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the country", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2021/07/03/this-week-in-uk-history-1981-uprisings-and-riots-all-over-the-country/", "published_at": "2021-07-03T09:00:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddc-ff61-73ee-8d09-d77bd95a90c9", "title": "Three days of rioting kick off in Dalston and Stoke Newington, 1981", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2021/07/03/three-days-of-rioting-kick-off-in-dalston-and-stoke-newington-1981/", "published_at": "2021-07-03T09:00:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddc-ff61-73ee-8d09-d77bda4b07ac", "title": "Today in London rebellious history, 1381: Barnet folk are still staunch in the Peasants Revolt", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2021/06/28/today-in-london-rebellious-history-1381-barnet-folk-are-still-staunch-in-the-peasants-revolt/", "published_at": "2021-06-28T09:02:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddc-ff61-73ee-8d09-d77bdb063016", "title": "Today in London striking history, 1968: Injection Moulders lock-out begins, Queensbury", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2021/06/24/today-in-london-striking-history-1968-injection-moulders-lock-out-begins-queensbury/", "published_at": "2021-06-24T08:30:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddc-ff61-73ee-8d09-d77bdbb2a740", "title": "We Remember: John Olday, gay anarchist revolutionary, artist, insurrectionist…", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2021/06/17/we-remember-john-olday-gay-anarchist-revolutionary-artist-insurrectionist/", "published_at": "2021-06-17T09:30:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddf-bfd1-7323-925a-4ccf82ca2ce7", "title": "All This Week: Beating the Bounds", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2021/05/09/all-this-week-beating-the-bounds/", "published_at": "2021-05-09T08:00:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddf-bfd1-7323-925a-4ccf838aa06b", "title": "A long lost communique from the Situationist Tendency of the Labour Party, 1990", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2021/05/06/a-long-lost-communique-from-the-situationist-tendency-of-the-labour-party-1990/", "published_at": "2021-05-06T19:30:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddf-bfd1-7323-925a-4ccf83d07099", "title": "Go, Move, Shift: 1000 years of laws against travellers, wanderers & trespass", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2021/05/03/go-move-shift-1000-years-of-laws-against-travellers-wanderers-trespass/", "published_at": "2021-05-03T08:06:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddf-bfd1-7323-925a-4ccf84ac6d1f", "title": "Today in London radical history, 1834: massive demonstration from Islington in support of the Tolpuddle Martyrs", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2021/04/21/today-in-london-radical-history-1834-massive-demonstration-from-islington-in-support-of-the-tolpuddle-martyrs/", "published_at": "2021-04-21T20:51:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddf-bfd1-7323-925a-4ccf852d9739", "title": "This is the Real Brixton Challenge", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2021/04/18/this-is-the-real-brixton-challenge/", "published_at": "2021-04-18T13:14:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddf-bfd1-7323-925a-4ccf858b4e1e", "title": "Brixton 1981: Riots, memory and distance", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2021/04/15/brixton-1981-riots-memory-and-distance/", "published_at": "2021-04-15T09:05:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddf-bfd1-7323-925a-4ccf85f5b803", "title": "Impossible Classlessness?", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2021/04/14/impossible-classlessness/", "published_at": "2021-04-14T07:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddf-bfd1-7323-925a-4ccf86c72292", "title": "The Impossible Class", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2021/04/13/the-impossible-class/", "published_at": "2021-04-13T08:00:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddf-bfd1-7323-925a-4ccf86eca2f3", "title": "You can’t fool the youths: Paul Gilroy on race & class formation in 1981", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2021/04/12/you-cant-fool-the-youths-paul-gilroy-on-race-class-formation-in-1981/", "published_at": "2021-04-12T12:00:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddf-bfd1-7323-925a-4ccf872fcf97", "title": "The April 1981 Brixton Riot (2): The Aftermath, and Defence Campaigns", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2021/04/12/the-april-1981-brixton-riot-2-the-aftermath-and-defence-campaigns/", "published_at": "2021-04-12T08:00:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-44ec-7205-951d-782bc101bff8", "title": "Brixton before the Riots, part 3: The Brixton Plan & Squatting", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2021/04/10/brixton-before-the-riots-part-3-the-brixton-plan-squatting/", "published_at": "2021-04-10T07:30:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-44ec-7205-951d-782bc1ec7963", "title": "In the Shadow of the SPG: Racist Policing, Resistance & Black Power in 1970s Brixton", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2021/04/09/in-the-shadow-of-the-spg-racist-policing-resistance-black-power-in-1970s-brixton/", "published_at": "2021-04-09T08:30:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-44ec-7205-951d-782bc1f92474", "title": "Changing, Always Changing: Brixton before the Riots, part 1", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2021/04/08/changing-always-changing-brixton-before-the-riots-part-1/", "published_at": "2021-04-08T09:00:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-44ec-7205-951d-782bc2909efe", "title": "A Very Large Ground: enclosure, resistance and disorder on Hounslow Heath", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2021/04/04/5395/", "published_at": "2021-04-04T09:00:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-44ec-7205-951d-782bc300bc2b", "title": "‘Zone of Transition’: A radical history walk around Spitalfields and Brick Lane", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2021/03/28/zone-of-transition-a-radical-history-walk-around-spitalfields-and-brick-lane/", "published_at": "2021-03-28T17:04:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-44ec-7205-951d-782bc329e01c", "title": "Today in London industrial history, 1975: Workers occupy Crosfield Electronics, Holloway", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2021/03/26/today-in-london-industrial-history-1975-workers-occupy-crosfield-electronics-holloway/", "published_at": "2021-03-26T09:06:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-44ec-7205-951d-782bc411166b", "title": "A Short History of UK Public Order Acts", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2021/03/20/a-short-history-of-uk-public-order-acts/", "published_at": "2021-03-20T10:00:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-44ec-7205-951d-782bc42a1a52", "title": "Today in London Black herstory, 1979: Organisation for Women of African & Asian Descent hold National Black Women’s Conference, Brixton", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2021/03/18/today-in-london-back-herstory-1979-organisation-for-women-of-african-asian-descent-hold-national-black-womens-conference-brixton/", "published_at": "2021-03-18T09:00:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-44ec-7205-951d-782bc4fdced8", "title": "Reclaiming the Night – Police Attacks Are An old Tradition…", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2021/03/14/reclaiming-the-night-police-attacks-are-an-old-tradition/", "published_at": "2021-03-14T15:25:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-44ec-7205-951d-782bc5401d8f", "title": "Today in London riotous history, 1878: crowd tear down enclosure fences, Eelbrook Common, Fulham", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2021/03/13/today-in-london-riotous-history-1878-crowd-tear-down-enclosure-fences-eelbrook-common-fulham/", "published_at": "2021-03-13T09:18:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-a1ae-734c-8382-bf7233b72f41", "title": "Spotlight on London’s historical anarchist spaces: Centro Iberico", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2021/03/05/spotlight-on-londons-historical-anarchist-spaces-centro-iberico/", "published_at": "2021-03-05T09:00:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-a1ae-734c-8382-bf7234456a06", "title": "Common Land and Squatting in London Fields, Hackney: A Historical Wander", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2021/03/01/common-land-and-squatting-in-london-fields-hackney-a-historical-wander/", "published_at": "2021-03-01T09:00:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-a1ae-734c-8382-bf7235364817", "title": "The Squatters Estate Agency: Ruff Tuff Creem Puff", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2021/02/23/the-squatters-estate-agency-ruff-tuff-creem-puff/", "published_at": "2021-02-23T09:00:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-a1ae-734c-8382-bf723607cb1c", "title": "‘Dung, Guts and Blood’: a wander up the lower reaches of London’s Fleet River", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2021/02/19/dung-guts-and-blood-a-wander-up-the-lower-reaches-of-londons-fleet-river/", "published_at": "2021-02-19T09:20:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-a1ae-734c-8382-bf723679eff9", "title": "Today in London radical history, Ambrose Barker, secularist & anarchist, dies, 1953", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2021/02/14/today-in-london-radical-history-ambrose-barker-secularist-anarchist-dies-1953/", "published_at": "2021-02-14T09:00:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-a1ae-734c-8382-bf7236e747a0", "title": "Ken Weller: An Obituary", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2021/02/07/ken-weller-an-obituary/", "published_at": "2021-02-07T12:09:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-a1ae-734c-8382-bf7237be9a1a", "title": "Today