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  • Burnt: Fighting for Climate Justice, with Chris Saltmarsh [online event]

    Saving the world is not enough; we must build a better one in the process. We are delighted to welcome Chris Saltmarsh to virtual Housmans to discuss Burnt: Fighting for Climate Justice, a new addition to the brilliant Outspoken series by radical publishers Pluto Press. Time is up. The climate crisis is no longer a […]

  • In and Against the State: Discussion Notes for Socialists, with Seth Wheeler [online event]

    Originally published as a pamphlet in 1979 and again by Pluto in 1980, In and Against the State brought together questions of working-class struggle and state power, exploring how revolutionary socialists might reconcile working in the public sector with their radical politics. Informed by autonomist political ideas and practices that were central to the protests of 1968, […]

  • VETERANHOOD, with Joe Glenton in conversation with Matt Kennard [online event]

    The military veteran is claimed by all sides. Conservatives, liberals and socialists all want to speak about and for ex-servicemen, yet far-right demonstrations are dotted with berets and medals and ex-military men have become celebrities of the reactionary manosphere. So who are Britain's ex-servicemen? What do they want? What are their politics? What are the […]

  • Daring to Hope: My Life in the 1970s, with Sheila Rowbotham [online event]

    In this powerful memoir Sheila Rowbotham looks back at her life as a participant in the women’s liberation movement, left politics and the creative radical culture of a decade in which freedom and equality seemed possible. She reveals the tremendous efforts that were made to transform attitudes and feelings, as well as daily life. After […]

  • Uncontrollable Women: Radicals, Reformers and Revolutionaries, with Nan Sloane [online event]

    Author Nan Sloane charts the history of forgotten women revolutionaries between the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789 and 1832. We're pleased to welcome author Nan Sloane to virtual Housmans for the book launch of Uncontrollable Women: Radicals, Reformers and Revolutionaries. Uncontrollable Women is a history of radical, reformist and revolutionary women between the outbreak of […]

  • Post-Internet Far Right [online event]

    How has the far right changed since the rise of the internet? How can we be ready for it? We are very pleased to announce this event in collaboration with Dog […]

  • Always Red, with Len McCluskey [online event]

    The major autobiography of a central player in a tumultuous period of British political history Len McCluskey is the standout trade unionist of his era. Head of the giant Unite […]

  • Reclaiming Economics for Future Generations [online event]

    How can economics be diversified, decolonised and democratised? Join us for a discussion on how to reclaim economics. Housmans is pleased to present "Reclaiming Economics for Future Generations", an event […]

  • A Normal Life with Freedom Press [online event]

    A Normal Life is the autobiography of Vassilis Palaiokostas, known to the public as the “Greek Robin Hood,” to police as “The Uncatchable.” His is an illegalist existence lived in […]

  • Abolition. Feminism. Now.

    Aviah Sarah Day (Sisters Uncut) in conversation with Gina Dent and Beth Ritchie. Abolition. Feminism. Now. is an urgent call for a truly intersectional, internationalist, abolitionist feminism. The Black Feminist […]

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