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The Enemy Above: Orgreave and the neoliberal police state
Zoe Cussen explores the history of the 1984 Battle of Orgreave and its lasting repercussions on the nature of British policing.
Zoe Cussen
Jun 15, 202410 min read


‘A woman’s place is on the miner’s picket lines!’
Women Against Pit Closures: the local, the national and the ideological. ‘This strike wasn’t just a war fought on the battlegrounds of...
Zoe Cussen
Mar 11, 20246 min read


'Keir Hardie's cathedral was our quarry'
The history of Mirfield's socialist monastery.
James Fishwick
Feb 18, 20245 min read


Hull, Halifax, and Hell
The eternal Yorkshire stubbornness, city living, and Victorian folk lessons for the 21st century world of work.
Danny Tye
Jan 26, 20248 min read


West Riding to Republican Spain
The story of the Leeds lads that made the ultimate sacrifice for class struggle in the Spanish Civil War.
James Fishwick
Dec 13, 20235 min read


Trans Britain wasn't built in a day!
How Roman Yorkshire refutes Sunak’s gender normativity “A man is a man and a woman is a woman, that’s just common sense” - the poisonous,...
Zoe Cussen
Nov 16, 20233 min read


'You cannot win a nuclear war!': After Oppenheimer, try Threads.
Oppenheimer has brought the nuclear bomb back into the zeitgeist. To understand the horror of its full potential, try Threads.
Danny Tye
Sep 3, 202313 min read


Miners, the Bomb, and obstructing neoliberalism
The story of the People's Republic of South Yorkshire
James Fishwick
Aug 23, 20236 min read
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