhamhistory.bsky.social
Massive congratulations to our wonderful @liamliburd.bsky.social for the publication of his new article "The Lost Pillar of British Political Culture: Black Constructions of British Fascism, 1930s–1970s" in The Journal of British Studies. 🎉https://doi.org/10.1017/jbr.2025.10129
The Lost Pillar of British Political Culture: Black Constructions of British Fascism, 1930s–1970s | Journal of British Studies | Cambridge Core
The Lost Pillar of British Political Culture: Black Constructions of British Fascism, 1930s–1970s - Volume 64
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October 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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kristinhussey.bsky.social
Colleagues doing very cool things! One for the labour, maritime and mining historians among you.
October 15, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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joeredmayne.bsky.social
CfP: The British General Strike of 1926: New Directions of Research, 7-8 May 2026 @newcastleuni.bsky.social
Deadline: 6 February 2026

More details:
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sslh.org.uk/2025/10/13/c...

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#GeneralStrike1926 #GeneralStrike100
CfP: The British General Strike of 1926: New Directions of Research
To commemorate the centenary of the British General Strike and miners’ lock-out, Newcastle University’s Labour & Society Research Group (LSRG) is organising a conference that revisits the…
sslh.org.uk
October 14, 2025 at 11:57 AM
joeredmayne.bsky.social
CfP: The British General Strike of 1926: New Directions of Research, 7-8 May 2026 @newcastleuni.bsky.social
Deadline: 6 February 2026

More details:
@sslh.bsky.social

sslh.org.uk/2025/10/13/c...

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Kindly supported by @leverhulme.ac.uk

#GeneralStrike1926 #GeneralStrike100
CfP: The British General Strike of 1926: New Directions of Research
To commemorate the centenary of the British General Strike and miners’ lock-out, Newcastle University’s Labour & Society Research Group (LSRG) is organising a conference that revisits the…
sslh.org.uk
October 14, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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mininghistory.bsky.social
Our project to digitise the Zambia Congress of Trade Union archives has now been scanning documents for a year. Over 80,000 pages scanned so far, despite severe power shortages in Zambia!
Photo of a two-storey building with cars parked next to it. On the wall of the building is a sign reading "ZCTU HQ Solidarity House" Underneath the sign is a red banner reading "Zambia Congress of Trade Unions #Solidarityforever"
October 10, 2025 at 11:41 AM