Henry Bell 
Red Threads [EPUB ebook] 
A History of the People’s Flag

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‘I loved this book … this is a history we can all connect with and be inspired by’ Josie Long, comedian

‘The epic story of this universal symbol, told with passion and erudition’ Liz Lochhead, poet

‘Intense and gripping. Tells a grand history of the people and movements who flew and still fly the red flag’ Ewan Gibbs, author of Coal Country

‘An internationalist tour de force and a source of inspiration’ Hannah Proctor, historian and author of Burnout

The red flag: There is no symbol, perhaps other than the crucifix and the crescent moon, for which so many people have lived and died. A standard of hope and resistance to millions and of terror and tyranny to many. But why is the flag red? How did it come to represent the workers against the bourgeoisie? And how did it travel the world?

Henry Bell takes us around the globe and back in time, tracing the lineage of the red flag. From its beginnings as a sign of battle and piracy to the raising of a blood-stained flag at the Merthyr Rising and the arrival of the red flag at the Paris Commune, from the jungles of north-eastern India to the factories of Cuba,  Red Threads explores how this symbol of working-class power first came to be held aloft in the hands of revolutionaries; who raises it today; and its meaning for the future.

HENRY BELL is a historian and award-winning poet based in Glasgow. He is the author of John Maclean: Hero of Red Clydeside, described as ‘compelling and brilliantly written’ by Jackie Kay, Scottish Poet Laureate. He brings people’s history to life through running Radical Glasgow Tours and is a committee member of the Red Sunday School, a socialist school for young people. He has written for National Geographic,  Open Democracy and Jacobin.

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Introduction: The Signal of the Emergency
1. War
2. Defiance
3. Revolution
4. The International
5. The Commune
6. Workers
7. Peace
8. Utopia
9. Tyranny
10. The Dispossessed
11. Subversion
12. Peasants
13. Chinese Characteristics
14. The Present
15. The Future
Acknowledgements
Notes
Index

Circa l’autore

Henry Bell is a historian and award-winning poet based in Glasgow. He is the author of John Maclean: Hero of Red Clydeside, described as ‘compelling and brilliantly written’ by Jackie Kay, Scottish Poet Laureate. He brings people’s history to life through running Radical Glasgow Tours, and is a committee member of the Red Sunday School, a socialist school for young people. He has written for National Geographic,  Open Democracy and Bella Caledonia.

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Lingua Inglese ● Formato EPUB ● Pagine 368 ● ISBN 9780745347707 ● Dimensione 11.2 MB ● Età 22-99 anni ● Casa editrice Pluto Press ● Città London ● Paese GB ● Pubblicato 2024 ● Edizione 1 ● Scaricabile 24 mesi ● Moneta EUR ● ID 9482150 ● Protezione dalla copia Adobe DRM
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