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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.
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
From hunting rare pamphlets at book sales to online panels and courses on trade unionism and class politics, the MML continues connecting archive treasures with the movements fighting for a better world, writes director MEIRIAN JUMP
Corbyn and Sultana’s ‘Your Party’ represents the first attempt at mass socialist organisation since the CPGB’s formation in 1921, argues DYLAN MURPHY