John Crofts
@jcrofts.bsky.social
Researching radicals in the New Model Army, between 1647 and 1649, at Birmingham University.
@terinahine.bsky.social Really enjoyed reading your, 'A People's History of Covid'. Highly recommend. Just one request. If you do a second edition please could you include a chronology as an appendix.
December 8, 2024 at 8:55 AM
@terinahine.bsky.social Really enjoyed reading your, 'A People's History of Covid'. Highly recommend. Just one request. If you do a second edition please could you include a chronology as an appendix.
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My speech on Palestine at the GPU festival youtu.be/NCULqsymoVg
John Rees ignites the GPU Festival with a passionate plea for Palestinian solidarity
YouTube video by Islam Channel
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November 17, 2024 at 3:29 PM
My speech on Palestine at the GPU festival youtu.be/NCULqsymoVg
March with us to 'End the Genocide'. Have been reading Tariq Ali talking about the Vietnam demos in 'Street Fighting Years'. They were part of an international struggle then. They won. We are part of an international struggle too. We can win too. Join us in this struggle. You can make a difference.
November 17, 2024 at 10:55 PM
March with us to 'End the Genocide'. Have been reading Tariq Ali talking about the Vietnam demos in 'Street Fighting Years'. They were part of an international struggle then. They won. We are part of an international struggle too. We can win too. Join us in this struggle. You can make a difference.
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On this day in 1937, the British Battalion of the International Brigades went into battle at the Jarama River. Over three days of fighting, the battalion was all but wiped out. Read an account of one of the bloodiest battles of the Spanish Civil War: richardbaxell.info/jarama/
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February 12, 2024 at 5:37 PM
On this day in 1937, the British Battalion of the International Brigades went into battle at the Jarama River. Over three days of fighting, the battalion was all but wiped out. Read an account of one of the bloodiest battles of the Spanish Civil War: richardbaxell.info/jarama/
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The 'Penguincubator' - a Penguin Books vending machine on Charing Cross Road London, 1937.
November 17, 2024 at 11:32 AM
The 'Penguincubator' - a Penguin Books vending machine on Charing Cross Road London, 1937.
I have been reading Brian Manning's work on the English Revolution. It has proved invaluable in my research into radicals in the New Model Army. Amongst other things his analysis of class is excellent. Highly recommend.
November 17, 2024 at 6:17 PM
I have been reading Brian Manning's work on the English Revolution. It has proved invaluable in my research into radicals in the New Model Army. Amongst other things his analysis of class is excellent. Highly recommend.
Whilst researching radicals in the NMA I have been relaxing listening to Trotsky's opus on Russian revolution. Interesting to compare the actions of Russian soldiers and sailors in 1917 with NMA in 1647-49.
May 23, 2024 at 8:05 AM
Whilst researching radicals in the NMA I have been relaxing listening to Trotsky's opus on Russian revolution. Interesting to compare the actions of Russian soldiers and sailors in 1917 with NMA in 1647-49.
After catching up with the entertaining 'Mary and George' I came across 'Royal Kill List' on the same channel. Not some horror movie but a history programme about Charles II and the Regicides. Well worth a watch.
March 18, 2024 at 1:50 PM
After catching up with the entertaining 'Mary and George' I came across 'Royal Kill List' on the same channel. Not some horror movie but a history programme about Charles II and the Regicides. Well worth a watch.