in London’s radical history, 1839: the Chartist Convention opens", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2021/02/04/today-in-londons-radical-history-1839-the-chartist-convention-opens/", "published_at": "2021-02-04T08:55:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-a1ae-734c-8382-bf7238add8fe", "title": "Get your copy of the 2021 London Rebel History Calendar", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2020/11/17/get-your-copy-of-the-2021-london-rebel-history-calendar/", "published_at": "2020-11-17T09:00:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-a1ae-734c-8382-bf72398320ee", "title": "Today in London’s International history, 1977: North Kensington squatters declare the Independent Republic of Frestonia", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2020/11/01/today-in-londons-international-history-1977-north-kensington-squatters-declare-the-independent-republic-of-frestonia/", "published_at": "2020-11-01T08:45:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-a1ae-734c-8382-bf7239ff3a56", "title": "Today in London’s policing history, 1798: the Wapping Coal Riot", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2020/10/16/today-in-londons-policing-history-1798-the-wapping-coal-riot/", "published_at": "2020-10-16T07:58:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-2fa7-727f-a3ab-ded29a0b2e0a", "title": "This week in London radical history, 1831: riots break out as House of Lords reject the Reform Bill", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2020/10/10/this-week-in-london-radical-history-1831-riots-break-out-as-house-of-lords-reject-the-reform-bill/", "published_at": "2020-10-10T08:00:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-2fa7-727f-a3ab-ded29aa9527c", "title": "Today in radical herstory, 1899: working class Suffragist Jessie Craigen dies", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2020/10/05/today-in-radical-herstory-1899-working-class-suffragist-jessie-craigen-dies/", "published_at": "2020-10-05T08:00:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-2fa7-727f-a3ab-ded29b0cc37f", "title": "Today in London’s military history, 1759: army recruits mutiny on the Savoy barracks", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2020/10/01/today-in-londons-military-history-1759-army-recruits-mutiny-on-the-savoy-barracks/", "published_at": "2020-10-01T18:00:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-2fa7-727f-a3ab-ded29b296c70", "title": "Today in London striking herstory, 1995: Hillingdon Hospital cleaners strike against casualisation", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2020/10/01/today-in-london-striking-herstory-1995-hillingdon-hospital-cleaners-strike-against-casualisation/", "published_at": "2020-10-01T08:00:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-2fa7-727f-a3ab-ded29c26cb5f", "title": "Today in London financial history, 1613: North London’s New River opens – the earliest PFI?", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2020/09/29/today-in-london-financial-history-1613-north-londons-new-river-opens-the-earliest-pfi/", "published_at": "2020-09-29T08:45:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-2fa7-727f-a3ab-ded29d0fa373", "title": "Today in radical history, 1982: a day of action during the Nurses’ Strike", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2020/09/22/today-in-radical-history-1982-a-day-of-action-during-the-nurses-strike/", "published_at": "2020-09-22T08:00:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-2fa7-727f-a3ab-ded29da4055c", "title": "All this week in London consumer history, 1800: Bread rioters force the City’s Corn Exchange to close", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2020/09/13/__trashed/", "published_at": "2020-09-13T08:02:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-2fa7-727f-a3ab-ded29e01e5c8", "title": "‘Who are the squatters?’ Interviews with 1946 London squatters", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2020/09/09/who-are-the-squatters-interviews-with-1946-london-squatters/", "published_at": "2020-09-09T08:16:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-2fa7-727f-a3ab-ded29ebdbd36", "title": "Today in London housing history, 1946: mass squat of Duchess of Bedford House, Kensington", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2020/09/08/today-in-london-housing-history-1946-mass-squat-of-duchess-of-bedford-house-kensington/", "published_at": "2020-09-08T08:00:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-2fa7-727f-a3ab-ded29f2da598", "title": "Today in London radical history, 1962: nazi meetings in the East End scattered by anti-fascists", "url": "https://pasttense.co.uk/2020/09/02/today-in-london-radical-history-1962-nazi-meetings-in-the-east-end-scattered-by-anti-fascists/", "published_at": "2020-09-02T08:15:08+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2026

