E20: The Exotic Dancers Union
Podcast episode about the workers at the Lusty Lady strip club in San Francisco who in 1997 were the first women who managed to unionise a strip joint in the United States, and who later took it over ...
2 Apr 201942min
E19: The IWW in Australia
Episode on the early history of the revolutionary Industrial Workers of the World union in Australia, in conversation with Paula DeAngelis. Paula is a historian and contributed to Wobblies of the Worl...
28 Jan 201943min
E18: Anti-Zionism in Israel, part 2
Concluding part of our two-part episode on a people's history of Zionism and opposition to it within Israel, in conversation with former members of socialist group Matzpen: Moshe Machover, Haim and Ud...
13 Jan 201945min
Holiday greetings
A festive and New Year message from WCH. You can support our work on patreon at https://patreon.com/workingclasshistoryPictured is the Christmas tree outside the Athens Parliament, which was burned by...
23 Dec 20182min
E17: Anti-Zionism in Israel, part 1
First of a two-part episode on a people's history of Zionism and opposition to within Israel, in conversation with former members of socialist group Matzpen Moshe Machover, Haim and Udi.Support this p...
16 Dec 20181h 2min
E16: Women in the early IWW
Podcast about the early history of women in the revolutionary Industrial Workers of the World union in the United States, in conversation with Heather Mayer, author of Beyond the Rebel Girl: Women and...
2 Dec 201849min
E15: The Peterloo massacre with Mike Leigh
Podcast episode about the Peterloo massacre of 1819 with Mike Leigh, director of his new film, Peterloo, and Dr Jacqueline Riding, author and historical consultant on the film. Please support this pod...
6 Nov 201837min
E14: The Vietnam war with Noam Chomsky
Podcast episode about the Vietnam war with Noam Chomsky, and Mrs Van, a member of the Vietnamese Women's Union. We look at the geopolitics of the conflict and its human cost. Support this podcast and ...
29 Okt 201841min
