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On 13th August in 1977, anti-fascist Londoners sent the National Front packing... London has a proud tradition of anti-fascist politics. In 1936, chanting the Spanish Civil War slogan " … read more

On this day in 1943, Jewish prisoners rose up against the guards at Treblinka Extermination Camp At the beginning of May 1943, a Jewish fighter captured by the Nazis after the Warsaw Ghetto Up … read more

On this day in 1967, homosexuality was decriminalised in the UK, sparking a golden age of gay liberation struggle... It was in 1533 that male homosexuality was first officially outlawed in Eng … read more

The poet whose words inspired Marx, Gandhi, Thoreau and countless others... Percy Bysshe Shelley died on this day in 1822. He wasn’t yet thirty years old, but since his death Shelley ha … read more

In 1797, Royal Navy sailors launched a mutiny on the Thames In May 1797, a republic floated down the River Thames. Its provinces were ships, and its citizens were sailors. And these weren’t … read more