History
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Whose history? Why the People’s History Museum is vital
Against high-profile claims that museums should be ‘neutral’ spaces, Danielle Child celebrates the People’s History Museum
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We need to decolonise museums
Decolonising the museum is a pathway to decolonising society. We must start by providing more honest accounts of our past, says Subhadra Das
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1983: the biggest myth in Labour Party history
Labour’s 1983 election campaign has long been used to say it is impossible for a leader like Jeremy Corbyn to win any election from the left. Alex Nunns digs out the truth
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The myth of the 1970s
In the 1970s, they say, the dead lay unburied, greedy unions held the country to ransom and a divided country was impossible to govern, John Medhurst asks: was it really so bad?
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Maidan over: The balance of power in Ukraine
While Ukraine’s oligarchic elite aspires to become a ruling class, it is also the object of an ongoing competition between Russia and the west to draw it into their respective transnational capitalist classes, writes Marko Bojcun
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Shirkers and conchies: how governments tried to silence First World War resisters
Peace activists against the First World War were treated as enemies by their government, but left a legacy of perserverance writes Tim Gee
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Rosa Luxemburg’s capital ideas
Ingo Scmidt discusses the relevance of Rosa Luxemburg’s The Accumulation of Capital
