Working Class History

First episode of the WCH Crime podcast, about the Columbia Eagle mutiny in 1970, perhaps the most spectacular act of resistance to the Vietnam war, when two sailors hijacked their ship transporting thousands of tonnes of napalm for US forces, and sailed it to Cambodia. You can listen to all 4 parts of this series, plus 2 bonus episodes, by supporting us on patreon: https://patreon.com/workingclass...

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 and ran it as a workers’ co-operative. This podcast is funded by our listeners. You can support us and get exclusive early access to episodes, bonus audio and more at https://patreon.com/workingclassh...

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 World: a global history of the IWW. Support this podcast on patreon: https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory This is our playlist of early IWW music: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7…73VUIFoIkZqqRVM79 You ca...

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 Udi. For more information and further reading, see the show notes of part 1. Support this podcast and get early access to episodes and other benefits here: https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory ACKNOW...

A festive and New Year message from WCH. You can support our work on patreon at https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory Pictured is the Christmas tree outside the Athens Parliament, which was burned by people in 2008 protesting against the police murder of a teenager.

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 podcast, and listen to part 2 now on patreon: https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory Full information, sources, transcripts and show notes on the webpage for this episode: https://workingclasshistory...

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 the IWW in the Pacific Northwest, 1905-1924. Support this podcast and get benefits like early accessed episodes and more on patreon: https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory Get Heather's book here: h...

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 podcast on patreon and get early access to episodes and other benefits here: https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory Peterloo is out in cinemas now, so do check it out! Trailer and more info about the fi...

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 get early access to episodes and other benefits here on patreon: https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory This episode is part of our series on the Vietnam war. Check out the rest of the series here: h...

Apologies but this episode about the women in the miners' strike of 1984-5 has now moved. We have re-edited, partially rerecorded, improved and rereleased this episode as our episodes 108-109. So please scroll along to those episodes to give it a listen. To support our work and help us improve all of our old episodes, join us at  https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory

This episode about the League of Revolutionary Black Workers in Detroit has been partially recorded, re-edited, improved and re-released as episodes 61-62, so please listen to them instead: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e61-the-league-of-revolutionary-black-workers-in-detroit/

Concluding part of our two-part episode on the GI resistance to the Vietnam war, in conversation with Jerry Lembcke, a Vietnam army veteran, now sociologist and author. Most further reading is linked to in the show notes of part 1. Support our work by backing us on patreon and get exclusive audio and other benefits: https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory This article gives a good general overview...

During the later years of the Vietnam war, a little-known but powerful rebellion developed within the ranks of the US forces. In this two-part episode, we talk about the GI resistance to the war with Jerry Lembcke, a Vietnam army veteran, now sociologist and author, and Bart, a navy veteran about their experiences. This article gives a good general overview of the GI resistance movement: https://l...

This episode about later history of the IWW union was one of our earliest episodes, which wasn't great quality. So for the moment it has been taken off-line while we work on improving it and rereleasing it. The original, old episode, is available exclusively for our patreon supporters, here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/e9-industrial-of-20128633 You can join us and help fund our work improving ou...

Apologies but this episode about the strike wave in the US during the Vietnam war has now moved. We have re-edited, partially rerecorded, improved and rereleased this episode as our episodes 99-100. So please scroll along to those episodes to give it a listen, or go to our website: https://workingclasshistory.com/blog/e99-vietnam-war-strike-wave/ To support our work and help us improve all of our...

Apologies but this episode about the West Virginia mine wars has now moved. We have re-edited, partially rerecorded, improved and rereleased this episode as our episodes 57-58. So please scroll along to those episodes to give it a listen, or go to our website: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e57-west-virginia-mine-wars-1902-1922/ To support our work and help us improve all of our old episo...

This early podcast episode about the IWW wasn’t that great quality. We are currently working on redoing this episode, in order to release a much improved version. The original, old version, for the time being is available only for our supporters on patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/wch6-industrial-18847541 So you can join us, help fund our work both improving our old episodes and produci...

This episode has been significantly reworked and improved, and has been rereleased as episode 82.

This episode has been reworked and rereleased as episode 72. To support our work and help us improve all of our old episodes, join us on patreon: https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory

This episode about the Angry Brigade has been significantly reworked and improved, and has been rereleased as episode 84.

This episode about the Angry Brigade has been significantly reworked and improved, and has been rereleased as episode 83.

This episode has been significantly reworked and improved, and has been rereleased as episodes 67-68.