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We invite all historians to join in showing support for Occupy Wall Street
and the entire Occupy Movement by signing on to Occupy History.
Inspired by the creativity and strength of Occupy Wall Street and the
Occupy movement around the world, Occupy History adds its voice in support
of those speaking out against and demanding solutions to growing injustice
and inequality, both economic and social.
We encourage historians to work to build the discussion beyond inequality
and injustice to include the history of these struggles, and the changes
needed.
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In addition to showing our support for the Occupy Movement, Occupy History
plans to provide resources to the Occupiers:
Locally we would like to be a resource Occupies can go to for speakers and
discussion leaders
On our website, we plan to provide resource pages with book and film
recommendations Occupies can use for educational purposes
We hope to develop a list of films, or perhaps the films themselves, that
could comprise a film festival of the history of progressive political
movements in America and around the world.
We hope you will join us.
Please share with your colleagues.
Sunday, 26 February 2012
Conference reviews historical lessons of riots
London Socialist Historians Group
Press Release 26TH February
Contact Keith Flett 07803 167266
Conference reviews historical lessons of riots
A well attended conference at the Institute of Historical Research in London on Saturday, organised by the London Socialist Historians Group, reviewed some historical lessons of riots in the context of recent events in the UK, Greece and elsewhere.
Conference organiser Dr Keith Flett opened proceedings by noting that the Riot Act had been abolished in 1973 and historians themselves had tended to see riots as purely historical matters. Recent events had challenged that and he noted that inquiries into the UK riots of August 2011 had lacked an historical perspective. The aim of the conference was to revisit and review historical approaches to the riot.
Sean Creighton spoke on the Trafalgar Square riots of 1887 one of which saw the death of Alfred Linnell a friend of William Morris. He emphasised that the police had played a key role both in terms of provoking riotous behaviour and, on occasion, by lack of numbers in allowing for smashing of windows and looting in London’s West End. He went on to note that several of those who had led the rioting went on to become notable figures in subsequent Liberal Goverments- such as Battersea MP John Burns-and acted to relax rules on protest in the Square.
Neil Davidson spoke about riots around the 1706 Scottish Union negotiations and noted that the political character of the rioting meant parallels fitted better with Greece 2012 than the UK in 2011. He argued that rioters who were opposed to Union achieved economic concessions but were ultimately concerned politically about where a successful attempt to block the 1707 Treaty would lead.
John Newsinger shifted the focus to Chicago and to the Memorial Day Massacre police riot on May 30 1937 in which ten people involved in the ‘Little Steel Strike’ demanding the right to picket were shot and killed by police. Discussion focused on the role of official violence in preventing radical and trade union organisation bringing an understanding that authority could riot as well as those opposed to it
LSHG Convenor Dr Keith Flett, said this conference of research historians represented as it should work in progress. It reflects the fact that riots whether from below or above are not just something for the history books. The detail of why people riot, what authority does and what the impact is, are very much ones for the present day.
Press Release 26TH February
Contact Keith Flett 07803 167266
Conference reviews historical lessons of riots
A well attended conference at the Institute of Historical Research in London on Saturday, organised by the London Socialist Historians Group, reviewed some historical lessons of riots in the context of recent events in the UK, Greece and elsewhere.
Conference organiser Dr Keith Flett opened proceedings by noting that the Riot Act had been abolished in 1973 and historians themselves had tended to see riots as purely historical matters. Recent events had challenged that and he noted that inquiries into the UK riots of August 2011 had lacked an historical perspective. The aim of the conference was to revisit and review historical approaches to the riot.
Sean Creighton spoke on the Trafalgar Square riots of 1887 one of which saw the death of Alfred Linnell a friend of William Morris. He emphasised that the police had played a key role both in terms of provoking riotous behaviour and, on occasion, by lack of numbers in allowing for smashing of windows and looting in London’s West End. He went on to note that several of those who had led the rioting went on to become notable figures in subsequent Liberal Goverments- such as Battersea MP John Burns-and acted to relax rules on protest in the Square.
Neil Davidson spoke about riots around the 1706 Scottish Union negotiations and noted that the political character of the rioting meant parallels fitted better with Greece 2012 than the UK in 2011. He argued that rioters who were opposed to Union achieved economic concessions but were ultimately concerned politically about where a successful attempt to block the 1707 Treaty would lead.
John Newsinger shifted the focus to Chicago and to the Memorial Day Massacre police riot on May 30 1937 in which ten people involved in the ‘Little Steel Strike’ demanding the right to picket were shot and killed by police. Discussion focused on the role of official violence in preventing radical and trade union organisation bringing an understanding that authority could riot as well as those opposed to it
LSHG Convenor Dr Keith Flett, said this conference of research historians represented as it should work in progress. It reflects the fact that riots whether from below or above are not just something for the history books. The detail of why people riot, what authority does and what the impact is, are very much ones for the present day.
