“Legislate Promptly and Effectively in the Interests of the Unemployed”: Teaching the Development of the British Labour Party

Stories are usually better when they involve characters. It’s no different when teaching history. One of the more exciting stories of the second half of the nineteenth century is how workers’ movements and political parties developed that championed the causes of the working classes. We often mention Karl Marx and the Communist Manifesto when teaching this topic, but what other individuals can we include?

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