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A short video, stories that deserve more room and a mission: bring overlooked history back into focus.
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The Comuneros: The Revolt Spain Forgot to Brag About
In 1520, Castilian towns pushed back against taxes and power decided far from home. Here’s what sixty seconds couldn’t fit.
Bella Ciao: the song went viral. Its history should too.
More than a Netflix song: antifascist memory, rebellion turned into a product and the cultural struggle Gramsci helps us understand.
Eight Hours: Won, Not Given
From Australia to Chicago and May Day: how workers turned a demand into an international movement.
Your history postman. Introductions and dispatches from WeTheComuna.
History and class struggle. People. Struggle. Change.
Rights. Organisation. Revolution.
Culture. Power. Resistance. Gramsci breaks down myths and brings back the context.
Antiracism and anticolonialism. Freedom. Equality. Solidarity.
No articles in this series yet. Mandela’s stories will have their home here.
Art. Identity. Resistance.
No articles in this series yet. Frida’s stories will have their home here.