Transforming the world around us begins with learning to see and inhabit it differently. Shahrzad Mojab reflects on her political education in the 1970s Iranian student movement in the United States.
What does the archive of a former activist reveal about solidarity practices in the 1970s? James Downs explores the networks and activities of the Solidarity Committees supporting liberation movements in the Gulf.
How might mass politics and direct action work together? Martin Shaw reflects on his experience in the student protests and antinuclear movement of the 1960s to the Palestine solidarity campaign of the 2020s.
How have various radical and internationalist traditions attempted to overcome forms of domination and build alternative, emancipatory futures? Marral Shamshiri introduces a new History Workshop series.
What can a Kazakh anti-nuclear movement reveal about forms of peace and internationalism forged from both above and below? Kamila Smagulova on the Nevada-Semipalatinsk campaign.
What can we learn about queer lives and queer history from the call logs of the UK's first LGBTQ+ helpline? Tash Walker and Adam Zmith on their award-winning podcast The Log Books.
What should we make of the gendered cultural legacies of revolutionary women? Clara Vlessing considers the lives and afterlives of anarchists Emma Goldman and Louise Michel.
How can we use oral history to capture the diverse history of the UK environmental movement? Barbara Brayshay and Saskia Papadakis introduce the OHEM archive.
The idea of making amends for slavery has a long genealogy in Britain. Catherine Hall examines this history alongside vital questions of race and repair for our present moment.
Vivien Chan, Beckie Rutherford, Sally Alexander & Jeffrey Weeks
How did History Workshop Journal's editorial collective sustain its commitment to radical history over fifty tumultuous years? Sally Alexander and Jeffrey Weeks discuss.
History Workshop editors share their reflections on the radical books and films which have compelled them, fascinated them, and moved them throughout 2025.
What insights can feminists gain from revisiting the 1975 World Congress for International Women’s Year in East Berlin? Natali Moreira investigates this overlooked event using the Women of the Whole World journal.
Can the neglected anticolonial visions of Third World Marxist revolutionaries speak to our current moment? Peyman Vahabzadeh on Iran's 1970s radical, Mostafa Sho'aiyan.
Mary Rizzo examines how four LA historical and cultural institutions mobilize history and practice solidarity in the fight against immigration raids and deportations.
