Events
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Poetry Against Homelessness
We’re very excited to welcome back New River Press for an evening of wild and inspiring poetry and music performances by people who have experienced homelessness and the poets who […]
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‘The Clamour of Nationalism: Race and the Nation in Twenty-First Century Britain’ with Sivamohan Valluvan and Gargi Bhattacharyya
THIS EVENT HAS SOLD OUT Nationalism has reasserted itself today as the political force of our times, remaking European politics wherever one looks. Britain is no exception, and in the […]
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‘In and Against the State: Lessons from our recent past’ with Rosemary Grennan and Seth Wheeler
Housmans Bookshop 5 Caledonian Road, LondonTo mark the 40th anniversary of the influential text 'In and Against the State', this talk will draw on historical material to trace this seemingly contradictory idea as an identifiable […]
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‘So We Live: The Novels of Alexander Baron’ with Susie Thomas, Nadia Valman, and Ken Worpole
Housmans Bookshop 5 Caledonian Road, LondonThe novelist Alexander Baron (1917-1999) was born into a working class Jewish home in Hackney, joined the Communist Party as a young man, saw the thick of battle in Sicily […]
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Autonomy Now presents: ‘Occult Features of Anarchism’ with Erica Lagalisse and Carl Levy
Housmans Bookshop 5 Caledonian Road, LondonIn the nineteenth century anarchists were accused of conspiracy by governments afraid of revolution, but in the current century various “conspiracy theories” suggest that anarchists are controlled by government itself. […]
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Stormlight Book Launch with Jan Woolf
Riversmeet Press invites you to the Housmans launch of Stormlight by Jan Woolf Stories - short and long- setting ordinary people against big themes; love, war, loss, contemporary politics and […]
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‘Feminism for the 99%’ with Sara Farris and Susan Pashkoff.
Discussion on a feminism that is anticapitalist, eco-socialist and antiracist, introduced by Sara Farris and Susan Pashkoff. Free entry but please register via Eventbrite. makes a simple but powerful case: […]
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‘A Nuclear Refrain: emotion, empire and the democratic potential of protest’ with Kelvin Mason, Philip Johnstone and Lotte Reimer
Housmans Bookshop 5 Caledonian Road, LondonIn 2020, the hands of the Doomsday Clock moved closer than ever to global destruction: humanity has just 100 seconds left to take action. While climate change and cyber-warfare grab […]
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A Kingdom of Love: Rachel Mann in conversation with Roz Kaveney ***CANCELLED***
***We're really sorry to hear that our speaker Rachel Mann is presenting symptoms and is self-isolating. This event is now therefore cancelled. Tickets will be refunded. We hope Rachel feels […]
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AUTONOMY NOW! presents: ‘Dead White Anarchists’ performed by Paul Case ***RELOCATED***
**This event is no longer taking place at Housmans but the organisers hope to host it at an alternative venue - please visit the Autonomy Now website for updates** Paris, […]
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‘Spain’s Revolution Against Franco: The Great Betrayal’ with Alan Woods ***CANCELLED***
Housmans Bookshop 5 Caledonian Road, LondonThe story of the Spanish revolution of the 1930s is quite well known to most people on the left, but there is a surprising level of ignorance concerning the events […]
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AUTONOMY NOW! presents: ‘Stopping the Poll Tax: 30 Years On’ with Martin Lux and Alex Hodson ***RELOCATED***
Housmans Bookshop 5 Caledonian Road, London**This event is no longer taking place at Housmans but the organisers hope to host it at an alternative venue - please visit the Autonomy Now website for updates** […]
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‘Split: Class Divides Uncovered’ with Ben Tippet ***CANCELLED***
'More than a decade after the financial crisis, Split is a timely reminder of the most important divide that runs through the global economy, and how working people can organise […]
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BOOK LAUNCH: On Relationships ***POSTPONED***
Relationships are important. Whether they are with others or ourselves, they shape us, they move us, they empower us and they break our hearts. 3 of Cups Press launches […]
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Settling the World: M. John Harrison in conversation with Gary Budden (online event)
Housmans is pleased to welcome sci-fi supremo M. John Harrison to our first digital event in collaboration with indie publishers Comma Press and Influx Press. Considered one of the most […]
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