John Charlton

Who is John Charlton?

John Charlton, is a British historian working in the Marxist tradition. He was a founding member of the Newcastle Branch of the International Socialists and has been a member of the IS and Socialist Workers Party in York, Leeds, and from 1996 Newcastle, where he now lives.

He was educated at Heaton Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne followed by Dudley College of Education. He is a graduate of York and Leeds universities and worked as a school teacher in Newcastle. Charlton lectured in History and Politics, Leeds Polytechnic and Leeds University.

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.

Currently he is leader of a Heritage Lottery Funded project, Mapping Popular Politics in the north east of England which has both an archive searching element and an oral history element. He is working on a Peoples’ History of North East England.

His recent published work includes:

Class struggle and the origins of state welfare reform, Class Struggle and Social Welfare, ed Michael Lavalette & Gerry Mooney, Routledge, 2000.