Friday, 24 February 2012
Before racism
Black and Asian British history seminar
Tuesday, March 13 2012 (room S349 Senate House 3rd floor)6 to 7.30 pm,
Tessa Hosking, 'Medieval Perceptions'
The 12th and 13th centuries were imbued with religious prejudice. Yet Europeans who were travelling to Africa or Asia then betrayed little or no sense of racial prejudice in their writings. What can we learn from this?
Organised by the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, in conjunction with the Black & Asian Studies Association at Senate House, University of London, Russell Square, London WC1
Everyone is welcome. You do not have to pre-book/register. (Contact: Marika.Sherwood@sas.ac.uk)
Tuesday, March 13 2012 (room S349 Senate House 3rd floor)6 to 7.30 pm,
Tessa Hosking, 'Medieval Perceptions'
The 12th and 13th centuries were imbued with religious prejudice. Yet Europeans who were travelling to Africa or Asia then betrayed little or no sense of racial prejudice in their writings. What can we learn from this?
Organised by the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, in conjunction with the Black & Asian Studies Association at Senate House, University of London, Russell Square, London WC1
Everyone is welcome. You do not have to pre-book/register. (Contact: Marika.Sherwood@sas.ac.uk)
Thursday, 23 February 2012
Aspects of Popular Protest seminars
Forthcoming Socialist History Society Meetings
In a series on aspects of popular protest
Duncan Bowie (Chartist magazine) on
'From Radicalism to Socialism: Working Class Politics in London 1860-1900'
7pm, Tuesday 13 March
Paul Burnham on
'The Squatters' Movement of 1946'
7pm, Thursday 5 April
David Goodway on
'The Real History of Chartism'
7pm Thursday 19 April
Venue for all:
Bishopsgate Institute, 230 Bishopsgate, London EC2
Admission free
In a series on aspects of popular protest
Duncan Bowie (Chartist magazine) on
'From Radicalism to Socialism: Working Class Politics in London 1860-1900'
7pm, Tuesday 13 March
Paul Burnham on
'The Squatters' Movement of 1946'
7pm, Thursday 5 April
David Goodway on
'The Real History of Chartism'
7pm Thursday 19 April
Venue for all:
Bishopsgate Institute, 230 Bishopsgate, London EC2
Admission free
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Unofficial Histories provisional conference programme
The first ‘Unofficial Histories’ conference will be held on Saturday 19th May 2012 at Bishopsgate Institute in London. The provisional programme is now on-line. It is FREE to attend the conference and everybody is welcome.
Programme here
Programme here
Sunday, 19 February 2012
Reminder of next LSHG seminar
On Monday 20th February at 5.30pm Room G34, Ground Floor South Block Institute of Historical Research, Manus McGrogan will be speaking on the left press in France after May 1968. It should be interesting paper in the context of an election year in France and much else...
Wednesday, 15 February 2012
Riots and the Law
As well as the LSHG conference on 25 February on 'A History of Riots', the Socialist History Society have the following meeting:
Wednesday 22 February (7pm)
Jerry White speaks on
'Aspects of Popular Protest - Riots and the Law in 18th Century London'.
Venue: Bishopsgate Institute, 230 Bishopsgate, London EC2. Admission free.
About The Speaker: Jerry White is a leading social historian of London, a former student of Raphael Samuel and has long been associated with the History Workshop movement. His interests are in the history of working class Londoners which he has explored through oral history among other sources. His main publications include Rothschild Buildings: Life in an East End Tenement Block 1887-1920, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1980 (winner of Jewish Chronicle non-fiction book prize, 1980; republished with new introduction by Pimlico, 2003), The Worst Street in North London: Campbell Bunk, Islington, Between the Wars, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1986 (republished as Campbell Bunk: The Worst Street in North London Between the Wars, with new introduction by Pimlico, 2003), London in the Twentieth Century: A City and Its People, Viking, 2001 (winner of the Wolfson History Prize, 2001, reprinted with new introduction, Vintage, 2008) and London in the Nineteenth Century: ‘A Human Awful Wonder of God’, Jonathan Cape, 2007 (paperback edn. Vintage, 2008)
Wednesday 22 February (7pm)
Jerry White speaks on
'Aspects of Popular Protest - Riots and the Law in 18th Century London'.
Venue: Bishopsgate Institute, 230 Bishopsgate, London EC2. Admission free.
About The Speaker: Jerry White is a leading social historian of London, a former student of Raphael Samuel and has long been associated with the History Workshop movement. His interests are in the history of working class Londoners which he has explored through oral history among other sources. His main publications include Rothschild Buildings: Life in an East End Tenement Block 1887-1920, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1980 (winner of Jewish Chronicle non-fiction book prize, 1980; republished with new introduction by Pimlico, 2003), The Worst Street in North London: Campbell Bunk, Islington, Between the Wars, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1986 (republished as Campbell Bunk: The Worst Street in North London Between the Wars, with new introduction by Pimlico, 2003), London in the Twentieth Century: A City and Its People, Viking, 2001 (winner of the Wolfson History Prize, 2001, reprinted with new introduction, Vintage, 2008) and London in the Nineteenth Century: ‘A Human Awful Wonder of God’, Jonathan Cape, 2007 (paperback edn. Vintage, 2008)
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