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Category: Women

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Industrial Organising in Leicester’s Hosiery Sector: A Historical Overview

May 16, 2022May 16, 2022mbarker2012

A History of Knitting

May 16, 2022May 16, 2022mbarker2012

Lizzie Willson: Remembering One of Leicester’s Radical Trade Unionists

April 6, 2021April 7, 2021mbarker2012

Women Still Under Attack

June 10, 2018June 11, 2018mbarker2012

Child Rape and the Roots of Political Anger: Grooming Gangs in Context

February 8, 2018May 16, 2022mbarker2012

Labour, Poplarism, and a Socialist Future

February 2, 2018February 2, 2018mbarker2012

Leicester Celebrates the Fight for Socialism and Feminism

February 13, 2017February 13, 2017mbarker2012

Now Shama Women’s Centre is Also Under Threat of Closure!

October 9, 2016November 19, 2017mbarker2012

Some Glimpses of Musical History in Leicester

June 14, 2016June 14, 2016mbarker2012

Demanding Meaningful Funding for Rape Crisis Centres!

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