NB: Not in chronological (or reverse chronological) order
Bit late posting this, sorry -
Thu., 7 September, 11am – 4pm
Veterans For Peace will be taking action at the Excel Centre in East London during the set up of the DSEi Arms Fair.
Our Statement of
Purpose says “we will work to end the arms race and to reduce and eventually
eliminate nuclear weapons”. The DSEi Arms Fair is a key driver in the arms
race.
Our Statement of Purpose says “we will work to restrain our government
from intervening, overtly and covertly, in the internal affairs of other
nations”. The DSEi Arms Fair* provides the tools for the invasions and
occupations ordered by our government.
On Thursday 7 September all members of
Veterans For Peace are encouraged to attend the East Gate of the Excel Centre.
We will be carrying out citizen’s inspections of the vehicles arriving at the
Arms Fair to ensure that no weapons banned under the Geneva Conventions are
being brought into the fair for sale. Meet at PRINCE REGENT DLR STATION between
1030 and 1100 on Thursday 7 September. Coordinator: Ben Griffin 07866 559 312
Dress: VFP Blue Hoody / Sweatshirt / T-shirt Travel: The Underground Jubilee
Line to Canning Town, change onto a Beckton-bound DLR train, to Prince Regent
for ExCeL (East).
[*RaHN Note: other protests at this event are probably available]
"More than 100 people arrested over London
arms fair protests:
Activists try to prevent weapons firms from setting up
stands at ExCel centre, saying arms may be used to commit war crimes"]
And more...
"Banksy donates funds from anti-arms artwork sale" BBC 17-9-17
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NEWS FROM NOWHERE CLUB
Saturday September 9th 2017
Ethel Mannin: Feminist, Anarchist, Anti-Fascist
Speaker: Andy Simons
Andy will unpack the life of this working class yet wealth-sacrificing writer, social rebel, tireless campaigner & author of almost 100 books of fiction & non-fiction. The feminist ignored by feminists.
Ethel Mannin (1900-1984) was many things: single mum by design, anti-fascist & anti-British Mandate activist before World War 2, intrepid and sometimes illegal world traveller & consistent anarchist. Andy, former jazz archivist, radio presenter & author of ‘
Black British Swing’, devotes his time to Palestinian rights activism, as did Ethel Mannin in the 1960s.
7.30pm buffet (please bring something if you can), 8pm talk
Epicentre, West Street, Leytonstone, London E11 4LJ
Free entry, no need to book
No admittance before 7.30pm
Enquiries 0208 555 5248 or roskane@btinternet.com
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‘REFUSING
TO KILL’ – BRISTOL’S WORLD WAR 1 CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS
FROM SATURDAY
SEPTEMBER 9TH, THE REMEMBERING
THE REAL WORLD WAR 1 GROUP ARE PRESENTING AN EXHIBITION ‘REFUSING TO
KILL – BRISTOL’S WORLD WAR 1 CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS‘ IN BRISTOL CATHEDRAL ON
COLLEGE GREEN.
THE EXHIBITION WILL
RUN UNTIL EARLY JANUARY.
Over 350 men from the
Bristol area refused to fight in World War 1. They claimed the status of
conscientious objector for moral, religious or political reasons. Some agreed
to take non-military roles. Others spent much of the war in prison, often under
harsh conditions.
A largely untold part of Bristol’s World War 1 history – this exhibition tells
the stories of these men and the people in the city who supported them. Rarely
seen documents will be displayed together with photographs, letters from COs
and artefacts.
The exhibition will look at Why Conscription Was Introduced; What was
a CO; Attitudes to COs – from government, churches, military, public; Local
Networks Of Support; and the Long Term Effect of WW1 COs up to
present day.
And there is a whole series on the real WW1 (among other things) at
Bristol's Radical History Festival
Sunday September 17
More information and programme here.
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NEWS FROM NOWHERE CLUB (update)
Saturday 14th October 2017
Cyclogeography:
Journeys of a London Bicycle Courier
Speaker: Jon Day
Jon Day is a writer, literary critic and cyclist. He now teaches English Literature at King’s College London, but before this he worked as a cycle courier in London for many years. He will talk about the politics of cycling, the literary and cultural history of the cycle and the ways in which bicycles connect people with places.
Venue Epicentre, West Street, Leytonstone E11 4LJ
Times No admittance before 7.30pm: Vegetarian Buffet (bring something if you can).
