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Tony Dyson: A hidden history of gay rights
Tony Dyson began campaigning for gay rights in the late 1950s but by the 1970s his ongoing work had become overshadowed by more strident activism.
This intimate display, at the John Rylands Library, Manchester, seeks to reveal Dyson’s hidden history as a pioneer of post-war gay rights campaigning.
See our news and events page for full details.
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E P Thompson (1924-1993)
Next year will mark the 50th anniversary of E P Thompson’s seminal The Making of the English Working Class. See our news and events section for further details of events planned to mark this anniversary over the next few months.
(Photograph courtesy of Stephen Roberts)
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Delegate's card
In 1896 the Socialist International met in London. In charge of printing and publicity was H.A. Barker, who had formed an early Socialist organisation, the Labour Union. Barker wrote to Walter Crane, the Socialist artist to design the delegates’ admission card, ‘knowing that our cause is your cause, we feel certain that if time permits, you will once more lend the heavy gift of your unrivalled art to the world’s toilers.’
The Society
Founded in 1960, the Society for the Study of Labour History (SSLH) is the UK’s principal organisation dedicated to the study of labour history.
Membership is open to everyone who would like to learn more about labour history and heritage whether on a professional or amateur basis.
The SSLH publishes the journal the Labour History Review, organises regular conferences and actively promotes the preservation of historical resources connected to the labour movement.
Labour History Review
Since 1960, the journal Labour History Review has explored the working lives and politics of ‘ordinary’ people. It has played a key role in redefining social and political history. Labour History Review is published three times a year.
Membership to the Society is secured by means of a subscription to LHR. Find out about other membership benefits and how to subscribe here»
If you are interested in submitting articles to the LHR you can find out more here».
Archives & Resources
Since its foundation the SSLH has actively encouraged the preservation of labour history archives, objects (banners, cartoons, ephemera)and printed collections.
The Archive and Resources Sub-Committee includes staff working at key archives, libraries and museums whose collections tell the story of the British labour movement.