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Artist James Bloomfield has undertaken a research residency at Salford Museum & Art Gallery and the Working Class Movement Library. Credit: James Bloomfield The outcome of this research, which was funded by the Arts Council, is the creation of art installation In Service 1918-2017 which consists of 226 commemorative...
An entry in an autograph album recently acquired by WCML, 'A Song of the Simple Life' - in which a poor working man is addressed by a 'wicked socialist' who tries to explain how he is being exploited by his aristocratic landlord and his boss 'Mr C'. His wife...
On Wednesday 19 July at 2pm we welcome Dave Randall to the Library to talk about his new book. Here, to whet your appetites, blog volunteer Heidi reviews it for us: Book Review – Sound system: the political power of music by Dave Randall Published by Pluto Press, 2017....
Our collection is always expanding! We've added a real range of books to stock over the last few weeks. Head this way if you're interested to read: Cope, Dave. Bibliography of the Communist Party of Great Britain. Lawrence & Wishart, 2016. Montgomery, Fiona A. Women's rights: struggles and feminism...
The Men's League for Opposing Woman Suffrage was founded on 19 January 1909. The newly formed association replaced the Men's Committee for Opposing Woman Suffrage, which had been founded in 1908. The following year, 1910, the group changed its name again after merging with the Women's National Anti-Suffrage League...