8-10pm Talk & discussion
Travel Stratford stations & 257 bus
or Leytonstone tube (exit left) and 257 or W14 bus
Access Disabled access, car park, bikes can be brought in, quiet children welcome.
You can phone to confirm the talk will be as shown.
Meetings open to all - just turn up. Enquiries 0208 555 5248
Free entry / raffle / voluntary donations
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"There is a range of in-depth and informative talks for adults, to a choice of children's activities including the opportunity to meet the creator of 'Rastamouse'."
Including:
BHM Talk: An Inspirational Journey
- Where:Ealing Central Library
- When:Tuesday 17th October 2017, 6:00 pm
- Admission:FREE, no booking required
Vi Thomas is Director of Nursing at NHS England (London). Coming to the UK in the 1960s she has worked in a variety of leadership roles within the health sector. Vi will be sharing her career journey in the NHS, and reflecting on the importance of the role of BME staff since the 1960s until today.
Suitable for adults. Ealing Central Library.
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King’s Fund
Understanding the NHS Over Time: Archives,
Voices, Policy
26 September 2017
The King’s Fund, 11-13 Cavendish Square, London
The King’s Fund
Information and Knowledge Services and the People’s History of the NHS are
delighted to be hosting a joint event on the afternoon of 26 September 2017,
entitled Understanding the NHS Over Time: Archives, Voices, Policy.
The event will see a
number of presentations aimed at exploring the history of health policy and the
NHS over time. The afternoon will offer the opportunity to learn about the
findings of the People’s History research project and the King’s Fund’s digital
archive project. Talks will also include the recollections of health historian
Geoffrey Rivett’s experiences and a member of the policy team from the King’s
Fund to talk about how policy had developed up to the present.
As well as a series
of talks the afternoon will end with an exhibition enabling attendees to
explore physical artefacts from King’s Fund archives and the people’s history
project.
To find out more
about the event, please visit here.
[Note: the 2008 RaHN pamphlet on the NHS can be seen here as a pdf.]
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Leeds People's Assembly
Left Bank Cinema: The Stuart Hall Project
October 26 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm
£4 - £5
Made from artfully assembled fragments of film, television, radio and photographic archives, this film presents the story of the astonishing life of a black intellectual in post-colonial Britain.
Stuart’s sincere and thoughtful narration guides us through his experiences, from arriving in Oxford on a scholarship from Jamaica in 1951 to becoming one of the foremost intellectuals of the British Left, director of the Birmingham School of Cultural Studies and professor of sociology at the Open University.
This film shows Stuart Hall’s clarity of vision as he sought to expand the study of change, revolution and the political struggles of a turbulent 20th century through the use of cultural frameworks.
John Akomfrah / UK / 2013 / 103 minutes
Certificate 12
Details: http://leftbankleeds.org.uk/event/left-bank-cinema-the-stuart-hall-project/
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London Socialist Historians Seminars
Autumn 2017
Seminars are held on alternate Mondays, 5.30pm
at the Institute of Historical Research, Senate House, Malet St, London, WC1.
They are free to attend without ticket.
Monday October 16th John Rees,
The Leveller Revolution
Monday October 30th tba
UPDATE:
London Socialist Historians seminar. All welcome.
Monday 30 October Merilyn Moos 'Neglected Histories of the Diverse Victims of Nazism'
Room 304 Institute of Historical Research, Senate House, Malet St, WC1 5.30pm
"Jews were not the only people targeted by the Nazis during the Holocaust. Communists, Socialists, Anarchists, trade unionists, Resistance fighters, Poles, Roma, persons with disabilities, black people, Soviet prisoners of war, gay people and Jehovah’s Witnesses, were all persecuted and frequently murdered in large numbers by the
Third Reich. The Nazis had a particular hatred for those who had fought in the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War. Many forgotten stories need to be reclaimed."
Monday November 13th Christian Hogsbjerg, 'Every Cook Can Govern': C.L.R James and the Russian Revolution’
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| George Orwell (BBC via Penguin) |
Monday November 27th John
Newsinger,
From Revolution to Labourism?: Orwell and the Left'
Monday December 11th tba
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WCML Round-up:
Working Class Movement Library
51 The Crescent
Salford, M5 4WX
Free Wednesday 2pm talks series:-
13 Sept
Jennifer Reid
Comparing
Manchester, Lancashire and Bangladeshi traditional song
During a research visit to Dhaka this year, Jennifer discovered many links between Manchester and Lancashire traditional songs and those from Dhaka and Sylhet. Using the shared cotton industry which has acted as a bridge between the UK and Bangladesh, there are relevant comparisons to be made.
