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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Results90 Connexions Library2 Connexions Directory of Groups & Websites 3 Sources Experts & Spokespersons 6 Sources Library Connexions LibraryThe Age of Empire 1875 - 1914 Hobsbawm, E.J. Book 1987 Covers the rise of bourgeois society, the growth of free market capitalism and the expansion of European colonialism abroad. Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century 1914 - 1991  Hobsbawm, Eric Book 1994 A overview of the history of the years 1914 - 1991. An Agreement of the Free People of England: Manifesto of the Levellers Lilburne, John; Walwyn, William; Prince, Thomas; Overton, Richard Article 1649 The Levellers were an informal alliance of agitators and pamphleteers who came together during the English Civil War (1642-1648) to demand constitutional reform and equal rights under the law. Levelle... An Agreement of the People for a firm and present peace upon grounds of common right Article 1647 Having by our late labours and hazards made it appear to the world at how high a rate we value our just freedom, and God having so far owned our cause as to deliver the enemies thereof into our hands,... Ancestors of the Proletariat: Tercentenary of the English Revolution: 1649-1949 James, C.L.R. (as G.F. Eckstein) Article 1949 After Charles I had been executed, the Levellers aimed directly at the overthrow of the military government of Cromwell in the name of the people. The great political act of the abolition of the monar... An Atlas of Rural Protest In Britain 1548-1900 Charlesworth, Andrew (ed.) Book 1983 This volume surveys, compares, and contrasts a range of rural riots in Britain, including land protests, food riots, turnpike disturbances, militia protests, and protests by agricultural labourers. Th... The Battle of Cable Street Malik, Kenan Article 2016 Eighty years ago this week, anti-fascists in East London confronted Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts as they tried to march though what was then a largely Jewish area. Mosley's British Union of Fascists wa... Bloody Legislation Against the Expropriated, from the End of the 15th Century. Forcing Down of Wages by Acts of Parliament: Capital, Volume One: Chapter 28 Marx, Karl Article 1867 Agricultural people: first forcibly expropriated from the soil, driven from their homes, turned into vagabonds, and then whipped, branded, tortured by laws grotesquely terrible, into the discipline ne... Britain - Its contribution to Socialism, Marxism and Workers' Organisation Article Links to writings from the history of the British Isles, relevant to the development of socialist ideas and Marxism. The British Camps: Though it reached its horrific heights at Auschwitz and Buchenwald, the British, not the Nazis, pioneered the concentration camp. Webb, Simon Article 2017 Today, the expression "concentration camp" evokes the horrors of Nazi Germany, conjuring up black-and-white images of Auschwitz and Belsen. But Germans were neither the first nation to make use of con... Capitalism is a Waste of Time: Godwin, Malthus & the Ideology of "No Alternative" Rhodes, Jason Article 2010 The "no alternative" of permanent scarcity is both the all too familiar essence of our daily politics as well as the ideology at the heart of the discipline of economics, defined in the most widely us... The Charter of the Forest Article 1217 A complementary document to the Magna Carta of 1215, defining the rights of vassals, freemen, and serfs, reducing penalties, and restoring common land taken by the Crown. Chartism: Connexipedia Article Article A movement for political and social reform in the United Kingdom during the mid-19th century between 1838 and 1850 which takes its name from the People's Charter of 1838. Commonwealth of Thieves: The Improbable Birth of Australia Keneally, Thomas Book 2005 A history of the first four years of the convict settlement in Australia, examining the interplay of soldiers, convicts, and Aborigines.
Cromwell and the Levellers: Tercentenary of English Revolution: 1649-1949 James, C.L.R. (signed G.F. Eckstein) Article 1949 Levelers were a loose organisation of kindred political thinkers who from stage to stage expressed the rapidly developing political consciousness of a great social and political mass movement.
