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Miriam Pensack is a writer, editor, and doctoral candidate in Latin American history at New York University.
Kwame Nkrumah, who died on this day in 1972, was a leader in the fight against colonialism. But he knew that independence wasn’t enough – only a unified, socialist Africa could truly free itself from its former masters.
From the struggle for Civil Rights to opposing apartheid in South Africa and the blockade of Cuba, Harry Belafonte was a lifelong radical – and a fighter for justice both at home and abroad.
On this day in 1974 a mutiny in the Portuguese army put an end to the country’s dictatorship. The revolution which followed brought down an empire and showed how working people could take control of society.
Today, Italy celebrates Liberation Day in memory of the victory against fascism, but many of its partisans fought for more than a return to liberal democracy – they wanted a revolutionary new society.
The Salford Red Devils have shown how ordinary people can run a top-level rugby league club free of corporate owners – but to secure its future, the club needs wider support and solidarity.
The Paris Commune of 1871 was still fresh in the memory by the time of Ireland’s Easter Rising – and, for 1916 leader James Connolly, its radical politics and urban warfare offered an example to follow.
On this day in 1932, hundreds of workers took to the hills of northern England to challenge the right of landed gentry to enclose the countryside.
On this day in 2013, Rana Plaza collapsed, killing more than 1,000 garment workers. The tragedy exposed the dire conditions in much of the world’s fashion industry – and the corporate elite which profit from them.
Today, caterers and cleaners in hospitals across south London are on strike against outsourcing giant ISS. They are fighting not just for pay but for dignity and respect.
Universities are threatening to deduct up to 100% of staff’s wages even on days when there is no industrial action – a shameless attempt to punish workers for defending their rights.
Nina Simone, who died on this day in 2003, is often remembered for her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement – but she was also a socialist who saw revolution as the path to true equality.
The Global South faces its worst debt crisis in years – but instead of providing assistance, Western states are pushing policies that will drive millions into poverty.
Hungry for profits, TGI Fridays has axed meals for its staff in the middle of a cost of living crisis. But its workers are gearing up to struggle, not to suffer.
On this day in 1943, a band of Jewish resistance fighters launched an armed insurrection against the Nazis. They were proud socialists and internationalists.
Attacks on pensions are an everyday reality across Britain’s workplaces – but university workers have shown that it’s possible to fight for restoration and win.
The ‘Third World’ was not always a pejorative term. Its origins lie in a revolutionary post-colonial project that aimed to find a path to development beyond the Cold War camps.
In the 1950s, the Scottish poet Edwin Morgan visited Kyiv and went on to translate Ukrainian poets. His encounter was full of misunderstandings but held the promise of a cosmopolitan solidarity.
Poverty pay, dangerous conditions and wage theft: Kwikfit employees reveal shocking details of exploitation at the car servicing company.
In 1969, Irish republican socialist Bernadette Devlin was elected to Westminster. We take a look at her best-selling memoir, ‘The Price of My Soul,’ published the same year.
The past decade has exposed austerity as the most destructive policy in modern British history – but the Tories are determined to keep it alive.