Jennifer will also help us launch our contribution to the project ‘A History of Lancashire in 70 Objects'. This is a Heritage Lottery Funded project run in partnership between Lancashire Heritage Learning, Lancashire Life and Museum Development North West. To celebrate the 70th anniversary of Lancashire Life, 70 objects have been chosen with the help of the public from 70 different venues in the County Palatine, each telling a story from Lancashire. The project will run throughout September to November 2017, and aims to celebrate Lancashire's history whilst encouraging the people of Lancashire and beyond to explore and engage with their local history.
Our chosen object is a beautiful banner, donated to us as part of a fascinating archive of campaign material by the group Lancashire Women Against Pit Closures. You can read more about this archive on the library blog
here. The banner is currently on display in our hall.
27 Sept. Could
Salford produce another Shelagh Delaney? – round table discussion.
In anticipation of this year's Shelagh Delaney
Day, join Shelagh's daughter Charlotte Delaney, her biographer Selina Todd and
MaD Theatre Company to discuss whether opportunities exist for young
working class women to find a voice and an audience almost 60 years after A
Taste of Honey first appeared.
From WCML: Apologies - cancellation of Invisible Histories talk on 11 October
Many apologies for the late notice, but we have just heard that our speaker is unwell. We have therefore had to cancel our Black History Month talk on the 1976-78 Grunwick strike.
We are however still remembering the Grunwick strike with a new play, We are the lions, Mr Manager, which is coming to the Library for two performances on Friday 20 and Saturday 21 October at 7.30pm.
The play is based on the experiences of Jayaben Desai, the inspirational leader of the strike, and of members of the Strike Committee, and tells of their long battle against the management and establishment forces to gain union recognition.
The Friday performance has already sold out so we encourage you to book tickets for the performance on Saturday 21st as soon as possible here, price £12.50 (£10.50 concessions).
Future talks are:
25
Oct
Angela Whitecross
The
Co-operative Party 100 years on - a reflection
8
Nov
Andy Clark
The
occupation of the factories - women's resistance to factory closure in Scotland,
1981-82
22
Nov
Cathy Hunt
Brave
hearts and missionary zeal - the National Federation of Women Workers 1906-21
6
Dec
Neil Faulkner
A people’s
history of the Russian Revolution
Full details at www.wcml.org.uk/events.
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On Thursday 21 September at 7pm we are pleased to host the launch of Citizens by Ian Parks.
Ian Parks is the only poet to have his work published in the Morning Star and the Times Literary Supplement on the same day, and his new collection Citizens explores the tensions between poetry and politics, the spoken and the unspoken, the private and the public. Accompanied by the ghosts of the Chartist poets he listens to 'the voices of the lost and dispossessed' while visiting places of painful historical memory such as Orgreave, Cable Street, and Blackstone Edge.
At this event Mike Sanders, Senior Lecturer in 19th Century Writing at the University of Manchester, will interview Ian about his work and the radical tradition, after which Ian will give readings from his book.
Ian Parks was born in 1959 and is the author of eight collections of poems, the most recent of which was a Poetry Book Society Choice. He was writer in residence at Gladstone's Library in 2012 and Writing Fellow at De Montfort University Leicester from 2012-14. He currently runs the Read to Write Project in Doncaster.
The Library will stay open on 21 September after its usual closing time of 5pm - drop in any time to browse items reflecting the themes of Ian's poetry, and purchased as part of Voting for Change, a joint project between the Library and the People's History Museum.
Admission free; light refreshments available
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Townsend Theatre
Productions' new play, written by Neil Gore, is premiering at the Library
on Friday
20 and Saturday 21 October at 7.30pm.
We Are The Lions, Mr.
Manager! is the
remarkable story of Jayaben Desai,
the inspirational leader of the 1976-78 Grunwick Strike.
She not only stood up for workers’ rights and against oppression with selfless
dedication, but with her steadfast resolve she turned the dispute into a
national movement for human rights and dignity inspiring future generations.
Tickets can be booked in
advance here, price £12.50 (£9.50 early bird, £10.50 concessions).
