A spectre is haunting Clacton
9 hours ago
Wednesday, 14 March 2012
Brian Manning Internet Archive
Brian Manning was a British historian specialising in the English Revolution of 1632-49. One of the few non-CPGB members in the Communist Party History Group, among whose members were Edward Thompson, Christopher Hill and Eric Hobsbawm, he later moved further to the left and joined the Irish SWP during the 1980s. He died in 2004 - the Brian Manning internet archive is being constructed here
Conference: Sir Thomas Fairfax at 400
The Fairfax 400th Anniversary Conference
Centre for English Local History,
University of Leicester
30 June - 1 July 2012
This two-day interdisciplinary conference will investigate the impact of Sir Thomas Fairfax (1612–1671) upon his time and contemporaries.
It will combine the approaches of historians and literary scholars to examine afresh his multiple roles as a general, politician, landowner, husband and literary figure. His memory, image and reputation in art, literature, media and film will also be assessed.
The conference also includes a guided tour of Naseby battlefield.
Registration
To register for the conferenc please send your name, address, email and contact details in an envelope marked ‘Fairfax 400 Conference’ to Lucy Byrne at the address below, no later than 1 June 2012.
Please enclose a cheque payable to ‘The University of Leicester’ for £40 per person. This will cover registration, buffet lunches, refreshments and transport to Naseby for a battlefield tour (please bring waterproofs and sturdy footwear in case of poor weather).
Ms Lucy Byrne
Centre for English Local History
Marc Fitch Historical Institute
5 Salisbury Road
Leicester LE1 7QR
Centre for English Local History,
University of Leicester
30 June - 1 July 2012
This two-day interdisciplinary conference will investigate the impact of Sir Thomas Fairfax (1612–1671) upon his time and contemporaries.
It will combine the approaches of historians and literary scholars to examine afresh his multiple roles as a general, politician, landowner, husband and literary figure. His memory, image and reputation in art, literature, media and film will also be assessed.
The conference also includes a guided tour of Naseby battlefield.
Registration
To register for the conferenc please send your name, address, email and contact details in an envelope marked ‘Fairfax 400 Conference’ to Lucy Byrne at the address below, no later than 1 June 2012.
Please enclose a cheque payable to ‘The University of Leicester’ for £40 per person. This will cover registration, buffet lunches, refreshments and transport to Naseby for a battlefield tour (please bring waterproofs and sturdy footwear in case of poor weather).
Ms Lucy Byrne
Centre for English Local History
Marc Fitch Historical Institute
5 Salisbury Road
Leicester LE1 7QR
Saturday, 10 March 2012
Black British Rebels
Black British Rebels: Figures from working class history
by Hassan Mahamdallie
Published/Distributed by bookmarks
ISBN-13 No: 9781905192977
ISBN-10 No: 1905192975
£ 3.00
At key moments in the British working class struggle for rights and freedom black leaders have emerged. This pamphlet is an introduction to that hidden but unbroken thread running through our history. Spanning the centuries from the 1750s to the 1970s, Hassan Mahamdallie brings to life six of these inspiring figures, from Olaudah Equiano and the fight against slavery to Jayaben Desai and the trade union struggles of multicultural Britain.
Black British Rebels by Hassan Mahamdallie is available for £3 from Bookmarks,
the socialist bookshop, phone 020 7637 1848
Booklaunch: Monday 19 March at Bookmarks
by Hassan Mahamdallie
Published/Distributed by bookmarks
ISBN-13 No: 9781905192977
ISBN-10 No: 1905192975
£ 3.00
At key moments in the British working class struggle for rights and freedom black leaders have emerged. This pamphlet is an introduction to that hidden but unbroken thread running through our history. Spanning the centuries from the 1750s to the 1970s, Hassan Mahamdallie brings to life six of these inspiring figures, from Olaudah Equiano and the fight against slavery to Jayaben Desai and the trade union struggles of multicultural Britain.