“I’ll Still be Dreaming Of You… CROYDON (and NORWOOD)original ↗
6 Sept 2026
The 1926 General Strike in the Elephant & Castle: An online Radical History Walkoriginal ↗
11 Aug 2026
On This Day in London greenspace history, 1871: court ruling protects Tooting Commons against developmentoriginal ↗
2 Aug 2026
Mayday and the Rights of Commonoriginal ↗
24 Jun 2026
Today in London festive history, 1997: Liverpool dockers and Reclaim the Streets March for Social Justiceoriginal ↗
12 Apr 2026
Spotlight on London murderous policing history, 1999: Roger Sylvester dies after ‘restraint’ by Tottenham policeoriginal ↗
24 Jan 2026

2025

The Battle for Wimbledon Green, 1901-4original ↗
1 Dec 2025
Spotlight on London’s open spaces: St George’s Fieldsoriginal ↗
10 Nov 2025
Surveillance of the anarchist 121 Centre by Special Branch undercover officers, 1981-1999original ↗
27 Oct 2025
This month in radical history: army camps are squatted in South Buckinghamshire, 1946original ↗
23 Sept 2025
On This Day in London Atheistic Communistic History, 1820: Dan Chatterton born, Clerkenwelloriginal ↗
25 Aug 2025
On This Day in London naval history, 1798: Press gangers murder a Wapping workeroriginal ↗
25 Aug 2025
Mass Racist Attacks on migrants – nothing new. A short history of UK race riotsoriginal ↗
4 Aug 2025

2024

Today in London spycops history, 1796: ‘Popgun’ assassination plot frameup defendants acquittedoriginal ↗
11 May 2024
When Hanwell was run by Slaveownersoriginal ↗
15 Mar 2024
Enclosure, the Slave trade, Wealth: from Cirencester Park to the Charborough Estateoriginal ↗
14 Mar 2024
Today in London art history, 2001: William Blake vs GlaxoSmithKlineoriginal ↗
11 Feb 2024

2023

Today in London military history, 1919: ex-soldiers fight police outside Parliamentoriginal ↗
26 May 2023
Today in dole history, 1835: The Chesham Workhouse Riotoriginal ↗
23 May 2023
A Short History of UK Public Order Acts – Coronation Specialoriginal ↗
10 May 2023
This week in London radical history, 1987: benefit claimants occupy Town Halls demanding money during dole office strikeoriginal ↗
5 May 2023
Today in London festive history: the May Fairoriginal ↗
1 May 2023
Today in London murderous policing history, 1994: Kwanzele Siziba dies falling from Hoxton tower blockoriginal ↗
27 Apr 2023
Today in London penal history, 1777: convicts stage mass escape from prison hulk, off Woolwichoriginal ↗
23 Apr 2023
Spotlight on London’s Rebellious Areas: The Southwark Mintoriginal ↗
23 Mar 2023

