A short history on the influence of William Cuffay, a black tailor, and Irish Catholic workers in the Chartist movement and how the British ruling class used racism to divide an increasingly ...

In 1848 the British establishment watched in horror as revolution swept across Europe. In London, Chartist leaders delivered a petition to Parliament asserting the rights of ordinary people. Dangerous ...

An article by Past Tense on the first attempted general strike called by the Chartist movement for August 1839. It also compares the ideas of the strikes main proponent, William Benbow with other ...

This is the second part of a two-part article. The first part was posted on November 4. There had been talk of a “sacred month,” effectively a general strike, throughout August 1839. There was some ...

The editors of a tiny 165-year-old pamphlet, believed to be the world’s only surviving copy of a Chartist hymn book, have been identified. Dr Mike Sanders, from The University of Manchester, says the ...

A TINY 165-year-old pamphlet of Victorian-era rebel songs has been discovered in a box at a Yorkshire public library. The book of 16 radical hymns was produced by the Chartist movement which ...

It’s 1848 and Queen Victoria is pregnant with her 6 th child, but her burgeoning belly is the least of her worries. Revolution abroad and unrest at home, coupled with new houseguests, and a ...

A researcher at The University of Manchester has found the Labour Movement of old was more cultured than its modern-day counterpart. Dr Michael Sanders from the School of Arts, Histories and Cultures ...

The following is the first of two-part article. The second part will be posted November 5. On November 4, 1839, several thousand Chartists, carrying arms, marched into Newport, Wales. They surrounded ...