Antonio Francesco Gramsci:
Antonio Francesco Gramsci was an Italian Marxist philosopher and communist politician. He wrote on political theory, sociology and linguistics. He attempted to break from the economic determinism of traditional Marxist thought and so is considered a key neo-Marxist ...... Read more

The Battle of Cable Street:
It is more than 80 years since the Jewish community of East London and its allies blocked the streets in order to prevent Oswald Mosley and his British Union of Fascists marching through ...... Read more

John MacLean:
John Maclean (1879-1923) was a Glasgow University graduate who became a revolutionary socialist, teacher and the most famous of the Red Clydesiders. A bitter opponent of capitalism and imperialism, he dedicated his life to Marxist revolution and the cause of the working classes ...... Read more

Jimmy Reid:
Jimmy Reid (1932-2010) was a Scottish trade union activist, orator, politician and journalist born in Govan, Glasgow. His role as spokesman and one of the leaders in the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders work-in between June 1971 and October 1972 attracted international recognition. He later served as Rector of the University of Glasgow and subsequently became a journalist and broadcaster ...... Read more

Fidel Castro:
The US opinion of Cuba’s former leader is widely unfavourable, but elsewhere he has been praised for improving the lives of ordinary Cubans ...... Read more