2022

Shameless Commercial Plug (Blogging a Dead Horse?): Get your Copy of the London Rebel History Calendar 2023original ↗
11 Dec 2022
Today in London open space history, 1801, an attempt to enclose Bedfont Common failsoriginal ↗
10 Mar 2022
Today in London radical history, 1990: Hackney anti-poll tax demonstration erupts into riotingoriginal ↗
8 Mar 2022
Today in London’s herstory, 1685: Anne Arthur flies with the Devil over Deptfordoriginal ↗
3 Mar 2022
Trespass the New River – a radical wander down North London’s longest aqueductoriginal ↗
2 Mar 2022
Today in London smashing herstory, 1912: suffragettes demolish West End windowsoriginal ↗
1 Mar 2022
Today in London policing history, 1990: cops attack striking Bacton Fashions workers, Hackneyoriginal ↗
26 Feb 2022
Today in healthcare history, 1990: Ambulance workers dispute settledoriginal ↗
23 Feb 2022
We remember: The Rotunda, once London’s leading radical meeting spaceoriginal ↗
14 Feb 2022
Virtue Among Equals: Bloomsbury Radical Herstory, (Walk Two)original ↗
6 Feb 2022
A Wander in Bohopia: A Radical History Walk around Bloomsburyoriginal ↗
29 Jan 2022
Today in London radical history, 1792: working class political reformers found the London Corresponding Societyoriginal ↗
25 Jan 2022
Today in London radical history, 1821: A meeting founds an Owenite Community in Clerkenwelloriginal ↗
22 Jan 2022
Today in London policing history, 1983: Colin Roach dies in Stoke Newington Police Stationoriginal ↗
12 Jan 2022

2021

Today in London radical herstory, 1611: thief, performer, libertine, fence Moll Cutpurse arrested, for cross-dressingoriginal ↗
25 Dec 2021
Today in London musical history, 1707: Jack Hall hung for burglary at Tyburn… But he Gets Immortalised in Songoriginal ↗
17 Dec 2021
Housing vs Open Space: The Wanstead Flats campaign of 1946original ↗
11 Dec 2021
A Light Shining in Hanwell: battles for open green space in West Londonoriginal ↗
4 Dec 2021
Today in London’s media history, 1814: Times proprietor John Walter bypasses printers to instroduce new steam-pressoriginal ↗
29 Nov 2021
Stealing the Commons: A Short introduction to Battles for Open Space in Londonoriginal ↗
24 Nov 2021
Wombling Free: #OnThisDay in London green history, 1864: Earl Spencer proposes to enclose Wimbledon Commonoriginal ↗
11 Nov 2021
Today in London’s festive history: traditional day of Charlton Horn Fair, rowdy popular procession & shindigoriginal ↗
18 Oct 2021
Today in London industrial history, 1969: Punfield & Barstow strike endsoriginal ↗
12 Sept 2021
Today in London anti-fascist history, 1992: nazi skins meeting for Blood & Honour gig get a pasting from Anti-Fascist Actionoriginal ↗
12 Sept 2021
Today in London riotous history, 1763: sailors protest arrest of ‘disorderly women’, Whitechapeloriginal ↗
6 Sept 2021
Today in London’s anti-fascist history, 1962: Would-be fuhrer Oswald Mosley gets a kicking, Dalstonoriginal ↗
31 Jul 2021
Today in London striking history, 2006: Haringey Dustbin Workers Strike beginsoriginal ↗
31 Jul 2021
Today in London festive history, 1995: Reclaim the Streets party takes over Angel, Islingtonoriginal ↗
23 Jul 2021
Today in London’s radical history, 1549: An Enclosure Riot at Enfieldoriginal ↗
13 Jul 2021
Early this morning in London radical history, 1891: enclosure notices around Ham Common torn downoriginal ↗
6 Jul 2021
This week in UK history, 1981: uprisings and riots all over the countryoriginal ↗
3 Jul 2021
Three days of rioting kick off in Dalston and Stoke Newington, 1981original ↗
3 Jul 2021
Today in London rebellious history, 1381: Barnet folk are still staunch in the Peasants Revoltoriginal ↗
28 Jun 2021
Today in London striking history, 1968: Injection Moulders lock-out begins, Queensburyoriginal ↗
24 Jun 2021
We Remember: John Olday, gay anarchist revolutionary, artist, insurrectionist…original ↗
17 Jun 2021
All This Week: Beating the Boundsoriginal ↗
9 May 2021
A long lost communique from the Situationist Tendency of the Labour Party, 1990original ↗
6 May 2021
Go, Move, Shift: 1000 years of laws against travellers, wanderers & trespassoriginal ↗
3 May 2021
Today in London radical history, 1834: massive demonstration from Islington in support of the Tolpuddle Martyrsoriginal ↗
21 Apr 2021
This is the Real Brixton Challengeoriginal ↗
18 Apr 2021
Brixton 1981: Riots, memory and distanceoriginal ↗
15 Apr 2021
Impossible Classlessness?original ↗
14 Apr 2021
The Impossible Classoriginal ↗
13 Apr 2021
You can’t fool the youths: Paul Gilroy on race & class formation in 1981original ↗
12 Apr 2021
The April 1981 Brixton Riot (2): The Aftermath, and Defence Campaignsoriginal ↗
12 Apr 2021
Brixton before the Riots, part 3: The Brixton Plan & Squattingoriginal ↗
10 Apr 2021
In the Shadow of the SPG: Racist Policing, Resistance & Black Power in 1970s Brixtonoriginal ↗
9 Apr 2021
Changing, Always Changing: Brixton before the Riots, part 1original ↗
8 Apr 2021
A Very Large Ground: enclosure, resistance and disorder on Hounslow Heathoriginal ↗
4 Apr 2021
‘Zone of Transition’: A radical history walk around Spitalfields and Brick Laneoriginal ↗
28 Mar 2021
Today in London industrial history, 1975: Workers occupy Crosfield Electronics, Hollowayoriginal ↗
26 Mar 2021
A Short History of UK Public Order Actsoriginal ↗
20 Mar 2021
Today in London Black herstory, 1979: Organisation for Women of African & Asian Descent hold National Black Women’s Conference, Brixtonoriginal ↗
18 Mar 2021
Reclaiming the Night – Police Attacks Are An old Tradition…original ↗
14 Mar 2021
Today in London riotous history, 1878: crowd tear down enclosure fences, Eelbrook Common, Fulhamoriginal ↗
13 Mar 2021
Spotlight on London’s historical anarchist spaces: Centro Ibericooriginal ↗
5 Mar 2021
Common Land and Squatting in London Fields, Hackney: A Historical Wanderoriginal ↗
1 Mar 2021
The Squatters Estate Agency: Ruff Tuff Creem Pufforiginal ↗
23 Feb 2021
‘Dung, Guts and Blood’: a wander up the lower reaches of London’s Fleet Riveroriginal ↗
19 Feb 2021
Today in London radical history, Ambrose Barker, secularist & anarchist, dies, 1953original ↗
14 Feb 2021
Ken Weller: An Obituaryoriginal ↗
7 Feb 2021
Today in London’s radical history, 1839: the Chartist Convention opensoriginal ↗
4 Feb 2021

