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History isn't made by kings and politicians, it's made by all of us. This podcast is about how we, together, have fought for a better world.
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  • #126
    August 12 · 5 min

    E125.1: [TEASER] Riot Dogs - Greece bonus episode

    Free preview extract ofIn various countries around the world, as movements against exploitation and inequality exploded, protesters found some unlikely allies – street dogs. In these episodes, we look at movements and riot dogs in two countries: Chile...

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  • #125
    August 5 · 34 min

    E125: Riot dogs - Negro Matapacos

    In various countries around the world, as movements against exploitation and inequality exploded, protesters found some unlikely allies – street dogs. In these episodes, we look at movements and riot dogs in two countries: Chile and Greece, and Negro...

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  • #124
    July 20 · 25 min

    E124: [TEASER] Fireside Chat - World Cup of Chaos

    https://www.patreon.com/collection/675995?view=expanded podcast available exclusively for https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory we invited back Tomas Rothaus (from our https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e115-116-argentina-uprising-2001/) to...

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  • #124
    July 15 · 10 min

    E123.1 [TEASER]: IWW Starbucks Workers Union, bonus episode

    Free preview of the bonus episode to our three-part podcast series about the organising campaign by the Industrial Workers of the World union at Starbucks in the 2000s, in conversation with Daniel Gross, one of the key organisers. This episode covers...

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  • #123
    July 8 · 39 min

    E123: IWW Starbucks Workers Union, part 3

    Final part of our three-part podcast series about the organising campaign by the Industrial Workers of the World union at Starbucks in the 2000s, in conversation with Daniel Gross, one of the key organisers. This part covers international solidarity,...

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  • #122
    July 1 · 31 min

    E122: IWW Starbucks Workers Union, part 2

    Part 2 of our three-part podcast series about the organising campaign by the Industrial Workers of the World union at Starbucks in the 2000s, in conversation with Daniel Gross, one of the key organisers. This part covers solidarity unionism and direct...

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  • #121
    June 25 · 47 min

    E121: IWW Starbucks Workers Union, part 1

    Before the current wave of organising at Starbucks, another group of workers in the early 2000s got together and formed a union at one of the most anti-union corporations on earth. They won better pay and conditions, and laid the groundwork for the...

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  • #120
    May 13 · 9 min

    E120.1: [TEASER] 1926 general strike, bonus episode

    Bonus episode for our three-part miniseries about the UK’s 1926 general strike, in collaboration with the https://generalstrike100.com/ project and told using interviews with striking workers themselves. In this episode, East London dock worker,...

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  • #120
    May 6 · 43 min

    E120: 1926 general strike, part 3

    The final of our three-part miniseries about the UK’s 1926 general strike, which saw one and three-quarter million workers walk out in the biggest single work stoppage in British history. In collaboration with the https://generalstrike100.com/ project...

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  • #119
    April 29 · 35 min

    E119: 1926 general strike, part 2

    Part 2 of our three-part miniseries about the UK’s 1926 general strike, which saw one and three-quarter million workers walk out in the biggest single work stoppage in British history. In collaboration with the https://generalstrike100.com/ project...

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  • #118
    April 22 · 41 min

    E118: 1926 general strike, part 1

    First of our three-part miniseries about the UK’s 1926 general strike, which saw one and three-quarter million workers walk out in the biggest single work stoppage in British history. In collaboration with the https://generalstrike100.com/ project and...

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  • #117
    March 16 · 15 min

    E117: [TEASER] Fireside Chat – Trump’s Letter to Norway

    https://www.patreon.com/collection/675995?view=expanded podcast available exclusively for https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory where we make fun of Trump’s absurd text to the Norwegian Prime Minister, and what it means for the rest of the world...

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  • #116
    March 12 · 49 min

    E116: Argentina uprising 2001, part 2

    Part 2 of a double episode about the 2001 uprising in Argentina, which toppled the government, and saw the spread of neighbourhood assemblies and factories taken over by workers. In conversation with Tomas Rothaus, a participant in the uprising and...

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  • #115
    February 25 · 58 min

    E115: Argentina uprising 2001, part 1

    Part 1 of a double episode about the 2001 uprising in Argentina, which toppled the government, and saw the spread of neighbourhood assemblies and factories taken over by workers. In conversation with Tomas Rothaus, a participant in the uprising and...

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  • #114
    January 7 · 11 min

    E114: [TEASER] Fireside Chat – 2025 in review

    Teaser extract of our latest https://www.patreon.com/collection/675995?view=expanded podcast available exclusively for https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory in which we sit down for a bit of a chat about the year past, for WCH and the world, and...

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  • S1 · E113
    Nov 26, 2025 · 18 min

    E113: [TEASER] Radical Reads – Forces of Labour

    This is a teaser preview of one of our https://www.patreon.com/collection/804050?view=expanded episodes, made exclusively for our supporters on patreon. You can listen to the full 67-minute episode without ads and support our work at...

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  • Oct 30, 2025 · 4 min

    WCH Podcast and Patreon Update

    An update for you on the Working Class History podcast and its future.  In short, we began releasing much more frequent podcast episodes 18 months ago, in an effort to get more supporters on Patreon. While we were able to grow our support, it has not...

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  • #112
    Oct 18, 2025 · 1 hr 52 min

    E112: [FREE EPISODE] Radical Reads - Be Gay Do Crime

    As part of our https://www.patreon.com/collection/804050?view=expanded series, we speak about our latest book, https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/be-gay-do-crime-everyday-acts-of-queer-resistance-and-rebellion, with editors Zane McNeill,...

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