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MML Book Sale - second-hand books on a wide-range of topics. Come along and support the Library!
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ONLINE & ONSITE LECTURE: The World Economy in the 2020s - time is running out
Michael Roberts will analyse the current phase of the world capitalist crisis and Britain’s place within it.
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The major economies of the world are stagnating in the 2020s. Poverty rates are rising and inequalities of income and wealth are increasing. Global warming is accelerating. And now Trump has launched a trade war against everybody to 'make America great again'. These are multiple crises for capitalism in the 21st century; But can capitalism find a way out?
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:
Drew Gilchrist (Unite Youth Committee, Chair)
Alex Gordon (Past President, RMT)
Stephanie Martin (TU officer & community campaigner in Glasgow)
Jonathan White (MML tutor & author)
Beth Winter (former MP for Cynon Valley)
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