On April 1st 1914 teachers Tom and Annie Higdon were dismissed from their posts in the rural village of Burston, Norfolk and with it began the ‘longest strike in history’. On that day the children marched around the village with cards hanging from their necks demanding that “We Want Our Teachers Back”. The banner at the head of the march […]
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The 158th annual TUC Congress will be held from Sunday 13 to Wednesday 16 September 2026 in Brighton. Background Congress is the policy making body of the TUC; the annual congress normally meets for four days each year during September. Each affiliated union can send delegates. At congress motions are proposed and discussed and form the basis of the TUC's […] | |
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In October 1936, thousands of Londoners gathered to stop Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists marching through the East End. Fascism will not pass The fascists aimed to win support by dividing Londoners at a time of economic crisis, as have many other political groups past and present. Their march targeted the East End’s large Jewish community – who they […] |