brisradhis.bsky.social
@brisradhis.bsky.social
This is the Bristol Radical History Group’s Bluesky account. We’ve been organising events in the West Country & beyond since 2006. We’re a publisher & manage several research projects. We organise a major annual Radical History Festival in central Bristol.
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SATURDAY 25 APRIL @ M SHED
SUNDAY 26 APRIL @ THE CUBE MICROPLEX
8th annual Bristol Radical History Festival: talks, stalls, films, history walks & exhibitions.
This year’s event's 4 main themes: Propaganda, Utopias & Dystopias, Welsh history & the 1926 General Strike.
SATURDAY 25 APRIL @ M SHED
SUNDAY 26 APRIL @ THE CUBE MICROPLEX
8th annual Bristol Radical History Festival: talks, stalls, films, history walks & exhibitions.
This year’s event's 4 main themes: Propaganda, Utopias & Dystopias, Welsh history & the 1926 General Strike.
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It's crazy that Bristol had a statute of Colston the enslaver for decades, yet barely anyone knows about this guy. This book by @brisradhis.bsky.social is good at bringing him into the light.
January 19, 2026 at 8:46 AM
It's crazy that Bristol had a statute of Colston the enslaver for decades, yet barely anyone knows about this guy. This book by @brisradhis.bsky.social is good at bringing him into the light.
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Today in the US is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, commemorating the legendary civil right activist and socialist who was murdered supporting a strike of sanitation workers. While lauded today, when alive he was demonised by politicians and media stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1333...
January 20, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Today in the US is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, commemorating the legendary civil right activist and socialist who was murdered supporting a strike of sanitation workers. While lauded today, when alive he was demonised by politicians and media stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1333...
www.brh.org.uk/.../bristol-...
SATURDAY 25 APRIL @ M SHED
SUNDAY 26 APRIL @ THE CUBE MICROPLEX
8th annual Bristol Radical History Festival: talks, stalls, films, history walks & exhibitions.
This year’s event's 4 main themes: Propaganda, Utopias & Dystopias, Welsh history & the 1926 General Strike.
SATURDAY 25 APRIL @ M SHED
SUNDAY 26 APRIL @ THE CUBE MICROPLEX
8th annual Bristol Radical History Festival: talks, stalls, films, history walks & exhibitions.
This year’s event's 4 main themes: Propaganda, Utopias & Dystopias, Welsh history & the 1926 General Strike.
January 13, 2026 at 8:27 PM
www.brh.org.uk/.../bristol-...
SATURDAY 25 APRIL @ M SHED
SUNDAY 26 APRIL @ THE CUBE MICROPLEX
8th annual Bristol Radical History Festival: talks, stalls, films, history walks & exhibitions.
This year’s event's 4 main themes: Propaganda, Utopias & Dystopias, Welsh history & the 1926 General Strike.
SATURDAY 25 APRIL @ M SHED
SUNDAY 26 APRIL @ THE CUBE MICROPLEX
8th annual Bristol Radical History Festival: talks, stalls, films, history walks & exhibitions.
This year’s event's 4 main themes: Propaganda, Utopias & Dystopias, Welsh history & the 1926 General Strike.
Talk by Dave Hardwick tomorrow "How Chaddesley Corbett changed the world" Interesting slice of local working class history from SGMRG - South Gloucestershire Mines Research Group in #BS36. All welcome - see here - sgmrg.co.uk/diary-of-eve...
January 13, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Talk by Dave Hardwick tomorrow "How Chaddesley Corbett changed the world" Interesting slice of local working class history from SGMRG - South Gloucestershire Mines Research Group in #BS36. All welcome - see here - sgmrg.co.uk/diary-of-eve...
Online & In-Person Event: Wapping at 40. The Wapping Printworkers Strike was an important industrial struggle in the 1980's. Use this link and click through to book/register - www.marx-memorial-library.org.uk/event/521
January 13, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Online & In-Person Event: Wapping at 40. The Wapping Printworkers Strike was an important industrial struggle in the 1980's. Use this link and click through to book/register - www.marx-memorial-library.org.uk/event/521