New Historical Express

Category: British History

1981 riots, 2011 riots, Bristol, British History, Police violence, Public order issues, Riots

Will history absolve the Bristol protestors?
British History, Fascism, Reviews

Book review: Graham Macklin’s Failed Führers: A History of Britain’s Extreme Right
Acid house, British History, Margaret Thatcher, Rave culture, Thatcherism, Uncategorized, Youth culture

We Call it Hiiiistory: Thinking Historically about Acid House, Rave Culture and Late Thatcherism
anti-fascism, British History, British National Party, British Union of Fascists, Enoch Powell, Fascism, protest, UKIP, Uncategorized

Love Milkshakes, Hate Racism: A short history of throwing food at the far right
Bristol, British far left, British History, Enoch Powell, free speech, Higher Edcuation, National Union of Students, no platform, Thatcherism, Uncategorized, Universities

‘No Platforming’ at Bristol University in the 1980s and Now
Announcements, Blairism, British far left, British History, Jeremy Corbyn, Journal articles, labour history, New Labour, Party manifestos, Tony Blair, UK Labour Party, Uncategorized

New article on Corbyn and the historical context of the 2017 Labour manifesto
anti-fascism, Australian history, British History, Contemporary history, Fascism, free speech, Higher Edcuation, National Action, National Front of Australia, National Union of Students, no platform, Oswald Mosley, Powellism, protest, Public service announcements, Right-wing extremism/radicalism, Right-wing populism, Settler colonialism

Two new opinion pieces on the history of fascism and anti-fascism
British far left, British History, Communist Party of Great Britain, International communist movement, labour history, National Left-Wing Movement, Trade unions, UK Labour Party, Uncategorized

New book: ‘Communists and Labour: The National Left-Wing Movement 1925-1929’ by Lawrence Parker (with extract)