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"It is an abiding and indisputable truth that a people which does not understand the past will never comprehend the present, nor mould the future."
So wrote Tom Johnston in his foreword to the 1946 edition of The History of the Working Classes in Scotland.
Johnston's powerful message echoes down the years and so it was fitting that it was recalled at the start of a special labour history workshop last Saturday at the Glasgow Museums Resource Centre.
Renewed illusions in social democratic reformism are sprouting as a result of Andy Burnham’s rhetoric, but material conditions are already intruding into the debate, argues NICK WRIGHT
KEVIN DONNELLY suggests that the task of transforming cultural spaces is far from over and that photography still has a key role to play
The General Strike exposed the power of the working class — and the limits of its leadership, writes Dr DYLAN MURPHY
The newly catalogued News International Dispute Archive ensures the history of the Wapping dispute – and the solidarity it inspired – is preserved, accessible and alive for future generations, says MATT DUNNE