STEVEN ANDREW is moved beyond words by a historical account of mining in Britain made from the words of the miners themselves
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The Nazis’ most implacable enemies
This fascinating but neglected history of working-class resistance to Nazi occupation is essential reading, believes JOHN GREEN
WORKING CLASS HERO: Edo Fimmen (insert) monument in Rotterdam designed by Ben Zegers. In 1937 Fimmen declined a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize.
CAILEAN MCBRIDE welcomes a refreshing and timely study of the way officialdom creates structures that exclude LGBT+ rights and humanity
The bard mourns the loss of comrades and troubadours, and looks for consolation with Black Country Jess
CHRIS MOSS relishes the painting and the life story of a self-taught working-class artist from Warrington
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a star-studded adaptation of Ibsen’s play that is devoid of believable humanity
GORDON PARSONS is fascinated by a unique dream journal collected by a Jewish journalist in Nazi Berlin
Borrowed Time: Lennon’s Last Decade, Parthenope, Where Dragons Live and Thunderbolts* reviewed by MICHAL BONCZA and MARIA DUARTE
On Strike Against the Nazis
By Steve Cushion and Merilyn Moos
Socialist History Society Occasional Publication £5
THIS booklet by Steve Cushion and Merilyn Moos is a well-researched, invaluable contribution to our understanding of the role played by ordinary workers and trade unionists in the fight against Nazi occupation in Europe.
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