Alice Foley
Alice was born in 1891 in Bolton. Her family was poor but they were very keen readers. She learned to read at an early age and retained a huge...
This exhibition celebrates the truly creative partnership between Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, and the body of revolutionary, philosophical and economic writings that their collaboration produced. Engels claimed that he was happy to be “second fiddle” to “so splendid a first fiddle as Marx” but it is hard to......
The Woman Worker began on 1 September 1907 when it was published by the National Federation of Women Workers and edited by Mary R. Macarthur. Although intended by its founder, Robert Blatchford, as the first workers'/socialist publication specifically for women, from the very first issue there was clearly going to......
The Library marks Museums at Night with a live gig by Alun Parry, the radical singer-songwriter who’s been called ‘an incurable champion of ordinary people’. Alun describes his music as ‘indie folk meets Americana on the way to a picket line’. Come and hear him live as he plays......
A short film and illustrated talk by Ali Ronan about the Women’s Peace Crusade in East Lancashire during 1917-1918. This talk is part of the Invisible Histories series - all welcome, admission free, light refreshments afterwards. ...
This talk, by Stephen Mustchin, Lecturer in Employment Studies, University of Manchester, focuses on engineering trade unionism, workplace conflict and strikes at the famous Eccles-based engine manufacturer L. Gardner and Sons. Strong workplace union organisation emerged following two long strikes in 1968 and late 1972, and in 1980 a......
This year is the 70th anniversary of the nationalisation of the coal industry. Vesting Day for the National Coal Board was 1 January 1947. Our event is centred around a book, The flame still burns: the creative power of coal, which explores the sheer power of an industry which......
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