Empire and Resistance

Socialist History Society Public Meeting


Empire and Resistance

A special meeting with two leading socialist historians of imperialism, Robin Blackburn and Richard Gott, who will be speaking about their new books

Hosted in co-operation with publisher Verso and supported by the London Socialist Historians Group

7pm, 12th October 2011
Venue: Bishopsgate Institute, Liverpool Street
The event is free.

Richard Gott, former editor and journalist, is the author of numerous books mainly on Latin America, including a history of Cuba and the new Venezuela of Hugo Chavez. His latest book is "Britain's Empire:
Resistance, Repression and Revolt", which will be published in September.

Robin Blackburn, former editor of New Left Review, and author of a trilogy of books on the history of slavery in the New World, the latest of which is "The American Crucible: Slavery, Emancipation and  Human Rights", as well as "An Unfinished Revolution: Karl Marx and Abraham Lincoln".

Contact

Stefan Dickers (Chair, SHS)

stefan.dickers@bishopsgate.org.uk

David Morgan (Secretary, SHS)

morganshs@hotmail.com

Further information on the website:

http://www.socialisthistorysociety.co.uk/news.htm