Book Talk
Events
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The Care Crisis: Emma Dowling in conversation with Helen Hester [online event]
Valuing care and care work does not simply mean attributing care work more monetary value. To really achieve change, we must go so much further. We are pleased to welcome author Emma Dowling to Housmans to discuss her new book, The Care Crisis, in which she analyses the multi-faceted nature of care in the modern […]
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Bread and Roses: Gender and Class Under Capitalism, with Andrea D’Atri [online event]
Is it possible to develop a radical socialist feminism that fights for the emancipation of women and of all humankind? Housmans is proud to welcome Andrea D'Atri to discuss her new publication with Pluto Press, Bread and Roses: Gender and Class Under Capitalism. Join us for a passionate journey through the history of feminism. Using […]
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Silicon Values: The Future of Free Speech under Surveillance Capitalism, with Jillian C. Yorke in conversation with Adam Greenfield [online event]
How do Google, Facebook and Amazon threaten our democracy? What is the impact of surveillance capitalism on our right to free speech? Join leading campaigner Jillian C. Yorke for an exploration of how corporations and platforms exercise more control over our ability to access information and share knowledge than any state. Jillian will show how […]
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Border Nation: A Story of Migration, with Leah Cowan in conversation with Kelsey Mohamed [online event]
Together, we can break down borders Borders are more than geographical lines - they impact all our lives, whether it's the inhumanity of deportations, or a rise in racist attacks in the wake of the EU referendum. Border Nation shows how oppressive borders must be resisted. Activist and author Leah Cowan joins us at this […]
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Come Join Our Disease: Sam Byers in conversation with Juliet Jacques [online event]
We are very pleased to announce Sam Byers will be joining Juliet Jacques at this Housmans online event to discuss Sam's latest novel, Come join Our Disease (published March 18, Faber). This darkly comic story follows Maya, a homeless radical who's given an opportunity to re-enter society through raising a tech-company's philanthropic profile. Marred by […]
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BOOK LAUNCH: System Crash – An activist guide to making revolution, with Neil Faulkner and Simon Hannah [online event]
Pandemic, climate crisis, endless war, mega-slums, police repression, creeping fascism, economic stagnation: these shape our world. This book provides hope for an alternative future. We're really pleased at Housmans to celebrate the launch of the latest offering from Resistance Books. System Crash is an activist guide to making revolution, a call to arms. Written by […]
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The New Age of Empire: How Racism and Colonialism Still Rule the World, with Kehinde Andrews and Imarn Ayton
The West is rich because the Rest is poor. Capitalism is racism. The West congratulates itself on raising poverty by increments in the developing world while ignoring the fact that it created these conditions in the first place, and continues to perpetuate them. We are delighted to welcome Kehinde Andrews and Imarn Ayton to virtual […]
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Border Abolition Now: Fortress Europe and the Migration Crisis – Harsha Walia in conversation with Gargi Bhattacharyya and Maya Goodfellow [online event]
How do borders divide the international working class and consolidate imperial, capitalist, and racist rule? Housmans is very pleased to announce this joint event with Haymarket Books, a radical, independent, nonprofit book publisher. Amidst a global pandemic, governments around the world have accelerated border closings, imposed more barriers to asylum seekers, and expanded immigrant detention. […]
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Not Quite Right for Us: Celebrating flipped eye and Speaking Volumes, with Sharmilla Beezmohun and Colin Grant
Housmans is very proud to announce a joint event with flipped eye and Speaking Volumes to celebrate the publication of Not Quite Right for Us, an anthology featuring 40 international voices talking about outsider-ness. This event is also part of flipped eyes's 20th anniversary celebrations. Not Quite Right for Us is published in collaboration with […]
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Paint Your Town Red – Matthew Brown and Rhian E. Jones in conversation with Grace Blakeley
Housmans is pleased to welcome Matthew Brown and Rhian E. Jones to discuss Paint Your Town Red: How Preston Took Back Control and Your Town Can Too, the story of how one city in the north of England decided to level up without waiting for Whitehall. Across the world, there is a growing recognition that […]
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Left Populism in Europe: Lessons From Jeremy Corbyn to Podemos – Marina Prentoulis in conversation with Kate Hudson [online event]
What we can do to harness the power of broad-based, popular left politics? We are really pleased to welcome Marina Prentoulis to virtual Housmans to discuss her new book with Pluto Press, Left Populism in Europe: Lessons From Jeremy Corbyn to Podemos. Marina will be in conversation with Kate Hudson, the General Secretary of the […]
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The Marks Left on Her – Di Lebowitz in conversation with Minna Salami **POSTPONED**
**Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has now been postponed and will be part of our autumn events programme. More information to follow soon** In The Marks Left on Her, Di Lebowitz explores her experiences growing up with mixed heritage in her Hong Kongese family and attempting to navigate a world in which she is misunderstood and […]
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Transgender Marxism -with Jules Joanne Gleeson, Elle O’Rourke and Nat Raha in conversation with Shon Faye [online event]
The first collection of its kind, Transgender Marxism is a provocative and groundbreaking union of transgender studies and Marxist theory. Housmans is pleased to welcome Jules Joanne Gleeson, Elle O'Rourke and Nat Raha to discuss Transgender Marxism. This event will be chaired by Shon Faye. Exploring trans lives and movements, this discussion will delve into the experience […]
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The Revenge of the Real: Politics for a Post-Pandemic World – Benjamin Bratton in conversation with Nick Srnicek [online event]
Even when separated, we are still enmeshed. Can the world govern itself differently? COVID-19 exposed the pre-existing conditions of the current global crisis. Many Western states failed to protect their populations, while others were able to suppress the virus only with sweeping social restrictions. In contrast, many Asian countries were able to make much more […]
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Lost in Work: Escaping Capitalism, with Amelia Horgan [online event]
We are really pleased to have Amelia Horgan join us online to discuss work and capitalism. Lost in Work is part of the outstanding introductory series by radical publisher Pluto Press. 'Work hard, get paid.' It's simple. Self-evident. But it's also a lie - at least for most of us. For people today, the old […]
