Thursday 5 August. 7 pm. Online meeting: The politics of deindustrialisation in Scotland & northern England. DM processnorth or Democratic Left Scotland for more details. Ewan Gibbs Scottish Labour History Society Sam Tedcastle Abdul Rahim Professor Keith Gildart Prof Andrew Perchard @DIndustrialKent Gerry Hassan

Looking forward to taking part in this Q&A with Caroline Milligan and Ewan Gibbs - it's online - see some of you there hopefully. Scottish Labour History Society WomensHistScot - follow us on Bluesky Scottish Oral History Centre Newcastle Oral History Collective

We’re looking forward to this event on Tuesday which marks the 60th anniversary of the founding of the society and the 30th anniversary of the Scottish Working People’s History Trust. There’s still time to sign up!

30 years ago in 1991, Sell and Be Damned - The Merrilee Housing Scandal of 1951 - by Ned Donaldson (My Da) & Les Forster told the story. Radical Glasgow Living Rent SOR Archive

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Professor Jim Phillips, the editor of the Scottish Labour History journal, will commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of Jimmy Reid’s University of Glasgow rectorial Alienation speech on Thursday 28 April at a meeting hosted by @UCUGlasgow. Sign up here uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/91964364285

‘We are not rats.’ Professor Jim Phillips, editor of the Scottish Labour History journal, will commemorate the 50th anniversary of Jimmy Reid’s Glasgow University rectorial Alienation speech at 1pm on 28 April. Meeting hosted by @UCUGlasgow. Sign up: uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/91964364285

‘We are not rats.’ Today is the fiftieth anniversary of Jimmy Reid’s University of Glasgow rectorial address. Professor Jim Phillips, editor of the Scottish Labour History journal, will be speaking at a commemorative meeting hosted by @UCUGlasgow. Sign up: uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/91964364285

The Great May Day Cabaret is back and Scottish poetry is well represented with @IonaLeepoetry and Ghazi Hussein tonight in Edinburgh & Rosa and @vmcnulty67 tomorrow night in Glasgow, hosted by yours truly.

Greetings to all of our followers who are marking International Workers’ Day in Scotland and around the world. #MayDay

💻Online event on the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders leaders and campaigns. Featuring our Prof. Jim Phillips and organised by the Jimmy Reid Foundation & Scottish Labour History Society 🗓️Thursday 16th June, 7pm Register ⬇️eventbrite.co.uk/e/upper-clyde-…

Sell and Be Damned tells the important story of the fight to say Merrylee’s council houses from being sold off in 1951. We’re supporting the publication of a new edition which is being launched on 24 November! eventbrite.com/e/sell-and-be-…

We’re looking forward to Andy Clark’s book launch Scottish Oral History Centre tomorrow evening in Glasgow. Fighting Deindustrialisation tells the story of three factory occupations led by Scottish women over 1981-2. Sign up here! eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-…

For 40 years, the People’s Story has shared Edinburgh’s rich diverse working-class history with its residents and school pupils. The Scottish Labour History Society is alarmed to hear The City of Edinburgh Council’s Culture and Communities Committee will vote on its closure this week. Pls share.

Historians and academics from across disciplines know how vital it is that the People’s Story continues to share Edinburgh’s working-class history. Hopefully, councillors will demonstrate the same understanding tomorrow.