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Establishment vs working-class history: Interview with Dr Louise Raw

Podaganda

English - June 21, 2019 16:29 - 51 minutes - 23.5 MB
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IN this special bonus episode of Podaganda, Ben Cowles speaks with historian, activist, broadcaster, trade unionist and all-round legend Dr Louise Raw about:

 

Establishment history vs working-class history; Pissing off the far right; The Tory party leadership race; The matchwomen’s central role in the labour movement, Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership and the media’s framing of him; Historiography and the importance of nuance, And the Matchwomen’s festival

 

Get your tickets to Matchfest 2019 here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/matchwomens-festival-2019-tickets-55843455278

 

Brace yourself for profoundly left-wing views and plenty of bad language

 

Show notes

 

Read Dr Louise Raw’s Morning Star articles here: mstar.link/2WUPATN 

 

You can buy here book, Striking a Light: The Bryant and May Matchwomen and their Place in History, here: mstar.link/2KvgOie  

 

Follow Louise and the Matchfest on Twitter here @LouiseRawAuthor and @Matchwomen1888

 

For more on the Freedom Programme visit here: mstar.link/2Y22row 

 

For more on Steve Bannon, read here: mstar.link/2XpbVNv 

 

Check out the Star’s coverage of the Matchwomen here: mstar.link/2WUdDap 

 

Read LSE report into the media’s coverage of Corbyn: Journalistic Representations of Jeremy Corbyn in the British Press: From Watchdog to Attackdog: mstar.link/2J03RcX 

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