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Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social · 9h

In 1968, against the backdrop of the Race Relations Act and Powell's 'Rivers of Blood' speech, local Birmingham groups campaigned against racism and in support of civil rights

The archives of activist Margaret Stanton capture some of the grassroots activities mrc-describe.epexio.com/records/MSP/...

Ticket for the inaugural meeting of the Birmingham Area Civil Rights Campaign.

Photograph from the Birmingham Post, 6 May 1968, captioned 'A grim struggle for the police as they link arms to hold back the large crowd of demonstrators in Victoria Square, Birmingham, yesterday during the Prime Minister's visit'. The most visible placard says 'Would you let your daughter marry Enoch Powell'.

Letter sent to newspaper editors in August 1968 by the Birmingham Committee of the International Year for Human Rights. It deplores "the recent recommendations of the Birmingham City Council that all immigration into the city should be stopped, and we affirm that this policy is both morally wrong, and unworkable in practise. We remind the Council that the prosperity of this great city has been built on a long tradition of welcoming immigrants of all races. ... The proud motto of Birmingham is "Forward". Let the Council abandon its present backward-looking policy, and go forward to lead the nation in creating a society in which all races can work together in harmony."

Circular issued by the Birmingham Area Civil Rights Campaign Steering Group in 1968. It identifies four main fields of activity for the newly formed Birmingham Area Civil Rights Campaign: education, research, community action and political activity.

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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 12h

Very excited launch of #Saothar50 is today 🥳 🥳. Looking forward to attending later as part of #DublinFestivalHistory & being in fab company of @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social @sonjatiernan.bsky.social @fionnualawalsh.bsky.social @helenbeaumont.bsky.social. Hope to get quick 🌊🏊‍♀️ in as well 🥶. ❤️Dublin.

Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 9d

So grateful to @sonjatiernan.bsky.social & editors of #Saothar50 for opportunity to write on Irish housewives. By mad coincidence my ma was interviewed about her everyday experiences in 1968 & that features in my new article. #familyhistory #femaleactivism
dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/event/specia...

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 1d

‘Freedom and Whatever that Means: a roundtable discussion on the politics of overseas labour migrations from India c1833 to 1967’ takes place on 23 October 2025 at the LSE. The event is supported by a grant from the Society for the Study of Labour History. Register…
sslh.org.uk/2025/10/08/r...

Roundtable: the politics of overseas labour migrations from India c1833 to 1967

‘Freedom and Whatever that Means: a roundtable discussion on the politics of overseas labour migrations from India between c1833 and 1967’ takes place on 23 October 2025 from 3pm to 6pm…

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 1d

‘Freedom and Whatever that Means: a roundtable discussion on the politics of overseas labour migrations from India c1833 to 1967’ takes place on 23 October 2025 at the LSE. The event is supported by a grant from the Society for the Study of Labour History. Register…
sslh.org.uk/2025/10/08/r...

Roundtable: the politics of overseas labour migrations from India c1833 to 1967

‘Freedom and Whatever that Means: a roundtable discussion on the politics of overseas labour migrations from India between c1833 and 1967’ takes place on 23 October 2025 from 3pm to 6pm…

sslh.org.uk

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 18d

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History & Policy @historyandpolicy.bsky.social · 2d

Book now for a special day conference @ihr.bsky.social on Thursday 30 October organised by our Trades Union & Employment Forum to mark the 60th anniversary of the introduction of industrial tribunals in the UK. You can register for it below: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Industrial/Employment Tribunals - 60 years on

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Rob Phillips @balwen76.bsky.social · 3d

Just arrived for the @sslh.bsky.social Archives and Resources Committee meeting. Nice to be back in Manchester.

Banner outside the People's History Museum, Manchester.

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Marie Gardiner @mariegardiner.bsky.social · 3d

A few of you have followed me off the back of @sslh.bsky.social 's great Labour History starter pack. If you'd like to be added to my small but growing pack of writers & academics writing/researching class or related topics then please just let me know and I'll add you.

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 4d

We offer #bursaries up to £900 for PhD students, post-graduate researchers and independent scholars engaged in postgraduate-level research in the field of labour history to fund essential archive or library research. Find out more sslh.org.uk/bursaries-gr...

Bursaries

The Society for the Study of Labour History offers financial support to PhD students, post-graduate researchers and independent scholars engaged in postgraduate-level research, as well as to BA and…

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 4d

We offer #bursaries up to £500 for final-year undergraduates or taught Masters students to support archival and library research that will contribute to a dissertation on a labour history. Find out more sslh.org.uk/bursaries-gr...