Decline of the English Murder: And Other Essays Orwell, George Book 1950 A collection of essays by George Orwell. Destroying the Commons: How the Magna Carta Became a Minor Carta Chomsky, Noam Article 2012 Our rights and liberties are under ever-increasing attack. The Digger Movement in the Days of the Commonwealth: As Revealed in the Writings of Gerrard Winstanley, the Digger, Mystic and Rationalist, Communist and Social Reformer Berens, Lewis H. Book 1906 The End of Parliamentary Socialism: From New Left to New Labour Panitch, Leo; Leys, Colin Book 1997 Argues against the assertion that there is no alternative to neo-liberalism. This account of the British Labour Party's recent history argues that Tony Blair's modernizing tendency was profoundly mist... Engels, Manchester and the Working Class Marcus, Steven Book 1974 An account and interpretation of the writing of Friedrich Engels' first major work, The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844. England's 17th Century Revolution: A Review of Francois Guizot's 1850 pamphlet Pourquoi la revolution d'Angleterre a-t-elle reussi? Marx, Karl; Engels, Friedrich Article 1850 For Guizot, English history ends with the consolidation of the constitutional monarchy. For him, everything that follows is limited to a pleasant alternating game between Tories and Whigs. In reality,... English coffeehouses in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries: Connexipedia Article Article Describes the origins, the popularity, and the decline of the English Coffeehouse. The English Government and the Fenian Prisoners Marx, Karl Article 1870 On the treatment of Fenian prisoners. The English Peasantry in the Later Middle Ages: The Ford Lectures for 1973 and Related Studies Hilton, Rodney H. Book 1975 Investigates the question of whether or not peasants might be considered their own social class. The English Revolution: Connexipedia Article Article The period of the English Civil Wars and Commonwealth period 1640-1660, in which Parliament challenged King Charles I's authority, engaged in civil conflict against his forces, and executed him in 164... Exploited Earth: Britain's Aid and the Environment Hayter, Teresa Book 1990 Hayter's book examines British aid policy and practice and how it effects the world's forests. The Fight for Freedom for Women Tremain, Rose Book 1973 The fight for women's rights in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, primarily focusing on Britain and the USA. General Strike of 1842: Connexipedia Article Article The strike started among the Staffordshire miners and soon spread through the country affecting factories, mills and coal mines from Dundee to South Wales and Cornwall. Germany and Britain: Memory and Myopia Malik, Kenan Article 2014 Ernst Barlach was one of Germany's great expressionist artists of the early twentieth century. A virulent nationalist in the run-up to the First World War, Barlach found that his experience of the Wes... The Great Transformation: The political and economic origins of our time Polanyi, Karl Book 1944 Polanyi analyzes the social and political upheavals that took place in England during the rise of the market economy. Polanyi contends that the modern market economy and the modern nation-state should... Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance Chomsky, Noam Book 2003 Chomsky documents how, for more than half a century, the United States has been pursuing a grand imperial strategy with the aim of dominating the globe. Hidden Agendas Pilger, John Book 1998 Pilger's book is an indictment of Tony Blair's government and his easy acceptance of the Thacherite view of foreign affairs. Using the examples of Indonesia, East Timor, Burma, Murdoch and China he ch... Hill, Christopher - Writings - Index Hill, Christopher Article Writings of Christopher Hill (1912-2003). The History of Democracy: A Marxist Interpretation Roper, Brian S. Book 2013 Roper traces the history of democracy from ancient Athens to the emergence of liberal representative and socialist participatory democracy. He argues that democracy cannot be understood separately fro... The History Thieves: Secrets, Lies, and the Shaping of a Modern Nation Cobain, Ian Book 2016 Ian Cobain uncovers the role of secrecy in the British state - and the lies, omissions and misrepresentations we've been fed to maintain the facade of a fair and just Britain. The History Thieves - Review: How Britain covered up its imperial crimes Jack, Ian Book 2016 A review of Ian Cobain's book The History Thieves, an engrossing study which identifies secrecy as a 'very British disease', exploring how, as the empire came to an end, government officials burned th... How the aristocracy preserved their power Bryant, Chris Article 2017 After democracy finally shunted aside hereditary lords, they found new means to protect their extravagant riches. For all the modern tales of noble poverty and leaking ancestral homes, their private w... Inclosure Acts: Connexipedia Article Article A series of United Kingdom Acts of Parliament which enclosed open fields and common land in the country. This meant that the rights that people once held to graze animals on these areas were denied. Karl Marx's Theory of Revolution: Volume I: State and Bureaucracy Draper, Hal Book 1977 A wide-ranging and thorough exposition of Marx's views