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Back to topONSITE EVENT: Eleanor Marx on Clerkenwell Green
Eleanor Marx: Trailblazing socialist, feminist and trade unionist.
Part of our Reds on the Green Programme joint with Islington Heritage; FREE, no booking required
Email: info@marx-memorial-library.org.uk
Eleanor Marx’s biographer Rachel Holmes explores the life of a pioneering activist with close ties to Clerkenwell Green; a woman whose enormous contribution was previously hidden from history and whose convictions can inspire us today.
ONLINE EVENT: Anti-Fascism in the 1930s/40s
Part of our joint initiative on Trade Union and Working Class History with the GFTU and the Working Class Movement Library.
Steve Silver will explore the anti-fascist movement in the 1930s and 1940s at this free online event.
ONLINE EVENT: Ford Dagenham Women
Part of our joint initiative on Trade Union and Working Class History with the GFTU and the Working Class Movement Library.
Professor Mary Davis will explore the history of the Ford Dagenham dispute at this free online event.
ONSITE & ONLINE PANEL: Decolonising Education: Learning for the Future at the Marx Memorial Library & Workers' School
Drawing on key themes raised by Professor Marjorie Mayo’s new study ‘Decolonising Community Education and Development: understanding the past, learning for the future’, this panel brings together educators from schools, higher education, the labour movement and the heritage sector.
Email: m.jump@marx-memorial-library.org.uk
Doors open at 5pm for drinks reception and a chance to browse a display from MML's archives. The panel discussion will commence at 6pm, followed by an opportunity for Q&A.
Panelists will examine how heritage collections documenting challenges to imperialism and exploitation through time - at the MML and elsewhere - can be mobilized today to expose hidden histories, contest existing narratives and enrich learning for diverse groups.
Dr Tanveer Ahmed is Senior Lecturer in Fashion and Race at Central Saint Martins, UAL
Caroline Kamana is Director of Anti-Apartheid Legacy: Centre for Memory and Learning
Alan Kunna is a History teacher and a member of the Marx Memorial Library's Outreach and Engagement Sub-Committee
Professor Marjorie Mayo is author of ‘Decolonising Community Education and Development: understanding the past, learning for the future’ and trustee of the Marx Memorial Library
2025 Marx Oration
Join us for the annual oration at Karl Marx's grave at Highgate Cemetery.
This year's oration will be given by HE Ismara Vargas Walter,
Ambassador of Cuba to the United Kingdom and Dr Ashok Dhwale
National President, All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) [All India Farmworkers’ Union], Central Committee CPI (M).
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Email: m.jump@marx-memorial-library.org.uk
There is no need to book/register to attend.
Please join us and assemble at the Swain's Lane entrance to the cemetery at 1:30pm. The oration will take place by the grave at 2pm.
BOOK SALE
Our twice-yearly Second-Hand Book Sale
11am to 3pm
Email: info@marx-memorial-library.org.uk
EXHIBITION VIEWING Radical Clerkenwell Reinterpreted at the Peel
Join us at the Peel Centre for a drinks reception and an opportunity to hear from curators and participants
The Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School (MML), in partnership with The Peel Centre, re-opens a new co-curated community exhibition, "Radical Clerkenwell Reinterpreted." This innovative project, funded by the Association for Independent Museums and the National Lottery Heritage Fund, invites visitors to explore the radical history of Clerkenwell through the eyes of the local community. This special event marks the exhibition's tome at the Peel in February and March 2025.