Black British Rebels by Hassan Mahamdallie is available for £3 from Bookmarks,
the socialist bookshop, phone 020 7637 1848
Booklaunch: Monday 19 March at Bookmarks
SHS seminar series
The Socialist History Society presents:
A series of talks followed by Q and A
Popular Protest and its Relevance for Today’s Struggles
Tuesday 13th March 2012 at 7pm
'From Radicalism into Socialism
Working Class Politics in London 1860-1900'
Speaker Duncan Bowie (Chartist Magazine)
Thursday 5th April 2012 at 7pm
'The Squatters Movement 1946'
Speaker Paul Burnham
Thursday 19th April 2012 at 7pm
'The Real History of Chartism'
Speaker David Goodway
Thursday 17th May 2012 at 7pm
'Captain Swing'
Speaker Carl Griffin
All meetings held at Bishopsgate Institute
at 230 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 4QH,
nearest tube: Liverpool St. Free entry but an
Exit Collection.
http://www.socialisthistorysociety.co.uk/
A series of talks followed by Q and A
Popular Protest and its Relevance for Today’s Struggles
Tuesday 13th March 2012 at 7pm
'From Radicalism into Socialism
Working Class Politics in London 1860-1900'
Speaker Duncan Bowie (Chartist Magazine)
Thursday 5th April 2012 at 7pm
'The Squatters Movement 1946'
Speaker Paul Burnham
Thursday 19th April 2012 at 7pm
'The Real History of Chartism'
Speaker David Goodway
Thursday 17th May 2012 at 7pm
'Captain Swing'
Speaker Carl Griffin
All meetings held at Bishopsgate Institute
at 230 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 4QH,
nearest tube: Liverpool St. Free entry but an
Exit Collection.
http://www.socialisthistorysociety.co.uk/
Luddites Poetry competition
Dear Friends,
As part of our festival in Huddersfield on April 28th/29th (https://www.facebook.com/events/295701293828114/) Luddites200 is launching a poetry competition. We are really looking forward to seeing who can rival Lord Byron in their appreciation of the Luddites, so please do send us your poems it's free! Please also forward the details and/or the attached press release to friends, family and fellow writers.
Best wishes,
Ned.
Huddersfield Luddites 200 Festival Poetry Competition
2012 is the 200th anniversary of the uprising by Luddite machine breakers, which inspired great poetry by Byron, Shelley and others. The defeat of the Luddites by thousands of soldiers led to two centuries of industrialism. It's ugliness and beauty, its wealth and its poverty have all been inspiration for truly brilliant pieces. Now we live in a world dominated by science and technology, but on the brink of environmental disaster. What do the Luddites and their mythical leader, General Ned Ludd mean to you?
Luddites 200 is launching a poetry competition, with prizes to be awarded by Andy Croft at our festival in Huddersfield on April 28th/29th. Poems can be in any style, with a maximum length of 40 lines.
Categories 1st Prize
Under 16 £40
Over 16 £40
There will be second and third prizes of books and/or merchandise, to be confirmed on the day.
There is no entry fee, but we would appreciate donations to cover the costs of running our festival. This can be made by visiting luddites200blog.org.uk and using the donate button on the right, or on the day.
Poems, which should not previously have been published, should be sent to huddersfieldluddites200@gmail.com, or by post to Luddites200 Organising Forum, c/o Flat 5 The Old Warehouse, Henry Street, Huddersfield, HD1 4AA. Please remember to also include your name, age and contact details or we won't be able to include your submission! The deadline is April 14th. We may subsequently post your poems (with your permission) on the Luddites 200 website.
For more information on the festival, visit:
https://www.facebook.com/events/295701293828114/
As part of our festival in Huddersfield on April 28th/29th (https://www.facebook.com/events/295701293828114/) Luddites200 is launching a poetry competition. We are really looking forward to seeing who can rival Lord Byron in their appreciation of the Luddites, so please do send us your poems it's free! Please also forward the details and/or the attached press release to friends, family and fellow writers.
Best wishes,
Ned.