on democracy. Lilburne, John: Connexipedia Article Article English political agitator before, during and after English Civil Wars 1642-1650. (1614-1657). Live Working or Die Fighting: How the Working Class Went Global Mason, Paul Book 2010 Mason realtes a series of struggles for worker and human rights over the past two hundred years and compares them to current struggles. Luddites: Connexipedia Article Article A social movement of British textile artisans in the early nineteenth century who protested - often by destroying mechanized looms - against the changes produced by the Industrial Revolution, which we... The Magna Carta Article 1215 The Magna Carta consists of concessions wrung from the unwilling King John by his rebellious barons in 1215. It established for the first time a very significant constitutional principle: that the pow... Manchester's Radical History: Exploring Greater Manchester's Grassroots History Website 2009 Manchester Radical History Collective is a small group of politically active people living in Manchester. We share an interest in the city’s radical and grassroots history – the local struggles and ca... Marx and Engels Collected Works Volume 4: Marx and Engels 1844 - 1845 Marx, Karl; Engels, Friedrich Book 1845 Includes The Holy Family, or Critique of Critical Criticism, and The Condition of the Working-Class in England. A Marxist History of the World part 41: 1640-1645: revolution and war in England Faulkner, Neil Article 2011 The attempt to impose Absolutism by Charles I led to a revolutionary civil war in which the King would be executed - Neil Faulkner looks at the English Civil War. A Marxist History of the World part 42: The Army, the Levellers, and the Commonwealth Faulkner, Neil Article 2011 Neil Faulkner looks at how even the most radical bourgeois forces, if they are to preserve their property and status, must break the momentum of the movement that has brought them to power. A Marxist History of the World part 43: Colonies, slavery, and racism Faulkner, Neil Article 2011 Capitalist contradictions were most evident in the 18th century, when the wealth of the merchant-capitalist class of Britain’s port-cities was contrasted with the untold human misery of the slaves, ra... A Marxist History of the World part 44: Wars of empire Faulkner, Neil Article 2011 The English Revolution transformed Britain into a capitalist economy engaging in geopolitical competition. Neil Faulkner looks at how Britain became the dominant global superpower of the 19th Century. A Marxist History of the World part 45: The Enlightenment Faulkner, Neil Article 2011 What gave the Enlightenment its subversive, politically corrosive character was its critique of institutions and practices which appeared comparatively irrational in the light of modern thinking, argu... A Marxist History of the World part 46: The American Revolution Faulkner, Neil Article 2011 In 1764, Americans thought of themselves as British subjects of King George III. By 1788, they would, by their own decisions and actions, have made themselves the free citizens of a new republic forge... A Marxist History of the World part 50: The Industrial Revolution Faulkner, Neil Article 2011 Frederick Engels was sent to Manchester, centre of the Industrial Revolution, to dispel his radicalism. Instead it made him the revolutionary he is remembered as today, Neil Faulkner explains. Midland Revolt: Connexipedia Article Article A popular uprising which took place in the Midlands of England in 1607. Observations on the Effect of the Manufacturing System: With Hints for the Improvement of Those Parts of it Which are Most Injurious to Health and Morals Owen, Robert Book 1817 On E.P. Thompson's Legacy Cohen, Sheila Article 2014 In a tribute to E.P. Thompson, Cohen gives insights into his work "The Making of the English Working Class" regarding its valuable focus on the self-activity and self-organization of the people. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - July 2, 2016: Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn, and Contempt for Democracy Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Article 2016 Brexit, the British vote to leave the European Union, has thrown the political elites into turmoil and confusion. The referendum was supposed to be a safe political manoeuvre, a way to produce an appe... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - July 22, 2017: Secrecy and Power Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2017 Secrecy is a weapon the powerful use against their enemies: us. This issue of Other Voices explores the relationship of secrecy and power. A People's History of the World: From the Stone Age to the New Millennium Harman, Chris Book 1999 Harman describes the shape and course of human history as a narrative of ordinary people forming and re-forming complex societies in pursuit of common human goals. Petition of Right, 1628 Article 1628 A document setting out the rights and liberties of the subject as opposed to the prerogatives of the crown. Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital Chibber, Vivek Book 2013 Against the thesis that Western subalterns are made of different stuff, Chibber argues that human beings are, at their core, not that different across contexts. The winds of history and culture may ch... The Road to Wigan Pier Orwell, George Book 1937 George Orwell's investigation of an English working class community in the 1930s. Scargill, Arthur: Connexipedia Article Article British trade unionist and political party leader. (Born 1938). The Scramble for Africa: White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912 Pakenham, Thomas Book 1991 Describes the brief vicious scramble by Europe's imperial powers to seize colonies throughout the continent of Africa. Pakenham strips the impresarios of imperialism of their veneer of Victorian heroi... Seeds of Fire: A People's Chronology Diemer, Ulli Article 2012 Recalling events that happened on this day in history. Memories of struggle, resistance and persistence. Selected Works of the Levellers Website The Levellers were a group of English reformers mainly active during the period from 1645 through 1649. The Slave Trade: The Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade 1440 - 1870 Thomas, Hugh Book 1997 A comprehensive history of the Atlantic slave trade in which approximiately eleven million black slaves were carried from Africa to the Americas to work on plantations, in mines, or as servants in hou... The Socialist Register 1985/1986: Volume 22: Social Democracy and After Miliband, Ralph; Saville, John; Liebman, Marc; Panitch, Leo (eds.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1986 Staying Power: The history of black people in Britain Fryer, Peter Book 2010 Peter Fryer reveals how Africans, Asians and their descendants, previously hidden from history, have profoundly influenced and shaped events in Britain over the course of the last two thousand years. Studies in the Development of Capitalism Dobb, Maurice M.A. Book 1947 A Marxist interpretation of economic development in the period of modern capitalism. Starting with the decline of serfdom, the book deals with the beginnings of the bourgeoisie in the rising urban com... The True Levellers Standard Advanced: Or, The State of Community opened, and Presented to the Sons of Men Winstanley, Gerrard and the Diggers Book 1649 Winstanley and 14 others published this pamphlet in which they called themselves the True Levellers to distinguish their ideas from the Levellers. Once they put their idea into practice and started to... United Kingdom general strike of 1926: Connexipedia Article Article The 1926 General Strike in the United Kingdom was a general strike called by the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in an unsuccessful attempt to force the government to act to prevent... UK miners' strike (1984 - 1985): Connexipedia Article Article 1984 A major industrial action affecting the British coal industry. Who Could Ever Feel Pride in the Balfour Declaration? Fisk, Robert Article 2017 Although the Balfour Declaration itself has been parsed, de-semanticised, romanticised, decrypted, decried, cursed and adored for 100 years, its fraud is easy to detect: it made two promises which wer... Winstanley & The Diggers: The Spirtual and Political Story of a Seventeenth Century Communist Movement Spritzler, John Article Spritzler sets out to show that the resistance to the Hobbesian ideas that rule our lives today is as old as those ideas themselves. Hobbes' basic assumption is that men are necessarily locked into a ... Winstanley, Gerrard: Connexipedia Article Article English Protestant religious reformer and political activist, a member of the True Levellers. (1609-1676). Winter of Discontent: Connexipedia Article Article A term used to describe the British winter of 1978-1979, during which there were widespread strikes by local authority trade unions demanding larger pay raises for their members. The World Turned Upside Down: Radical Ideas During the English Revolution Hill, Christopher Book 1984 Hill looks at radical groups such as the Diggers, Levellers, Ranters, and others, whose ideas threatened to overturn the established order in the mid-seventeenth century. Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesBureau of Public Secrets Articles from a Situationist perspective.
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* Increases the influence of... Sources Experts & SpokespersonsSources LibraryMaps of Britain and Ireland's ancient tribes, kingdoms and dna Rimmer, Sandra 2016 Looks into the various territories and DNA evidence in Britan and Ireland and analyzes maps of these territories. The politics of display The redesign of the Ashmolean in Oxford provides a chance to reflect on how we understand the meaning of collections Hall, James 2009 The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford is the oldest museum in Britain, founded in 1693. The institution has grown, thanks to a new postmodern building by architect Rick Mather. The open concept design of the... The Print Shop Window A blog about Georgian caricature and satirical print culture in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Slavery in Britain and Ireland Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia Slavery in Britain and Ireland dated from before Roman occupation. Chattel slavery virtually disappeared after the Norman Conquest. It was finally abolished by the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 (which ma... Ukip: the battle for Britain Harris, John 2013 A exposé on Ukip, which wonders: is it a lunatic fringe or a sign of things to come? |
