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Durham and South Wales Miners and the Spanish Civil War (2006)
Journal Article
Mates, L. (2006). Durham and South Wales Miners and the Spanish Civil War. Twentieth Century British History, 17(3), 373-395. https://doi.org/10.1093/tcbh/hwl020

This article compares and contrasts the roles of the South Wales Miners' Federation and the Durham Miners' Association (DMA) regarding solidarity activities with the Spanish Republican government, 1936-39. It firstly establishes that there were far f... Read More about Durham and South Wales Miners and the Spanish Civil War.

'The North-East and the Campaigns for the Popular Front, 1938-39' (2006)
Journal Article
Mates, L. (2006). 'The North-East and the Campaigns for the Popular Front, 1938-39'. Northern History, 43(2), 273-301. https://doi.org/10.1179/174587006x116176

This article examines the Popular Front campaigns in 1938 and 1939 at grassroots level. It does this by taking the North-East region as a case study. The north-eastern labour movement was traditionally moderate and loyal. Substantial support for the... Read More about 'The North-East and the Campaigns for the Popular Front, 1938-39'.

Practical anti-fascism? The Spanish Aid Campaigns in North-East England, 1936-1939 (2005)
Book Chapter
Mates, L. (2005). Practical anti-fascism? The Spanish Aid Campaigns in North-East England, 1936-1939. In N. Copsey, & D. Renton (Eds.), British Fascism, the Labour Movement and the State (118-140). Palgrave. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230522763_7

‘When the fighting broke out on 18 July [1936] it is probable that every anti-Fascist in Europe felt a thrill of hope. For here, at last, apparently, was democracy standing up to Fascism. For years past the so-called democratic countries had been sur... Read More about Practical anti-fascism? The Spanish Aid Campaigns in North-East England, 1936-1939.

Encyclopedia of Cremation (2005)
Book
Davies, D. J., & Mates, L. H. (Eds.). (2005). Encyclopedia of Cremation. Ashgate Publishing

The Encyclopedia of Cremation is the first major reference resource focused on cremation. Spanning many world cultures it documents regional histories, ideological movements and leading individuals that fostered cremation whilst also presenting crema... Read More about Encyclopedia of Cremation.

'Britain's Popular Front? The Case of the Tyneside Foodship Campaign, 1938-1939' (2004)
Journal Article
Mates, L. (2004). 'Britain's Popular Front? The Case of the Tyneside Foodship Campaign, 1938-1939'. Labour History Review, 69(1), 35-57

Though historians have generally regarded the British popular front (1935-9) as a failure, it has been suggested that the project had untapped potential. Most significantly, the geographically widespread and socially and politically diverse campaigns... Read More about 'Britain's Popular Front? The Case of the Tyneside Foodship Campaign, 1938-1939'.