John Charlton (born 1938 in

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), is a British

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working in the

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tradition. He was a founding member (1961) of the Newcastle Branch of the International Socialists (IS) and has been a member of the IS and Socialist Workers Party in York, Leeds and Newcastle. He is a visiting fellow in history at the University of Newcastle. He was educated at Heaton Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne followed by Dudley College of Education. He is a graduate of

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and

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universities and worked as a school teacher in Newcastle (1959–1964). Charlton lectured in History and Politics,

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(1970–1989) and Leeds University (1990–1999). He is closely involved in the North East Labour History Society and has been Secretary and Editor of the Society’s journal, ''North East History''. In 2010–11 he was leader of a Heritage Lottery Funded project, ''Mapping Popular Politics'' in the north east of England and he was working on a Peoples’ History of North East England.

Publications

*''The Chartists: The First National Workers' Movement'' (Pluto Press, 1997). *''It Just Went Like Tinder: The Mass Movement and New Unionism in Britain'' (Redwords, 1999). *''Anti-Capitalism: A Guide to the Movement'' (editor with Emma Bircham) (Bookmarks, 2001). *''Hidden Chains: the slavery business and north east England'' (Tyne Bridge Publishing, 2008). *'1819: Waterloo, Peterloo and Newcastle Town Moor', ''North East History'', 39, 2008. *''Don’t you hear the H-Bomb’s Thunder? Youth and Politics on Tyneside in the Late 'Fifties and Early 'Sixties'' (Merlin Press, 2009). * Making Middle England, History and Social Action, 2017

References

External links

John Charlton Internet Archive

North East Labour History Society

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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Charlton, John 1938 births Living people Academics of Leeds Beckett University Academics of the University of Leeds English historians People from Newcastle upon Tyne English male non-fiction writers Socialist Workers Party (UK) members