#Pankhurst

The argument about reading Marx is not really about books. It's about left-leaning people scared of being called Marxists because that has become a shameful thing to be in the
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110 years ago today, a pivotal event in suffragette history occurred. Known as Black Friday, WSPU members marched to Parliament Square, clashing with police and anti-suffrage campaigners, leading to accusations
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Guest post! Thrilled to welcome @shiram19 to tell us about the suffrage roots of an early Jewish sorority. Read on... On October 24, 1909, Helen Phillips invited 6 friends into
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I think at least 3 times today I've seen posts or articles claiming "The Ethiopian empire was built in the second half of the 19th century." Just because you
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As we continue to look at our curriculums and make it them representative and an accurate depiction of the times. Iโ€™ve looked into a POC during the womenโ€™s suffrage campaigns.
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We are excited to share our very first Twitter exhibition... First in the Fight: The story of the Manchester suffragette banner. So, sit down, relax and get your best scrolling
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THE FABIAN SOCIETY A British socialist organisation whose purpose is to advance the principles of democratic socialism via gradualist and reformist effort in democracies, rather than by revolutionary overthrow. If
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THREAD: Yekatit 12 On 19 February 1937 Italian forces & Italian civilians began a three day campaign of killings in Addis Ababa which left nearly 30,000 Ethiopians dead.Over the next
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Because massively increasing the Labour membership is irrelevant to all those who need our help and need us in government.The poor. The homeless. The disabled. The sick. Immigrants. Refugees. Public
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So - I thought my comment about Starmer being more effective than Corbyn would probably get some reaction. What did I mean by that?Politics is done in various ways.
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Today seems like a good day for a ghost story...The first Ghost Orchid to be recorded in Britain was found in July 1854 by Mrs Anderton Smith in Herefordshire. Not
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was thinking about doing a one day one historical sapphist thread one historical sapphist a day, the paris lesbos edition one historical sapphist a day, the sewing circle edition
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I have some more thoughts re Jamaica and real estate. As Iโ€™ve said before, I donโ€™t think thereโ€™s a โ€˜bubbleโ€™, so to speak. When Iโ€™m done driving. Hard to organize
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I went on the hunt for #womenstatues in London today. There really are very few - basically you have to be a queen or queen consort to be celebrated in
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Acemoglu on Africa in "why nations fail" -a commentary thread on his analysis of the political and economic institutions of pre-colonial AfricaDetailed sources and references at bottom of the thread
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