Conference: Rising From The East

Sunday 15th November - RISING FROM THE EAST
A day to explore communities, culture and politics in London’s East End

11.00 Registration

Session 1: Rebels with a cause

11.30-12.10: East End Jewish anarchists before WW1 – lessons for the 21st century (Ben Gidley)

12.15-12.55: Minnie Lansbury – feminist, socialist and rebel Poplar Councillor (Janine Booth)

Lunch / Book signing by Bill Fishman, author of many books on East End history and a Cable Street veteran

Session 2: The struggle for better lives

1.35-2.15: Self-help, solidarity and socialism: the Workers’ Circle (David Mazower)

2.20-3.00 Doctors and Politics in East London (John Eversley)

Break for refreshments

Session 3: Bengalis and the East End – a continuing story

3.15-3.55 The East India Company and the silencing of East End histories (Georgie Wemyss)

4.00-4.40 Bengali politics in London's East End (Ansar Ahmed Ullah)

Toynbee Hall, 28 Commercial Street, London E1 6LS

Entrance £5 (£3 concs). Places limited to 90.

Book in advance by sending a cheque/PO to “JSG” at: JSG, BM 3725, London WC1N 3XX
Organised by the Jewish Socialists’ Group