Ewan MacColl
Ewan MacColl will be known to most people as a songwriter and singer, but he was also of significant influence in the worlds of theatre and radio broadcasting. He...
Our autumn series of Invisible Histories talks kicked off with a talk by sociologist Lisa Mckenzie, whose work relates to class inequality, social justice, and British working class culture. Her topic was 'Working class women: the ritual monstering of women through the British class system'. Lisa is author of Getting by: estates,......
Dave Wetzel will speak on the topic The historic theft of land - and attempts over the centuries to redress this injustice. Dave is President of the Labour Land Campaign, and CEO of Transforming Communities. For eight years he was the first Vice-Chair of Transport for London and was......
This talk examines the contributory causes, characteristic features and broader implications of the violent dimension of the striker/scab relationship within industrial militancy by focusing attention on the pre-First World War period involving strikes of seamen, dockers, miners, railwaymen and many others. Ralph is Emeritus Professor of Employment Relations at......
This talk will be live-streamed. More details to follow. Andy Croft will speak about his new book, The years of anger, about radical English poet Randall Swingler (1909–67). This new biography draws on extensive sources, including the security services files, to present a detailed account of this influential poet, lyricist and activist.......
Deej Malik-Johnson, a co-founder of Black Lives Matter Manchester, will talk to us about activist and boxer Len Johnson (1902-74). The Library has archives on Len Johnson, the New International Society, and the Pan-African Congress which was held in Manchester in 1945 and the 75th anniversary of which will be celebrated......
Cyril will speak about his long-awaited new book Communities of resistance: conscience and dissent in Britain during the First World War, an exploration of the histories of more than 40 war resister communities across Britain. Published this autumn, it tells the stories of men and women who stood by their......
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