Object of the Month
Every month someone from the Library chooses an interesting object, book or document from the Library collection, which is displayed in the hall of the Library. AWCS badge and...
Taking inspiration from the machine-breaking Luddites of the early 19th century, artist Richard Milward is producing a series of paintings which, in his words, ‘expose, exaggerate and ridicule the ways in which modern technology encroaches on – and distorts – everyday life’. Each painting will focus on a different......
To Make That Future Now! - 150 years of the Manchester and Salford Trades Council - exhibition. For 150 years the Trades Council has fought, not only for socialism and trade union rights, but also against injustices such as poverty, discrimination and unemployment - and, as two separate institutions......
Richard Cleminson will give the 7th Frow Lecture. His topic is “A new world in our hearts”: anarchism and the Spanish Civil War. Richard is Professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of Leeds. In this lecture Richard will outline and critically assess the anarchist political and cultural contribution......
Three institutions, Salford Museum & Art Gallery, Islington Mill and ourselves, join forces to fly the flag for Salford as part of Manchester After Hours 2016. Using WCML and Salford Museum as locations, Islington Mill will curate a live programme of music and spoken word that’s in tune with......
Wednesday 18 May 6.30pm In the Company of Joan Wendy Richardson’s documentary about Joan Littlewood’s legacy in opening a door in theatre to the working classes. Wednesday 25 May 6.30pm The Mine Wars At the beginning of the 20th century, coal was the engine of American industrial progress. Nearly......
In 1969 the Representation of the People Act was passed which allowed people aged 18, 19 and 20 to vote in elections. During the 2014 Scottish Referendum 16 year olds were allowed to vote for the first time. The People’s History Museum and the Working Class Movement Library are......
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