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"Very popular Marx & Engels exhibition" runs until
29 September and "celebrates the truly creative partnership between Karl Marx and Frederick
Engels, and the body of revolutionary, philosophical and economic writings that
their collaboration produced."
Exhibition open Wednesdays to
Fridays 1-5pm, and Saturday 2 September 10am-4pm. Admission free.
There is now a booklet available containing text and illustrations from the
exhibition. It is available price £2 from the Library, or via our online shop.
A travelling version
of the exhibition will soon be available for groups to borrow - let us know by
emailing info@wcml.org.uk if you'd like to know more.
There are also travelling versions of our last few exhibition available for
lending - examples include Spirit of '45: from warfare to welfare, the
James Connolly exhibition We only want the earth, and our WW1 conscientious
objector exhibition To end all wars.
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FURTHER UPDATES FROM WCML
Commemorations of the Irish Famine and of the Manchester Martyrs Timed to align with the National Famine event in Tipperary this September, on Sunday 10 September at 2.30pm at Chorlton Irish Club, Irish Mancunian presents The Great Hunger, featuring film, a book launch, and performance in song and spoken word. The Great Famine of 1845-52 was the most devastating event in the history of modern Ireland. In a country of eight million people, the Famine caused the death of at least one million, with around two million forced to emigrate; this at a time when Ireland was exporting vast quantities of corn, wheat, barley and other foodstuffs to Britain.
The film double bill is Famine in Ireland: Remember Skibbereen plus Ireland's Great Hunger; Michael Sheehan will launch his new book The Great Hunger in Manchester, which tells the tragic stories of Irish famine refugees in the city, and there will be readings of verbatim accounts of experiences of the Great Hunger. Angela Durcan and Dominic Kane will round off the day with a selection of songs of the Famine and emigration.
Entry £8 in advance; £10 on the door.
On Saturday 30 September, 10am to 4pm, the annual Salford Histories Festival takes place at Langworthy Cornerstones, 451 Liverpool Street, Salford M6 5QQ.
Come and say hello to the volunteers on the Library stall!
Other participants include Salford TUC, the Irwell Valley Mining Project, Elizabeth Gaskell's House and various local history societies.
Entry is free, and refreshments are available.
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And on Sunday 8 October at 3pm, at the same venue, Irish Mancunian will mark the 150th anniversary of the death of the Manchester Martyrs with a new play from Straightforward Theatre, Edward and Eliza and the Smashing of the Van.
The year is 1867. Edward Brett and his Irish wife, Eliza are struggling to make a living from their small shop. Edward’s brother, a popular policeman, is shot dead during the rescue of two Irish Republican prisoners in Manchester. A huge upsurge of anti-Irish feeling sweeps the country, and three Irishmen are publicly hanged. Edward and Eliza struggle to cope with their loss, their loyalty to each other and their different cultural backgrounds.
Written by Eileen Murphy, the play explores dilemmas that are still very relevant today. It will be followed by a series of dramatic readings, interspersed with live music from Angela Durcan and Dominic Kane, featuring famous songs from the times.
Entry £8 in advance; £10 on the door.
Labour Film Festival international contest
The Labour Film Festival (London & North West) has created a new format for its 2017 events, built around a shorts and feature length film contest. The organisers are asking people to enter the contest with films that tell stories related to the world of work and of workers and their lives.
There will be an opportunity to view the short-listed entries at the festivals (London & North West) which will be held in November this year. The winners will be announced at a festival awards ceremony, also in November.
The contest is open until 20 October 2017. The short films that will are awarded in all categories will be shared across the festival social media platforms and Web site.
More details about how to enter here.
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(Organisers recommend early booking as they think it will be popular.)
Fighting Unemployment, Poverty and Austerity
Saturday 30th September 2017, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Free
"Please note that our event on 30th September "Fighting poverty and austerity" will now start at 1pm, and not 2pm, as previously notified."
The Annexe, Working Class Movement Library, 51 Crescent, Salford M5 4WX.
Speakers: Sean Mitchell and Charlotte Hughes
Seán Mitchell will discuss his recently published book, Struggle or Starve, Working Class Unity in Belfast's 1932 Outdoor Relief Riots (Haymarket Books).
In October 1932, the streets of Belfast were gripped by widespread rioting that lasted the best part of a week. Thousands of unarmed demonstrators fought extended pitched battles against heavily-armed police. Unemployed workers and, indeed, whole working-class communities, dug trenches and built barricades to hold off the police assault. The event became known as the Outdoor Relief Riot - one of very few instances in which class sympathy managed to cross the religious divide.