Bursaries

The Society for the Study of Labour History offers financial support to PhD students, post-graduate researchers and independent scholars engaged in postgraduate-level research, as well as to BA and…

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 4d

We offer #bursaries up to £500 for final-year undergraduates or taught Masters students to support archival and library research that will contribute to a dissertation on a labour history. Find out more sslh.org.uk/bursaries-gr...

Bursaries

The Society for the Study of Labour History offers financial support to PhD students, post-graduate researchers and independent scholars engaged in postgraduate-level research, as well as to BA and…

sslh.org.uk

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 4d

We offer #bursaries up to £900 for PhD students, post-graduate researchers and independent scholars engaged in postgraduate-level research in the field of labour history to fund essential archive or library research. Find out more sslh.org.uk/bursaries-gr...

Bursaries

The Society for the Study of Labour History offers financial support to PhD students, post-graduate researchers and independent scholars engaged in postgraduate-level research, as well as to BA and…

sslh.org.uk

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 5d

New on the website
Remembering to Help, Helping to Remember, an exhibition funded by an SSLH grant, has opened at the Heugh Battery Museum in Hartlepool
sslh.org.uk/2025/10/04/e...

Exhibition: working-class community and mutual aid during the First World War

Remembering to Help, Helping to Remember, an exhibition funded by an SSLH grant, has opened at the Heugh Battery Museum in Hartlepool. Michael Reeve reports. Stories of the struggles, heroism and s…

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Llafur: The Welsh People’s History Society @llafur.bsky.social · 7d

Join Llafur and our guest speakers to explore the 1925 anthracite strike and its legacy a hundred years on!

📆 25/10/2025
⏱️10:30-16:00
📍Ammanford Welfare Hall

🎟️Free tickets: tinyurl.com/anthracitest...

The Anthracite Strike of 1925
Event Location:
Ammanford Welfare Hall, 11 Wind St, Ammanford SA18 3DN

Event Date: 25/10/2025
Event Starts: 25/10/25 10:30 am
Event Ends: 25/10/25 04:00 pm

Join Llafur and our guest speakers to explore the 1925 anthracite strike and its legacy a hundred years on.

Speakers – Aled Eirug, Robert Smith, Ioan Matthews, Bill Jones and Sian Williams.

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Angry John of Bradford @bd-angry.bsky.social · 7d

@sslh.bsky.social I hope you & hundreds more will be at
✊STRIKE!
this weekend in #Bradford to see how our modern workers’ rights were born in #Bradford by #workingclass women.
Please share in solidarity!
bradford2025.co.uk/event/strike/

STRIKE | Bradford 2025

A spectacular light and sound show celebrating the women who made modern Bradford.

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The People's Papers @peoplespapers.bsky.social · 9d

We're live! Join us on Zoom: zoom.us/j/97471042089

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 9d

Hi Charmaine. Added you to the pack.

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 10d

Pretty sure it does. I’ve added you.

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks, Will. I’ve added you to the list.

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 10d

Historians, archivists, librarians and historians working in the field of labour history. A starter pack to get you going…
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Rachel Collett @racheljcollett.bsky.social · 16d

Nice surprise to see my article on Capenhurst Women’s Peace Camp is out today - have a read if interested in space, the weirdness of the Wirral, local feminisms and anti-nuclear activism in Merseyside, and global solidarity movements in the 1980s academic.oup.com/tcbh/article...

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 15d

Really interesting exhibition. We were proud to support this. Go and see it if you can.

Michael Reeve @drmichaelreeve.bsky.social · 15d

Finally launched 'Remembering to Help, Helping to Remember' at the weekend - a new exhibition about #FWW civilian experience in Hartlepool following the Dec 1914 naval bombardment of the town (with a generous grant from @sslh.bsky.social). It covers the emergency response to the attack, including...

A view of the gallery space at the Heugh Battery Museum

Historian Michael Reeve stood in the gallery space at the Heugh Battery Museum

The tie-in booklet that accompanies the exhibition

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Feminist City @feministcity.bsky.social · 17d

With @wcmlibrary.bsky.social @rememberlop.bsky.social and many others!

Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 17d

This looks like a great online event if you have an interest in 1970s alternative and community newspapers…
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archiving-...

Archiving the People's Papers: Learning from Leeds, Liverpool & Birmingham

Join us online to learn about the history of 1970s alternative newspapers, their archival preservation & their continued relevance for today

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 17d

This looks like a great online event if you have an interest in 1970s alternative and community newspapers…
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archiving-...

Archiving the People's Papers: Learning from Leeds, Liverpool & Birmingham

Join us online to learn about the history of 1970s alternative newspapers, their archival preservation & their continued relevance for today

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 18d

If labour history matters to you, join us. Annual membership costs £37 (£21 for students) and includes a subscription to Labour History Review
sslh.org.uk/join/

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