E126: [TEASER] Fireside Chat - How we won the weekend
New Fireside Chat available exclusively for our Patreon supporters about the true history of the weekend, struggles over time off from work,...
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WCL15: Literature of the 1926 General Strike
As part of our work to mark the centenary of the UK's 1926 general strike, we sat down with with Charles Ferrall and Dougal McNeill, authors...
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 so...
E125: Riot dogs - Negro Matapacos
In various countries around the world, as movements against exploitation and inequality exploded, protesters found some unlikely allies – st...
E124: [TEASER] Fireside Chat - World Cup of Chaos
Fireside Chat podcast available exclusively for our Patreon supporters we invited back Tomas Rothaus (from our Argentina 2001 episodes ) to...
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 2...
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...
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 th...
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 General Strike 100 project and tol...
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 b...
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 bigg...
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 bigge...
E116.1: [TEASER] Argentina uprising 2001, bonus – the state and political violence
Preview extract of our bonus episode about state and political violence in Argentina (and beyond). Part of our miniseries on the 2001 Argent...
E117: [TEASER] Fireside Chat – Trump’s Letter to Norway
Fireside Chat podcast available exclusively for our Patreon supporters where we make fun of Trump’s absurd text to the Norwegian Prime Minis...
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 assemblie...
E115.1: [TEASER] Argentina uprising 2001, bonus – football and politics
Preview extract of our bonus episode about the history and politics of football culture in Argentina. Part of our miniseries on the 2001 Arg...
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 assemblie...
E114: [TEASER] Fireside Chat – 2025 in review
Teaser extract of our latest Fireside Chat podcast available exclusively for our Patreon supporters in which we sit down for a bit of a chat...
E113: [TEASER] Radical Reads – Forces of Labour
This is a teaser preview of one of our Radical Reads episodes, made exclusively for our supporters on patreon. You can listen to the full 67...
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 m...