Left-wing and the ‘Other’ History: The First Recorded Strike

Throughout history strikes have been an important way for the exploited classes to fight back against their oppression. From railway workers to sex workers, from students to teachers, to screenwriters to farmers in each inhabited continent workers have went on strike to defend or obtain their rights. Strikes have been present throughout history, and today

World History: Ancient Egypt

http://cdn.ngkids.co.uk/dynamic/features_legacy/content/gallery/20140124052033489468368.jpg Ancient Egypt is the last of what we often refer to as the ‘River Valley Civilizations’. Located on the Nile which flooded seasonally it created the perfect fertile land. Soon we saw the rise of urban areas, writing, a bureaucratic government and a clear social hierarchy. Pharaonic  Egypt caught the attention of people throughout