Socialist History invites submissions for an upcoming special issue on resisting fascism.
The current rise of fascist movements is a central challenge to today’s working class movement. This issue seeks to look at episodes, initiatives, questions and disputes from the history of anti-fascism that may be of value to anti-fascists.
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We welcome articles of up to 9,000 words. Read on ...
Socialist History Society public meeting on-line via Zoom
Tuesday 24th February 2026 7pm
All welcome, but you will need to register in advance:
https://ucl.zoom.us/meeting/register/Oeuw1FnUQGiNM-_diblvLQ
Lyndal Roper is Emeritus Regius Professor of History at the University of Oxford, the first woman to hold the post. She has written on women and the German Reformation, on witchcraft, and on the German reformer Martin Luther. Read on ...
Speakers: Max Farrar & Kevin McDonnell, authors of the recent book on Big Flame published by Merlin Press
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Spanish Antifascists in the Resistance in France 1939-46
by
Steve Cushion
Socialist History Society Occasional Publication 52
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There were many different nationalities of antifascists fighting the Nazis and their French collaborators in occupied France. The largest group were the Spanish refugees who had fled to France following the defeat of the Republic by the Nationalist forces led by Francisco Franco. Read on ...
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Contents
Join our friends at Historical Materialism for a discussion of “Beyond the Tricolour” with author Ian Birchall, Leo Zeilig, Matt Myers, Lucie Rondeau, and Jim Wolfreys.
Online event
Tuesday 20 January 2026 from 6pm to 7:30pm GMT
Join live on YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/Oxg82O1UExQ
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This book examines the theme of internationalism, in the form of opposition to nationalism, racism and war, in the context of French history, and in particular of the French socialist and working-class movement. Read on ...