Struggle or Starve is the first book-length study of these events, and is based on archive research and first-hand accounts. Sean Mitchell is a founder member of People Before Profit, an all-Ireland socialist party.
Charlotte Hughes is an activist in Tameside Against The Cuts which for four years has held a weekly picket outside the Job Centre in Ashton under Lyne, offering solidarity, advice and support to claimants. She writes a weekly blog about the picket,
The Poor Side of Life, and is also a regular contributor to the
Morning Star socialist newspaper. In her talk she will speak from first hand experience of the war on the poor being waged by the Tory government.
The Mary Quaile Club - named in memory of Manchester trade unionist Mary Quaile - organises regular events on working class history and the links with contemporary political issues.
Email: maryquaileclub@gmail.com
Afterword: How It Went -
A short account of the MQC event on "Fighting Unemployment, Poverty and Austerity" is now available at
https://maryquaileclub.wordpress.com/2017/10/02/mary-quaile-club-event-30th-september-2017/
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Also from/via MQC:-
Film screening under auspices of NUJ Manchester & Salford branch:
September 9, 14:30
at Three Minute Theatre, Affleck’s Arcade, Oldham Street, Manchester M1 1JG
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Thursday, September 14 at Media City,University of Salford, #B4 Salford Quays M50 2HE
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Course on the history of radical women
Michael Herbert, one of the co-founders of the Mary Quaile club, will be teaching a course on the history of radical women this autumn, starting on 10 October, and running for 10 weeks. This will normally take place between 11am and 1pm. The venue will be the Working Class Movement Library, 51 Crescent, Salford M4 4WX. The cost of the course is £60.
The course will look at the history of radical women from Mary
Wollstonecraft, author of
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, through to the suffrage campaign. It will include women in the radical movement of the 1790s, Women and Luddism, Women at Peterloo, Women Republicans and atheists, Women in the early Co-operative movement, Women and Chartism, Women and trade unionism, and will finish with the story of the long struggle over 70 years for Votes for Women.
Michael is an historian and author of Up Then Brave Women; Manchester's Radical Women 1819-1918. He is a Trustee of the Working Class Movement Library, and a member of Unite since 1983.
This has proved to be a popular course in the past and early booking is suggested. For more information about the course or to book a place, please email Michael: redflagwalks@gmail.com
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Banner Theatre's new production Rise Like Lions!
In the wake of the huge success of Labour’s election campaign, which focused on hope and an end to austerity, Rise, Like Lions! weaves inspirational stories of workers in struggle with music, song and video.
The show exposes the 30-year plot to privatise the NHS and stages the fight to keep it in public hands. It dramatises the successful strikes of teaching support staff in Derby and Durham, and captures the spirit and defiance of the anti-fracking campaigners at the Preston New Road site in Lancashire.
With its thundering mix of folk, reggae and ska, Rise, Like Lions! brings you songs, stories and video scoops from the frontline of the class war. So, switch off the fake news and tune in to the real news from Banner Theatre!
“Fantastic, empowering, goosebumps the whole time!” Anna Quick, NUT Student Member
"If Bertolt Brecht had had access to new technologies and keyboards, this is what he would have created. Great!” Senior Lecturer, Royal Holloway University
“Audience members were absolutely entranced by the show. The conversation and debate sparked by the show lasted until closing time, and the bar was buzzing with people.” Ben Fletcher-Watson, Director, The Round, Newcastle
Facebook event on the Manchester Trades Council page
Donations from affiliates would be helpful to help cover costs.
From Organiser - Manchester Trades Union Council (via MQC mailing)
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Wakefield Socialist History Group
Saturday 16 September: GEORGE ORWELL AND SOCIALISM
PLEASE NOTE AMENDED DATE - previously noted as 9th, sorry
At the Red Shed, Vicarage Street, Wakefield WF1 1QX.
Admission is free and free light snacks
are provided. There is also a bar with excellent real ale.
"..the
ILP is the only British party -at any rate the only one large enough to be
worth considering- which aims at anything I should regard as socialism"
(Orwell, 1938)
"..the
real struggle (in Spain) is between revolution and counter-revolution; between
workers who are vainly trying to hold on to a little of what they won in 1936
and the liberal-Communist bloc who are so successfully taking it away from
them" (Orwell, 1937)
"..everyone
who uses his brain knows that Socialism, as a world-system and wholeheartedly
applied, is a way out..Socialism is such elementary common sense that I am
sometimes amazed that it has not established itself already" (Orwell, Road
to Wigan Pier 1937).