Huddersfield Luddites 200 Festival Poetry Competition
2012 is the 200th anniversary of the uprising by Luddite machine breakers, which inspired great poetry by Byron, Shelley and others. The defeat of the Luddites by thousands of soldiers led to two centuries of industrialism. It's ugliness and beauty, its wealth and its poverty have all been inspiration for truly brilliant pieces. Now we live in a world dominated by science and technology, but on the brink of environmental disaster. What do the Luddites and their mythical leader, General Ned Ludd mean to you?
Luddites 200 is launching a poetry competition, with prizes to be awarded by Andy Croft at our festival in Huddersfield on April 28th/29th. Poems can be in any style, with a maximum length of 40 lines.
Categories 1st Prize
Under 16 £40
Over 16 £40
There will be second and third prizes of books and/or merchandise, to be confirmed on the day.
There is no entry fee, but we would appreciate donations to cover the costs of running our festival. This can be made by visiting luddites200blog.org.uk and using the donate button on the right, or on the day.
Poems, which should not previously have been published, should be sent to huddersfieldluddites200@gmail.com, or by post to Luddites200 Organising Forum, c/o Flat 5 The Old Warehouse, Henry Street, Huddersfield, HD1 4AA. Please remember to also include your name, age and contact details or we won't be able to include your submission! The deadline is April 14th. We may subsequently post your poems (with your permission) on the Luddites 200 website.
For more information on the festival, visit:
https://www.facebook.com/events/295701293828114/
Wednesday, 7 March 2012
Paul Robeson
The George Padmore Institute has pleasure in inviting you to
This Little Light of Mine
Paul Robeson: Keeping the Light Shining Through the Darkest of Times
a talk on the life, ideas and songs of Paul Robeson with musical illustrations
by Tayo Aluko
on Monday 12 March 2012 at 7.00pm
Tickets £5.00
Paul Robeson’s (1898-1976) international achievements as a singer and actor in starring roles on stage and screen made him the most celebrated black American of his day. However, his outspoken criticism of racism in the United States, his strong support of African independence, and his fascination with the Soviet Union placed him under the debilitating scrutiny of McCarthyism.
This amazing man, this great intellect, this magnificent genius, with his overwhelming love of humanity was a devastating challenge to a society built on hypocrisy, greed and profit-seeking at the expense of common humanity – New York Times
Since being introduced to the ideas and work of Paul Robeson, some 15 years ago, Nigerian born Tayo Aluko has been bringing this great man’s remarkable story to new audiences across the UK, North America, the Caribbean and Africa. In this presentation, Tayo Aluko talks about Robeson’s refusal to separate his music from his international activism, and plays some relatively rare recordings from that darkest period of Robeson’s life, when American recording studios joined the rest of USA in turning their backs on him.
The George Padmore Institute (GPI) is an archive, educational research and information centre housing materials relating mainly to the black community of Caribbean, African and Asian descent in Britain and continental Europe. One of its main current activities is its HLF-funded project ‘Dream to Change the World’, which is cataloguing and archiving the papers and other materials of the late John La Rose, founder of New Beacon Books and the GPI.
George Padmore Institute, 76 Stroud Green Road, London N4 3EN
(nearest station Finsbury Park – underground and British Rail)
For more information or to book a place, please contact the George Padmore Institute at
info@georgepadmoreinstitute.org or call tel. 020 7272 4889
www.georgepadmoreinstitute.org
This Little Light of Mine
Paul Robeson: Keeping the Light Shining Through the Darkest of Times
a talk on the life, ideas and songs of Paul Robeson with musical illustrations
by Tayo Aluko
on Monday 12 March 2012 at 7.00pm
Tickets £5.00
Paul Robeson’s (1898-1976) international achievements as a singer and actor in starring roles on stage and screen made him the most celebrated black American of his day. However, his outspoken criticism of racism in the United States, his strong support of African independence, and his fascination with the Soviet Union placed him under the debilitating scrutiny of McCarthyism.
