Class Follow

Eugene V Debs (1855-1926), a heroic revolutionary socialist, did as much as anyone to make socialist ideas and politics an important current in the US working class movement.

THE WORKING class movement faces a serious challenge from the use of anti-union laws to stop strikes.

Corin Redgrave, as both artist and revolutionary, was an exceptional person. Born into a well-established middle class family, the son of actors Sir Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson, he was the scion of Britain’s most famous theatrical dynasty, the middle child of its third generation.

Working class men and women fought hard for the right to vote. For many today, voting seems their only chance to have a say in how the system is run—despite often thinking that it won’t change very much.

A new generation is taking up the struggle against women's oppression. Sheila Rowbotham spoke to Judith Orr about her latest book celebrating women who were fighting for liberation 100 years ago

Details of chancellor Alistair Darling’s budget amount to a restatement of war on the working class.

A new exhibition in Manchester that focuses on the history of protest in Britain is a must-see.

The biggest and longest mass strike in British history ended 25 years ago. Around 165,000 miners struck for a year from March 1984. They were fighting Tory prime minister Margaret Thatcher’s attempts to close pits, sack tens of thousands of workers and smash one of the most militant sections of the working class.

The defeat of the miners’ Strike did not bring an end to class struggle.

A new book uses one person’s life to look at aspects of working class history in the last 80 years.

When was the last time you went to the cinema and watched working class people defying bailiffs trying to repossess their home?

Blunder shows contempt for us The Conservatives have let slip how they really see working class people.