Drawing on the first English language version of the Swedish author and activist Sven Lindqvist’s influential 1978 workers’ radical history manual (Dig Where You Stand 2023, Repeater Books, ed. by myself & Astrid von Rosen), this discussion will introduce the philosophy and practice embedded in Lindqvist’s workers' DIY history manual, reflect on its continuing relevance (and also some challenges), and in particular make the connection of 'Digging' with independent community-led archiving, and in line with Lindqvist’s urgings connect movements researching and utilising history as suggested by Aziz Choudry and others.

**Suggested readings for the session: **

Sven Lindqvist's* Dig Where You Stand* in Oral History 1979, 7(2), 24–30 https://maydayrooms.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Lindqvist-OH-DWYS-1979.pdf

An Introduction to the English Translation of Dig Where You Stand, by Andrew Flinn and Astrid von Rosen

https://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/an-introduction-to-the-english-translation-of-dig-where-you-stand/