This amazing man, this great intellect, this magnificent genius, with his overwhelming love of humanity was a devastating challenge to a society built on hypocrisy, greed and profit-seeking at the expense of common humanity – New York Times
Since being introduced to the ideas and work of Paul Robeson, some 15 years ago, Nigerian born Tayo Aluko has been bringing this great man’s remarkable story to new audiences across the UK, North America, the Caribbean and Africa. In this presentation, Tayo Aluko talks about Robeson’s refusal to separate his music from his international activism, and plays some relatively rare recordings from that darkest period of Robeson’s life, when American recording studios joined the rest of USA in turning their backs on him.
The George Padmore Institute (GPI) is an archive, educational research and information centre housing materials relating mainly to the black community of Caribbean, African and Asian descent in Britain and continental Europe. One of its main current activities is its HLF-funded project ‘Dream to Change the World’, which is cataloguing and archiving the papers and other materials of the late John La Rose, founder of New Beacon Books and the GPI.
George Padmore Institute, 76 Stroud Green Road, London N4 3EN
(nearest station Finsbury Park – underground and British Rail)
For more information or to book a place, please contact the George Padmore Institute at
info@georgepadmoreinstitute.org or call tel. 020 7272 4889
www.georgepadmoreinstitute.org
Labour Heritage AGM
From LABOUR HERITAGE
11 Aylmer Road, London W12 9LG; 020 8743 4189
Chair: Stan Newens.
Secretary: Linda Shampan
Treasurer: John Grigg
Labour Heritage AGM & Meeting
Saturday 17th March 2012 – 1.30-4.30pm
At: Bishopsgate Institute, 230 Bishopsgate London EC2 4QA
(5 min.walk to British Rail/Underground – Liverpool Street)
Our AGM should last half an hour 1.30pm – 2pm, and will be followed by two speakers and discussion and a guided tour of the Bishopsgate collections:
‘Thirty Years of Labour Heritage’ – Barbara Humphries
‘The Rise of Labour in London: why the delay?’ –Stan Newens
‘The Bishopsgate Collections – a guided tour’ – Stefan Dickers
Barbara Humphries is the Bulletin Editor of Labour Heritage, and a Specialist Academic Support Librarian at the London School of Economics.
Stan Newens is Chair of Labour Heritage. He was MP, first for Epping and then Harlow, from 1964 to 1983 and a London MEP from 1984 to 1999. Stan is a Labour historian & an authority on the history of the Co-op Movement.
Stefan Dickers is the Library & Archives Manager of the Bishopsgate Institute, and in particular has developed its collections on the history of London and the Labour movement.
We hope you can join us for this meeting. For further information, please contact Linda Shampan: 020 8932 0165, shampan@btinternet.com
11 Aylmer Road, London W12 9LG; 020 8743 4189
Chair: Stan Newens.
Secretary: Linda Shampan
Treasurer: John Grigg
Labour Heritage AGM & Meeting
Saturday 17th March 2012 – 1.30-4.30pm
At: Bishopsgate Institute, 230 Bishopsgate London EC2 4QA
(5 min.walk to British Rail/Underground – Liverpool Street)
Our AGM should last half an hour 1.30pm – 2pm, and will be followed by two speakers and discussion and a guided tour of the Bishopsgate collections:
‘Thirty Years of Labour Heritage’ – Barbara Humphries
‘The Rise of Labour in London: why the delay?’ –Stan Newens
‘The Bishopsgate Collections – a guided tour’ – Stefan Dickers
Barbara Humphries is the Bulletin Editor of Labour Heritage, and a Specialist Academic Support Librarian at the London School of Economics.
Stan Newens is Chair of Labour Heritage. He was MP, first for Epping and then Harlow, from 1964 to 1983 and a London MEP from 1984 to 1999. Stan is a Labour historian & an authority on the history of the Co-op Movement.
Stefan Dickers is the Library & Archives Manager of the Bishopsgate Institute, and in particular has developed its collections on the history of London and the Labour movement.
We hope you can join us for this meeting. For further information, please contact Linda Shampan: 020 8932 0165, shampan@btinternet.com
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