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‘No platforming’ homophobes in the 1980s
As it is LGBT+ History Month in the UK this month, I thought I’d share a short story of protest against homophobia in Britain in the 1980s by students at Swansea University. This story can be found in my book No Platform: A History of Anti-Fascism, Universities and the Limits of Free Speech. When the…
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Media Bits on history of fascism and anti-fascism in australia
Over the holiday break, our book, Histories of Fascism and Anti-Fascism in Australia, was published. Last week there were two bits of media coverage relating to the book. The first was an article in the Sydney Morning Herald by Peter Hartcher on the history of Australian fascism, including a few quotes from me. The second…
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New article on RCP and the red front
This is just a quick announcement that my article on the Revolutionary Communist Party’s The Red Front has been published by Contemporary British History journal. I started working on this in 2017 and the final article is over 20,000 words. You can find it here.
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