Events
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How to Stop Fascism: Paul Mason in conversation with Ewa Majewska [online event]
History shows us the conditions that breed fascism, and how it can be successfully overcome. But it is up to us in the present to challenge it. What are we […]
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Bi the Way: The Bisexual Guide to Life, with Lois Shearing [online event]
We are very pleased to welcome Lois Shearing to Housmans to discuss bisexuality in celebration of Bi Visibility Day. Whether you are openly bisexual, still figuring things out or just interested in learning more about bisexuality, Bi the Way is your essential guide to understanding and embracing bisexuality. With first-hand accounts from bi advocates, it […]
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Putin’s Russia: The Rise of a Dictator, with Darryl Cunningham [online event]
Join us for the online launch of acclaimed graphic novelist Darryl Cunningham's biography of Vladimir Putin. Master manipulator or gangster? The malign thrust of Putin’s domestic and foreign policy is […]
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No Matter How Many Skies Have Fallen: Back to the Land in Wartime Britain, with Ken Worpole [online event]
Social historian Ken Worpole uncovers the lost story of Frating Hall Farm, documenting the passionate religious and political ideals of this back-to-the-land community in wartime and postwar Britain. On 'Lady Day', March 1943 a group of Christian pacifists took possession of a vacant farm in Frating, a hamlet on the Essex Tendring Peninsula. There they […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Dystopian Horrors For Survival, with Alice Sparkly Kat and Don’t Tell The Village Elders collective [online event]
Join author and astrologer Alice Sparkly Kat and Don't Tell The Village Elders collective in a Halloween themed workshop about processing dystopia through horror, poetry, and spellwork. Together we'll explore […]
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The American Way: Stories of Invasion, with Fariba Nawa and Bina Shah [online event]
75 years of US-led invasions, CIA-sponsored coups, election interference, stay-behind networks, rendition, and weapons testing… all in the name of Pax America, the world’s police. Housmans is pleased to announce […]
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Green Social Housing: A Virtual Panel on Housing and Sustainability
How can we meet a housing crisis while reducing the materials we use? Housmans is very pleased to announce a joint event with It's Freezing in LA!, the critically acclaimed […]
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Abolishing the Police, with Koshka Duff and contributors [online event]
Join the editor and contributors of the essay collection "Abolishing the Police" for an exploration of anti-police theory and practice. We're very pleased to host this event on behalf of […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Here to Stay: Eastern Europeans in Britain, with Yva Alexandrova [online event]
How have attitudes to immigration and Eastern Europeans changed in the last twenty years in the wake of Brexit? Once again we team up with one of our favourite radical […]
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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 […]
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Suburban Socialism (or Barbarism), with Oly Durose [online event]
Reflecting on his own landslide loss in conservative suburbia, Oly Durose asks how we can transform the urban outskirts of the status quo into centres of transformative change. In December 2019, Oly Durose lost by over 25,000 votes as the Labour Party Parliamentary Candidate for Brentwood & Ongar. Revealing what it’s like to stand on […]
