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March 8, 2020 hatfulofhistory

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  • Joe Strummer, Class War and Rock Against the Rich
    In 1988, Joe Strummer embarked on a tour across Britain called ‘Rock Against the Rich’. The tour was endorsed and organised by the anarchist group, Class War. Ian Bone, former leading member of Class War, has published this on the history of the tour. Amongst a collection of newspapers and journals that I recently obtained, […]
  • The book is out!
    I am very excited to announce that my book, No Platform: A History of Anti-Fascism, Universities and the Limits of Free Speech, is out now! You can order the book from here. Until 31 May, the paperback edition is 20% off and the e-book version is 35% off. Review copies can be ordered here. I am […]
  • ‘No Platform’ and Hizb ut-Tahrir in the 1990s: A piece for WonkHE
    Just a quick announcement that I wrote a piece for WonkHE on ‘no platforming’ the Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir at British universities in the 1990s, which is an under-explored part of the history of ‘no platform’. You can find the piece here.
  • Maoists and Eysenck at LSE, May 1973: Disruptive protest and the prelude to ‘no platform’
    On 8 May, 1973, the controversial psychologist Hans Eysenck attempted to deliver a lecture at the London School of Economics, but faced heavy protests from students. A group of Maoists stormed the stage and assaulted Eysenck. Alongside a sit-in the following month to protest a lecture by US academic Samuel Huntington at the University of […]
  • New special issue of Twentieth Century Communism journal
    This is just an announcement that the special issue of Twentieth Century Communism that I co-edited with Daniel Edmonds and Oleksa Drachewych has been published. The theme is international communism and anti-colonialism in the twentieth century. You can find the whole issue here and the introduction (free to download) here. I have an article in the issue […] […]
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