The
speakers so far are:
*Brian
Bamford (co-author of "The Boys on the Blacklist") who will be
speaking on "Professor Preston and George Orwell: The Varietes of
Historical Investigation and Experience"
*Alan
Stewart (Convenor of Wakefield Socialist History Group) talking about "How
George Orwell ended up in Barnsley!"
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To come:
Wakefield Socialist History Group event, THE YORKSHIRE MINERS, is on Saturday 14 October 1pm at the Red Shed, Vicarage Street, Wakefield.
- Ken Capstick will be the opening speaker. He is former Vice President of the Yorkshire NUM. He will be speaking about the "Curious Case of David Swallow." David was born in East Ardsley, Wakefield. He is credited with being the founder of the first national miners union and he played a leading role in the first national strike.
- Huddersfield historian Alan Brooke (author of "Colliers and Hurriers: Working Conditions in Collieries Around Huddersfield") will also be speaking. Again admission is free.
And on Saturday 11 November: THE BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION: ART AND REVOLUTION.
After the Event...
discussing George Orwell & Socialism:
"BECAUSE the subject of this talk is specifically about Orwell's socialism I ought to say what I won't be dealing with. Orwell is such a vast subject, and he featured on Radio 4 only this week."
For more go to www.northernvoicesmag.blogspot.com
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Also at the Red Shed (Wakefield Labour Club)l, Vicarage Street, Wakefield WF1 1QX.
Saturday (7th October) 1.30pm
Chris Nineham, Vice Chair of the Stop the War Coalition, will be talking about his new book
HOW THE ESTABLISHMENT LOST CONTROL.
The event is organised by
Counterfire and admission is free.
(Chaired by Convenor of Wakefield Socialist History Group.)
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Bishopsgate Institute
Near Liverpool Street Station; a few minutes walk, between Liverpool Street station and Spitalfields Market.
Bishopsgate Institute
230 Bishopsgate
London
EC2M 4QH
The East End - A Brief but Contentious History
Wednesday 4 October | 19:00 - 20:00
£9, £5 conc.
Professor John Marriott's illuminating talk questions the nature of the East End as an object of historical inquiry. Challenging the prevailing mythology of the area as a site of criminality and degeneration, he seeks to explore the interconnections among the origins, geographical boundaries and cultural landscape of East London.
Women's and Feminist History 1970 to Today
Wednesday 25 October | 18:30 - 21:00
Free, drop-in
Join us for an evening exploring women’s history as shown in the archives of Bishopsgate Institute at this free pop-up display. Find out more about grassroots protests, everyday women's lives, and the campaigns that have motivated women from the second wave of feminism in the 1970s to today.
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Why Public History?
The First Annual Conference of the Centre for Public History,
Queen’s University Belfast
7-8 December 2017
In Autumn 2017 the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics at Queen’s University Belfast is launching its new Centre for Public History. An interdisciplinary initiative, the Centre aims to provide a broad approach to the multi-faceted method of public history – in theory, application, and critique. This inaugural annual conference begins that task by seeking to assess the current state of the discipline. It asks a simple but vital question: in an age of ‘fake news’, ‘history wars’, and ‘impact agendas’, what role do scholars and practitioners have in shaping the relationship between the public and the place of the past?
Reflective keynote lectures will be given by leading scholars in the field: Professor Ludmilla Jordanova (Durham University), Professor Peter Mandler (tbc) (University of Cambridge), and Professor Jock Phillips (University of Auckland).
We invite individual 20-minute papers, or panels of 3 papers, on these themes from any historical period or geographic locale, and encourage comparative work.
Abstracts should not exceed 250 words, and should be accompanied by a short CV and sent to publichistory@qub.ac.uk by 1 September 2017. Notification of acceptance will be sent by 20 September 2017. To find out more about the event, please visit here.
