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MML Book Sale - second-hand books on a wide-range of topics. Come along and support the Library!
Email: info@marx-memorial-library.org.uk
ONLINE PANEL DISCUSSION: Trade Unions and Trades Union Councils – Mobilising for class politics within communities
Using best practice today and the lessons of working class history, speakers will discuss how communities can be mobilised to defend collective class interests and to repel the politics of division.
Email: info@marx-memorial-library.org.uk
Speakers include:
Andy Bain (Chair, Islington TUC)
Drew Gilchrist (Chair, Unite Youth Committee & North Lanarkshire TUC)
Alex Gordon (Past President, RMT)
Stephanie Martin (Glasgow TUC & community campaigner)
Chris Neville (President, Manchester TUC)
Jonathan White (MML tutor & author)
Beth Winter (former MP for Cynon Valley & community campaigner)
Chair: Kevan Nelson (Unison, Assistant General Secretary)
ONSITE EVENT: REDS ON THE GREEN: William Morris: Politics and Art
Joint with Islington Heritage. Free; All welcome
Email: info@marx-memorial-library.org.uk
Artist and socialist William Morris (1834–1896), famed for leading the Arts and Crafts movement, was active in Clerkenwell’s Social Democratic Federation at 37a Clerkenwell Green, now the Marx Memorial Library. He marched from the Green to join 1887’s “Bloody Sunday” protest. Ruth Kinna explores his activism and belief in art’s social purpose.
Join us for the latest in the series of Reds on the Green events organised jointly with Islington Heritage and discover the radical history of Clerkenwell Green. Explore local stories, ground-breaking ideas and people who made history.
NO BOOKING NECESSARY
ONSITE EVENT: REDS ON THE GREEN: Clerkenwell & Chartism
Joint with Islington Heritage. Free; All welcome
Email: info@marx-memorial-library.org.uk
In May 1842, a petition with over 3 million signatures was carried through London to Parliament, demanding sweeping reforms: votes for all men over 21, no property qualification for MPs, secret ballots, MP salaries, equal constituencies, and annual parliaments. The Northern Star, voice of the Chartist movement, reported on its journey and the wave of strikes, uprisings, and repression that followed. In this talk, Dr Vic Clarke explores how campaigners combined peaceful and physical strategies for change—from Parliament to Clerkenwell Green.
Join us for the latest in the series of Reds on the Green events organised jointly with Islington Heritage and discover the radical history of Clerkenwell Green. Explore local stories, ground-breaking ideas and people who made history.
NO BOOKING NECESSARY
Online Talk: New Unionism & Eleanor Marx
One of a series of free online talks on trade union and working class history, organised jointly by the GFTU Educational Trust, Marx Memorial Library & Workers' School and the Working Class Movement Library.
Sign up for the series here: https://gftuet.org.uk/courses/trade-union-and-working-class-history
Please note: You only need to sign up once to access all online sessions.
Online Talk: The Matchwomen's Strike
One of a series of free online talks on trade union and working class history, organised jointly by the GFTU Educational Trust, Marx Memorial Library & Workers' School and the Working Class Movement Library.
Sign up for the series here: https://gftuet.org.uk/courses/trade-union-and-working-class-history
Please note: You only need to sign up once to access all online sessions.
Online Talk: MaryMcArthur and the National Federation of Working Women
One of a series of free online talks on trade union and working class history, organised jointly by the GFTU Educational Trust, Marx Memorial Library & Workers' School and the Working Class Movement Library.
Sign up for the series here: https://gftuet.org.uk/courses/trade-union-and-working-class-history
Please note: You only need to sign up once to access all online sessions.
Online Talk: The 1918 Equal Pay Strike
One of a series of free online talks on trade union and working class history, organised jointly by the GFTU Educational Trust, Marx Memorial Library & Workers' School and the Working Class Movement Library.
Sign up for the series here: https://gftuet.org.uk/courses/trade-union-and-working-class-history
Please note: You only need to sign up once to access all online sessions.