Working Class History

E99: Vietnam War strike wave, part 1

With the background of the Vietnam war, rising prices and stagnant wages, workers in the US began to ignore calls to support the war effort and keep working, and instead launch a wave of wildcat strik...

29 Jan 202539min

E98: [TEASER] Radical Reads – ‘Jews Don’t Count’ by David Baddiel

This is a teaser preview of one of our Radical Reads episodes, made exclusively for our supporters on patreon. You can listen to the full 85-minute episode without ads and support our work at https://...

1 Jan 202520min

E97: [TEASER] Radical Reads – ‘Hezbollah: 10 Things You Need To Know’

This is a teaser preview of one of our Radical Reads episodes, made exclusively for our supporters on patreon. You can listen to the full 91-minute episode without ads and support our work at https://...

11 Dec 202419min

E96: Bootleg miners, part 2

During the Great Depression in the US, facing mass job losses and abject poverty, thousands of coal miners in Pennsylvania took direct action and began digging their own mines on company property. We ...

4 Dec 202446min

E95: Bootleg miners, part 1

27 Nov 202443min

E94: [TEASER] E94: Radical Reads w/ Jasper Bernes – ‘If We Burn’

This is a teaser preview of our first Radical Read, made exclusively for our supporters on patreon. You can listen to the full 68-minute episode without ads and support our work at https://www.patreon...

13 Nov 202416min

WCL9: Chinese migrant worker poetry, part 3

The final episode of our three-part series about migrant worker poetry in China. We speak to Maghiel van Crevel, Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at Leiden University. Maghiel has travelle...

24 Okt 202436min

WCL8: Chinese migrant worker poetry, part 2

Part 2 of our three-part series about migrant worker poetry in China. We speak to Maghiel van Crevel, Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at Leiden University. Maghiel has travelled extensive...

17 Okt 202435min