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Study Day in Amiens: Tuesday 26th September
Encountering the Other:
Africans, Natives, Afro-Americans and Asiatics in Europe in the Great War
(Association of History and Geography Teachers)
LA RENCONTRE DE L’AUTRE : AFRICAINS, NATIVES,
AFRO-AMÉRICAINS ET ASIATIQUES EN EUROPE DANS LA GRANDE GUERRE
Mardi 26 septembre 2017
Lycée Jean de la Fontaine (Château-Thierry)
Cette journée d’étude, proposée par l’association des professeurs d’histoire
géographie (
APHG), s’attache à étudier les bouleversements, notamment
de perceptions, nés de la rencontre de l’« Autre » dans la Grande Guerre. Regard des soldats et travailleurs coloniaux sur la France, ou encore
celui des troupes allemandes et alliées sur les Noirs, un large panel
d’historiens et de spécialistes aborderont la question sous tous les angles. (Une thématique qui fait écho à la série
Frères d’armes, diffusée pendant l'exposition qui
accompagne l’événement.)
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Women's Peace Crusade film and HOUSMANS PEACE DIARY LAUNCH
Wed 4th October @ 7pm
Tickets are free - more information on the Houseman's website.
Housmans Bookshop, 5 Caledonian Road, King’s Cross,
London, N1 9DX
tel: 020 7837 4473
e: shop@housmans.comwww.housmans.com
The Women's Peace Crusade 1917-1918’
with Alison Ronan Wednesday 4th October,7pm
Free Entry
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Also at Housmans:
BOOK EVENT
‘How to Resist: Turn Protest to Power’
with Matthew Bolton in conversation with Wail Qasim
Wednesday 27th September,7pm
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
‘We're Queer And We Should Be Here: The perils and pleasures of being a gay football fan’
with Darryl Telles
Friday 6th October, 7pm
Free Entry
Peace News present:
‘1917: The Nonviolent Russian Revolution’ with Milan Rai
Wednesday 25th October, 7pm
Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase.
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Reminders
1917 conference
On Saturday 4 November at the Old Fire Station, Crescent, Salford M5 4NL (courtesy of the University of Salford) the Peace History Conference and the Library will present a day exploring the effect of the Russian Revolutions on the British labour and peace movements.
The morning sessions consider the impact nationally and the afternoon covers, with talks, readings and film, the remarkable campaigns by women in the North West:
- 'Way of Seeing: The Bolshevik Revolution and the British Left'. Prof John Callaghan
- 'Against Imperialist War: Communists in the struggle for peace'. Dr Kate Hudson
- 'Crusading Women in the North West'. Dr Alison Ronan
- 'The Last Weapon: Theodora Wilson Wilson'. Maxine Peake (tbc) and Virginia Branney
Tickets £15 (£10 concessions) from peacehistoryconference2017.eventbrite.co.uk.
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Wigan Diggers' Festival
The annual Diggers' Festival takes place this year on Saturday 9 September from 11am to 9.30pm at The Wiend, Wigan. The day commemorates Wigan-born Gerrard Winstanley and the 17th century Diggers movement, and includes free talks, music, poetry, film showings and over 50 food, book and campaign stalls. Further information atwigandiggersfestival.org.
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LSHG starting the term a little later than usual with the first seminar
Monday 16th October, 5.30pm, Room 304 at the Institute of Historical Research, Malet St WC1.
John Rees will be speaking on his recent book The Leveller Revolution.
See blog (linked) for new autumn newsletter.
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Liberating Arts Festival
Feature on the event from the Morning Star. http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-09e9-Awakening-the-sleeping-giant-through-the-arts#.WeH4no9SyUk
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Round-up from PM Press:
Progressive Education Network in Boston, MA from October 5th to 7th
New England Art Book Fair in Providence, RI on October 6th and 7th
Teaching for Social Justice in San Francisco, CA on October 7th
Western Maryland Independent Lit Festival in Frostburg, MD on October 13th and 14th
Bouchercon in Toronto, ON from October 13th to 15th
Atlanta Radical Book Fair in Atlanta, GA on October 14th
Twin Cities Book Festival in Minneapolis, MN on October 14th and 15th
Vancouver Art Book Fair in Vancouver, BC on October 14th and 15th
Bioneers in San Rafael, CA from October 20th to 22nd
Northwest Teaching for Social Justice in Seattle, WA on October 21st
Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market in Trenton, NJ on October 22nd
Peace and Justice Studies Association in Birmingham, AL on October 26th
The FEST 16 in Gainesville, FL on October 27th
London Anarchist Book Fair in London, UK on October 28th
Los Angeles Anarchist Book Fair in Los Angeles, CA on October 28th and 29th
