Alfie Steer
@alfiesteer.bsky.social
Historian of the Labour Left. Articles and book reviews in Tribune, Jacobin, Political Insight, Contemporary British History, English Historical Review, Modern British History.
Organised 'Beyond the Fragments: 45 Years On.'
Organised 'Beyond the Fragments: 45 Years On.'
Check out @racheljcollett.bsky.social's fantastic article on the Women's Liberation Movement in Merseyside, and radical regionalism, in the latest issue of Tribune - out today!
November 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Check out @racheljcollett.bsky.social's fantastic article on the Women's Liberation Movement in Merseyside, and radical regionalism, in the latest issue of Tribune - out today!
I am going to be speaking at this year’s NACBS on this amazing panel with colleagues and comrades @racheljcollett.bsky.social, @fmarshallpayne.bsky.social and Daniel Frost. Hope to see some of u there or for a pint afterwards 🍻
August 27, 2025 at 10:04 AM
I am going to be speaking at this year’s NACBS on this amazing panel with colleagues and comrades @racheljcollett.bsky.social, @fmarshallpayne.bsky.social and Daniel Frost. Hope to see some of u there or for a pint afterwards 🍻
Anyone want to read a rubbish thesis chapter I wrote on left wing policy development from late 1980s? Features these geezers.
August 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Anyone want to read a rubbish thesis chapter I wrote on left wing policy development from late 1980s? Features these geezers.
Sometimes the party’s existential crises can facilitate alliances previously thought impossible. As one activist argued shortly after Clause 4’s revision in 1994…
June 3, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Sometimes the party’s existential crises can facilitate alliances previously thought impossible. As one activist argued shortly after Clause 4’s revision in 1994…
And shout out to the amazing conference t shirts
April 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
And shout out to the amazing conference t shirts
Great honour to have spoken at the Tony Benn Legacy conference today, talking about the latter part of his front line political career, the Chesterfield Conference and the twin-track strategy.
Cheers to Pippa Catterall and Jad Adams for organising!
Cheers to Pippa Catterall and Jad Adams for organising!
April 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Great honour to have spoken at the Tony Benn Legacy conference today, talking about the latter part of his front line political career, the Chesterfield Conference and the twin-track strategy.
Cheers to Pippa Catterall and Jad Adams for organising!
Cheers to Pippa Catterall and Jad Adams for organising!
If you want to know what this long forgotten pamphlet is all about, there really is only one place to be next Tuesday!!
www.history.ac.uk/events/a-soc...
www.history.ac.uk/events/a-soc...
February 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM
If you want to know what this long forgotten pamphlet is all about, there really is only one place to be next Tuesday!!
www.history.ac.uk/events/a-soc...
www.history.ac.uk/events/a-soc...
This is not a serious person.
February 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This is not a serious person.
Cruddas bemoaning the lack of industrial democracy in lab govt programme while, as we now know, having played a major role in undermining the last Labour leadership, which WAS explicitly committed to workers control, is maddening.
February 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Cruddas bemoaning the lack of industrial democracy in lab govt programme while, as we now know, having played a major role in undermining the last Labour leadership, which WAS explicitly committed to workers control, is maddening.
Always been struck by this passage from NUM VP Ken Capstick, who died yesterday.
January 19, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Always been struck by this passage from NUM VP Ken Capstick, who died yesterday.
Very pleased to share I'm going to be speaking at The Benn Legacy conference in April, talking about Tony Benn's later socialist praxis and its connection to the origins of Corbynism!
More details about the conference here: www.thebennlegacy.co.uk
More details about the conference here: www.thebennlegacy.co.uk
January 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Very pleased to share I'm going to be speaking at The Benn Legacy conference in April, talking about Tony Benn's later socialist praxis and its connection to the origins of Corbynism!
More details about the conference here: www.thebennlegacy.co.uk
More details about the conference here: www.thebennlegacy.co.uk
Wonderful evening last night celebrating the great Sheila Rowbotham’s new book on her life and activism in the 1980s. A must read for anyone interested in recovering the inspiring radical politics of an era too often defined by Thatcherite hegemony. ✊️✊️
October 8, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Wonderful evening last night celebrating the great Sheila Rowbotham’s new book on her life and activism in the 1980s. A must read for anyone interested in recovering the inspiring radical politics of an era too often defined by Thatcherite hegemony. ✊️✊️
Very pleased to hear the third volume of “The British Far Left since 1956”, edited by @evansmithhist.bsky.social and Dan Frost has been submitted to the publishers. Here is the title and write up of my contribution to it. Can’t wait to see it finally out!
September 27, 2024 at 7:38 AM
Very pleased to hear the third volume of “The British Far Left since 1956”, edited by @evansmithhist.bsky.social and Dan Frost has been submitted to the publishers. Here is the title and write up of my contribution to it. Can’t wait to see it finally out!
It’s that time again folks! If anyone is at party conference on Friday eve and fancies grabbing a pint let me know. 🍺
September 18, 2024 at 2:53 PM
It’s that time again folks! If anyone is at party conference on Friday eve and fancies grabbing a pint let me know. 🍺