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From Wounded Knee to Gaza

Scottish Labour History Society member and artist Brian Vallely's paintings connecting the massacre of Native Americans at Wounded Knee in 1890 with the ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza

Llafur: the Welsh People's History Society

With apologies for late posting:

Llafur is holding an online summer series of talks, panels and discussions on the 1926 General Strike and lock-out in Wales

SLHS newsletter 2026-07-04

Remembering Ian Gasse (part 2): Ian's articles in Scottish Labour History

Having relocated to Dumfries for his retirement, Ian could hardly have been accused of taking it easy. He began to undertake research into local labour history topics, becoming a regular visitor

Remembering Ian Gasse: Ian's last article

The 1890-91 Scottish Railway Strike in Dumfries

Our friends at the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society (DGNHAS) have kindly given us permission to reproduce Ian's last article, published posthumously in the

Scottish Labour History Society newsletter

May 2026

Editorial changes at Scottish Labour History (November 2024)

With effect from the publication of vol. 59 (2024) of Scottish labour history, longstanding joint editors of the journal, Gregor Gall and Jim Phillips, have stepped down from their

Ian Andrew Gasse, 1948-2024: an appreciation

We reproduce here SLHS Chair Stewart Maclennan's appreciation of Ian Gasse from v. 59 of Scottish Labour History. Ian was the driving force behind the redesign and relaunch of the SLHS

Scottish Labour History Society Newsletter

September 2024

Calton Weavers’ Commemoration
This year’s Calton Weavers’ Commemoration has been rescheduled for Sunday, 22nd September, at 1pm. The change is the result of an anticipated

Scottish Labour History Society Newsletter

August 2024

Calton Weavers’ Commemoration
The organisers of this year’s Calton Weavers’ Commemoration have been informed that the Celtic v Rangers game, expected to have been on 31st

Scottish Labour History Society Newsletter

July 2024

W Hamish Fraser wins the Colby Prize
Former Scottish Labour History editor and Strathclyde University emeritus professor of history, W Hamish Fraser, has been awarded the

Scottish Labour History Society Newsletter

June 2024

SLHS Special General Meeting in May
The Society’s Special General Meeting noted the success of last year’s John Maclean conference and the videos produced from it (see below

More of the Labour History of Dumfries

'A Hard Nut to Crack'? The Emergence of 'Labour' in Dumfries 1884-1914

SLHS member and Dumfries resident Ian Gasse has published a third volume of labour history about the south-west Scottish town. ‘A Hard Nut to Crack’? The Emergence of ‘Labour’ in Dumfries,

Scottish Labour History Society Newsletter

May 2024

Society Special General Meeting: Monday 13th May, 6.30pm (via ‘Zoom’)
A Special General Meeting of the Society on the above date will elect a new committee to run the Society

Scottish Labour History Society Newsletter

April 2024

Donald Dewar Memorial Lecture
This year’s Donald Dewar Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Professor Mary McAleese, former President of Ireland, on Monday 29 April, from 6pm

Scottish Labour History Society Newsletter

March 2024

The 2024 Ian MacDougall Memorial Lecture
The 2024 Ian MacDougall Memorial Lecture will explore the lives of Peeblesshire textile workers and the process of telling their

Scottish Labour History Society Newsletter

February 2024

Calling Academic Teaching Staff! The Ian MacDougall Essay Prize deadline approaches
The Ian MacDougall Essay Prize honours the memory of Dr Ian MacDougall (1933-2020),

Scottish Labour History Society Newsletter

January 2024

Calling Academic Teaching Staff! The Ian MacDougall Essay Prize deadline approaches
The Ian MacDougall Essay Prize honours the memory of Dr Ian MacDougall (1933-2020),

Scottish Labour History Society Newsletter

December 2023

SLHS John Maclean Centenary Conference
The Society’s John Maclean conference on 18 November proved a great success, from the opening remarks by Bailie Roza Salih of Glasgow

Neil Davidson, What Was Neoliberalism? Studies in the Most Recent Phase of Capitalism, 1973-2008

Review by Dave Featherstone

Haymarket, Chicago. 2023, 270 pp., £18.99 (p/b), ISBN 10 9781642899152

The first chapter of What Was Neoliberalism? closes with the line: ‘And soon everything we’ve known will