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Wild. I knew a lot of this and still… ajammc.com/2025/02/07/v...

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Open Access to the articles by Michael Burawoy (1947 - 2025) published in Current Sociology. Join us in commemorating Michael's legacy: ▪️ Facing an unequal world journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... (2014)

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Like many, I’m shocked and saddened to hear of the untimely death of Michael Burawoy. My well thumbed copy of Manufacturing Consent is still on my bookshelf, much referred to when writing my own book on working time in software. Condolences to his family and friends.

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Great speakers and themes at this one-day symposium on ‘the history and legacy of the miners’ strike of 1984/5’. Attendance is free, but please register. sslh.org.uk/2025/01/31/s...

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Great piece of #NatureWritting

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Oxfam International's 20 January 2025 'Takers Not Makers' report is attracting an 'interesting' range of headlines across media and the press. The report itself can be accessed here: www.oxfam.org/en/research/...

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Online seminar: Labour & Empire Working Group of the European Labour History Network. Dr Frederick Cooper on “Decolonization, and Labour” plus 45-minute discussion. Wednesday 15 January, 4pm GMT. Register online www.eventbrite.com/e/labour-emp...

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"To speed the plough... raise the wages" A 'Land Worker' front cover to mark #PloughMonday Find out more about working conditions of agricultural workers through online editions of the National Union of Agricultural Workers journal, 1919-1950, at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...

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249 years ago today — January 10, 1776 —#ThomasPaine’s published #CommonSense, which turned America’s colonial rebellion into a revolution for independence and the making of a democratic republic! (Next year the 250th… 🇺🇸)

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I have found aurochs fascinating ever since I studied about them in undergrad archaeology courses. The last auroch died in Poland in 1627. I am following the 'de-extinction' Taurus breeding program in Europe with great interest. www.atlasobscura.com/articles/whe... #foodhistory #domestication

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Continuing our series of #ClassEncounters with figures from #LabourHistory @vjctorianist.bsky.social meets the Chartist leader Feargus O’Connor sslh.org.uk/2024/12/17/c...

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In the first of our series of #ClassEncounters with figures from #LabourHistory, Joe Stanley meets John Auty, paymaster general of the Friendly Society of Coal Miners sslh.org.uk/2024/12/12/c...

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This morning’s reading, just got to the 1920 Iraqi revolt. The 1741 famine, subject of the other book, is fascinating in that it has such a small presence in social memory compared to that of the 1840s.

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Looking for radical histories on Bluesky? We've made a two Starter Packs of people & organisations who stretch our idea of what history is, who it is made by & what it is for. Please share and let us know if you'd like to be added. 🗃️ Here's Part II: go.bsky.app/9N31SS8

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A fascinating story of the power of rent strikes.

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A tóchar - a ancient pathway through the bog - often made with wood sourced from local trees 👇 via @cmount1.bsky.social #tócharStories

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Our first Radical Histories Starter Pack is now full! So many brilliant researchers, projects and organisations here - and so many more who haven't yet joined Bluesky or aren't yet on this list. We will be making a Part II, so please just shout if you'd like to be added.

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John Brown, who died 165 years ago, is trending. Back in the day he was also trending in Europe. Radicals and liberals embraced Brown as a champion of republicanism, hoping that his death would rekindle the flames of revolution in Europe. Victor Hugo's engraving is one famous example. /1

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Gave a talk on Thursday the 28th of November about the Great Famine in Ballyfin in the western part of Laois. Part of a project supported by the Laois Heritage Office and Creative Ireland wherein I am seeing what documentary evidence there is relating to stories passed down in local social memory.

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Continuing introduction, in 2024 I was Historian-in-Residence with Clare Library Services (Clare is a county on Ireland’s west coast) which culminated with a week of events & the launch of the below documentary film.

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Sunday Independent, 26 Oct. 1913

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"It's an illness that they know the cows have, and many cows have died but the boss cared about the cows, not the workers," Ibanez told the Times. "They never told them they have to go to the doctor to get a check-up." www.latimes.com/environment/...

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Gave a talk on Thursday the 28th of November about the Great Famine in Ballyfin in the western part of Laois. Part of a project supported by the Laois Heritage Office and Creative Ireland wherein I am seeing what documentary evidence there is relating to stories passed down in local social memory.

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een koeiewachter bij Klein Valkenisse, rond 1920

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Someone of the shielings in northern Lewis were still being used immediately after WW1 but the annual summer pastoralism was largely over by the start of the war.

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Hello All, I have an essay out in the LA Review of Books, on ‘The Politics of Pigmentation.’ lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-... Huge thanks to @emilam.bsky.social, John Jackson Jr, Bill Jordan, and the Cornell STS group for comments.

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Anyway. An archaeology break with a thread ! I want you to look at this lovely photo which belongs to the National Museums Northern Ireland. It's a turf travois up in 19th c Glendun. Now zoom on the harness ( welcome to my life ). Notice anything ? It's all straw

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Died #OTD 1894, Charles Monck, who became an Irish peer in 1849. As an Irish peer, he couldn't sit for an Irish constituency but could for an English one. While he represented Portsmouth, he continually spoke on Irish matters in Parliament. Find out more👇 ow.ly/Mlrc50Lxo9J

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Another day, another set of significant archives auctioned off and likely lost to the public. This time (2020), letters from Louise Michel, including one commenting on Jane Eyre, and others which would have yielded important information about her life in London. www.aguttes.com/en/lot/10734...?

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One of the many interesting things I’ve found in the archives are drawings and other images in trade union papers. Here is one from a local union paper in Gothenburg, early 1930s. The text says: ”Death as a timekeeper in the rationalization frenzy”

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Here's a full view of the cover, which I think came out rather nicely.

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This new study suggests that high-quality old grassland may be particularly good at supporting pollinators because diverse food sources provided by such grassland provide additional health benefits. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... | Pornon et al. @funecology.bsky.social

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Continuing introduction, from 2021 to 2023 I was Historian-in-Residence with the Library Services in Laois (a county in the middle of Ireland) and have published a heap of articles on their Local Studies website, such as -

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New followers-so introduction, of late I have been in the realm of public history re: Irish revolution (c.1911-1923) & presenting an alternative view, attentive to socially radical aspects & labour & agrarian movements. Pictured edited vol. came out in May '24 www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2022/s...

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Really pleased to have had a wee article on (radical 90s anti-motorway protest camp) Pollok Free State published in the latest Scottish Forestry journal! They kindly let me put the PDF on my website if you fancy a read: kmackinnon.org/wp-content/u...

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