Events
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Taking Control! Humanity and America After Trump and the Pandemic, with Anthony Barnett [online event]
In 2020, two mighty sets of forces battled for control of the United States. Trump led the charge, threatening to continue his brand of racist, gangster capitalism. Revolted by the […]
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Welsh (Plural): Essays on the Future of Wales [online event]
What does it mean to imagine Wales and “The Welsh” as something both distinct and inclusive? For many people, Wales brings to mind the same old collection of images – […]
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Tangled in Terror: Uprooting Islamophobia, with Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan [online event]
Islamophobia is everywhere. It is a narrative and history woven so deeply into our everyday lives that we don't even notice it – in our education, how we travel, our […]
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Expansion Rebellion with Celeste Hicks [online event]
This is is a story of hope in the face of widespread consternation over the global climate crisis. For many people concerned about global warming, the 2018 vote by UK […]
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Girl Online with Joanna Walsh
What happens when a woman goes online? She becomes a girl. The unwritten contract of the internet, that a user is what is used, extends from the well-examined issue of […]
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Tenants with Vicky Spratt
The urgent story of this country's biggest crisis, told through the lives of those it most affects Tony is facing eviction instead of enjoying retirement; Limarra isn't 'homeless enough' to […]
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Charged with Matt Foot and Morag Livingstone
Who do the police protect? An investigation into 40 years of battling protest that reveals a hidden police agenda against dissent. Charged is an essential investigation into the role of […]
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Pride Special: Signing with Peter Staley
We're honoured to host a ‘Never Silent’ book signing with nibbles as a celebration for AIDS & gay rights activist Peter Staley and London’s HIV+ community and friends, organised by […]
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Doreen Massey: Selected Political Writings
In collaboration with Lawrence Wishart Books Doreen Massey was one of the most influential human geographers of the post-war period. A key feminist and socialist thinker, she brought geographical inequality […]
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Race to the Bottom: Reclaiming Antiracism, with Azfar Shafi and Ilyas Nagdee [online event]
Antiracist movements are more mainstream than ever before. Liberal democracies boast of their policies designed to stamp out racism in all walks of life. Why then is racism still ever-present […]
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High Desert with Andre Naffis-Sahely
High Desert is a psychedelic journal of end-times and an ode to the American Southwest. Exploring such key events as the First Red Scare, the Tulsa Race Massacre and the […]
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Against the Law with David Renton
Should we shrink the law? One of Britain’s leading social justice barristers puts the case against the constant expansion of the law into new areas, and its greater control over […]
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Mixed Narratives
Laila Woozeer, Natasha Devon and Jackson Bliss on creating a narrative framework to discuss mixed stories About this event In this conversation, we will discuss our various approaches to telling […]
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The Peace Protestors
A history of modern-day war resistance From Afghanistan to the Falklands, from Northern Ireland to Iraq, British troops are nearly always in action somewhere in the world. But whenever there […]
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A Black Feminist Book Club
A (monthly) book club for Black women, femmes and non-binary people to focus on self care, empowerment and community connections. This month we're back at Housmans Bookshop. Our July pick […]
