Resolute Reader

Ready for the 500th anniversary, my book "The Time of the Harvest has Come: Revolution, Reformation adn the German Peasants' War" is now available. ⭐️Get it from all good bookshops or direct from the publishers @Bookmarks_books bookmarksbookshop.co.uk/product/the-ti…

✊Stop the Far Right in Epping Time change. #LondonCalling all to Epping at 2.00pm Sunday, 27 July 2025. No pasaran.

“Shell and other leading energy groups have abandoned a six-year-long attempt to define a ‘net zero’ emissions strategy after being told that such a standard would require them to stop developing new oil and gasfields…” on.ft.com/4f2cGla

"No pasarán". Get to this protest.

Londoners. All out Sunday to stop Tommy Robinson. Stop the far right in Epping.

🚨One Year On From the Riots - We’re No Island of Strangers 🗓️ Tues 29 July ⏰ 7pm 📍Online After a racist riot erupted outside a refugee hotel in Epping, join us for timely meeting. Register here ⬇️ bit.ly/sutr29july

An unexpected trip to hospital this morning reminded me how kind, supportive & professional all our NHS staff are. It's I'm supporting the @BMAResidents strike next week. I'll be visiting their picket lines on the way to work & dropping off some (unhealthy) snacks for strikers.

Slavery, colonialism and Manchester's Royal Exchange theguardian.com/news/2025/jul/…

Rosemarie translated my book on the Peasants' War into German. This is her critical review of the other book that came out in English this year on 1525, by Lyndal Roper. sozialismus-von-unten.org/realisten-vs-u…

Fascists attack a mosque in Denmark. socialister.dk/solidaritet-me…

Geoff Brown discusses his book, A People's History of the Anti Nazi League (1977-1981) - new from Bookmarks Publications Oder here: bookmarksbookshop.co.uk/product/a-peop…

Brownfacing a box of raisins and mocking my surname. Exactly what you’d expect from a right-wing hack who is the daughter of an aristocrat and ex-Tory MP.

Hey Keir Starmer. Watch out for this extremist over there, protesting the killing of Palestinians. theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…

My latest book review looks at a collection of essays by the esteemed historian Eamon Duffy on the Reformation and its legacy. I enjoyed "A People's Tragedy" but its flaws lie in the separation of religion from politics and economics. resolutereader.blogspot.com/2025/07/eamon-…

People are really underestimating 16- & 17-year old’s political awareness & intelligence. If they honestly think all they do is sit in their bedrooms playing games, they’ve no idea what they’re doing at school, with their friends, in society in general. That’s more worrying TBH.

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Good review of the German edition of Martin Empson’s “The Time of the Harvest Has Come!” etosmedia.de/kultur/buchrez… bookmarksbookshop.co.uk/product/the-ti…

One element of the political policing intimidation attempt is over. We played a historic set at Glastonbury. Whole area closed an hour before due to crowds. A celebration of love and solidarity. A sea of good people at the world's most famous festival. Shortly afterwards we…

I see that Keir Starmer has sacked a Black woman MP for trying to discuss racism on the very day that a far-right riot against asylum seekers takes place.

My latest book review looks at John Rose's book "Revolutions Thwarted" on the legacies of Communism and its impact on workers' struggle in Poland, South Africa, Iran and Brazil. Its a really brilliant book. resolutereader.blogspot.com/2025/07/john-r…

The Guardian has run my letter supporting the Resident Doctors' strike theguardian.com/society/2025/j…