2020

Get your copy of the 2021 London Rebel History Calendaroriginal ↗
17 Nov 2020
Today in London’s International history, 1977: North Kensington squatters declare the Independent Republic of Frestoniaoriginal ↗
1 Nov 2020
Today in London’s policing history, 1798: the Wapping Coal Riotoriginal ↗
16 Oct 2020
This week in London radical history, 1831: riots break out as House of Lords reject the Reform Billoriginal ↗
10 Oct 2020
Today in radical herstory, 1899: working class Suffragist Jessie Craigen diesoriginal ↗
5 Oct 2020
Today in London’s military history, 1759: army recruits mutiny on the Savoy barracksoriginal ↗
1 Oct 2020
Today in London striking herstory, 1995: Hillingdon Hospital cleaners strike against casualisationoriginal ↗
1 Oct 2020
Today in London financial history, 1613: North London’s New River opens – the earliest PFI?original ↗
29 Sept 2020
Today in radical history, 1982: a day of action during the Nurses’ Strikeoriginal ↗
22 Sept 2020
All this week in London consumer history, 1800: Bread rioters force the City’s Corn Exchange to closeoriginal ↗
13 Sept 2020
‘Who are the squatters?’ Interviews with 1946 London squattersoriginal ↗
9 Sept 2020
Today in London housing history, 1946: mass squat of Duchess of Bedford House, Kensingtonoriginal ↗
8 Sept 2020
Today in London radical history, 1962: nazi meetings in the East End scattered by anti-fascistsoriginal ↗
2 Sept 2020
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