'Race War' - Black American GIs in Bristol and Gloucestershire During World...
America's entry into World War II immediately served to highlight the issue of race relations and the contradictions between America's declared position as a defender of "freedom" and "democracy," and...
View ArticleMorris Beckman And Britain's Secret War
Bristol Radical History & Bristol Antifa join us for an astounding a talk by author Morris Beckman about the hidden history of how British Jewish ex-servicemen fought back against those trying to...
View ArticleThe Atomic Museum
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View ArticlePartisanas: Women in the Armed Resistance to Fascism and German Occupation...
This book examines the parts played by women in the struggle against fascism across Europe. Strobl acknowledges the importance of so-called “passive” resistance such as hiding people, distributing...
View ArticleWomen and Conscientious Objection to Military Service
Quaker Meeting House, 126 Hampton Road, Redland, Bristol BS6 6JE A free event on women and conscientious objection to military service. Note: Registration is required for this event, details here....
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Film Screening – Greece: The Hidden War
A rare chance to see the 1986 Channel 4 documentary that explored the clash between British forces and the left-wing Greek Resistance against the Nazi occupation in 1944, which led to the ‘Battle for...
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The South West Tribunal
Foreword During the Second World War, over 60,000 men and 1,000 women applied to register as conscientious objectors (COs) in England, Wales and Scotland. Although this was at least three times as many...
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Stolen Paradise [postponed until further notice]
Squatters at the ‘White City’ PoW camp near Ashton Gate, August 1946 During the summer of 1946, thousands of British families took the law into their own hands to temporarily solve their housing...
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Set the people free – opposition to ID cards [postponed til further notice]
David King will outline how during the Second World War the government introduced compulsory ID cards as part of their emergency measures. It was not until seven years after the War that ID cards were...
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WWII: Upper class protected British fascist leader Mosley, whilst supposedly...
Sir Oswald Mosley being saluted by fascists in Bristol, 1934. The Second World War in Europe is often presented as a war against fascism though this is conflated with a war against the nations of...
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