Events
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‘The Twittering Machine’ with Richard Seymour
Housmans Bookshop 5 Caledonian Road, LondonIn surrealist artist Paul Klee’s The Twittering Machine, the bird-song of a diabolical machine acts as bait to lure humankind into a pit of damnation. Leading political writer and broadcaster Richard Seymour argues that this is a chilling metaphor for our relationship with social media. Former social media executives tell us that the system is […]
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‘Prison: a Survival Guide’, with Carl Cattermole and Erika Flowers
Housmans Bookshop 5 Caledonian Road, LondonCarl presents his essential guide to life in UK prisons – now fully updated and featuring contributions from female and LGBTQI prisoners, as well as from family on the outside. Carl will be joined by Erika Flowers who will share her experience of Holloway women’s prison. Carl Cattermole is a young ex-inmate and legal reform […]
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‘Back to Black: Retelling Black Radicalism for the 21st Century’ with Kehinde Andrews
Housmans Bookshop 5 Caledonian Road, LondonBack to Black traces the long and eminent history of Black radical politics. Born out of resistance to slavery and colonialism, its rich past encompasses figures such as Marcus Garvey, Angela Davis, the Black Panthers and the Black Lives Matter activists of today. At its core it argues that racism is inexorably embedded in the fabric […]
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Free Event: Mental Health Discussion Group
Housmans Bookshop 5 Caledonian Road, LondonA safe space for people to express, vent and share their fears, worries and concerns about the current political climate in the UK and globally and the impact it has on our collective psyche - and maybe even come up with some constructive ways of coping, convened by licensed therapist Hal M. Both in the […]
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Fully Automated Luxury Communism: A Manifesto by Aaron Bastani (SOLD OUT)
Housmans Bookshop 5 Caledonian Road, LondonA different kind of politics for a new kind of society—beyond work, scarcity and capitalism In the twenty-first century, new technologies should liberate us from work. Automation, rather than undermining an economy built on full employment, is instead the path to a world of liberty, luxury and happiness—for everyone. Technological advance will reduce the value […]
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FREE EVENT: AUTONOMY NOW – This Land is Ours: The Fight for Land Justice / Speakers from the Anarchist Communist Group
Housmans Bookshop 5 Caledonian Road, LondonLand, if we define it to include all physical resources such as water, air and what lies beneath the ground, is the source of all wealth and our very existence. However, what should belong to all of us has been taken from us and concentrated in the hands of a small minority so that they […]
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FREE EVENT: Friday 27th September – Exhibition/Book Launch – Queer Heroes
Housmans Bookshop 5 Caledonian Road, LondonJoin us for an evening of art, books and drinks to celebrate the release of Arabelle Sicardi and Sarah Tanat-Jones' new book Queer Heroes, a beautifully illustrated collection featuring 52 LGBTQ+ artists, writers, innovators, athletes and activists who have changed the world from ancient times to present day. Published to celebrate the 50th anniversary of […]
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‘Only Nonviolent Rebellion Can Now Stop Climate Breakdown And Social Collapse’ with Andrew Medhurst
Housmans Bookshop 5 Caledonian Road, LondonRoger Hallam is co-founder of Extinction Rebellion and has written a booklet called “Common Sense for the 21st Century: Only Nonviolent Rebellion Can Now Stop Climate Breakdown and Social Collapse”, the print copy of which we will be launching at this event. The booklet outlines how the environmental and climate movements around the world need […]
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‘Mask Off: Masculinity Redefined’ with JJ Bola
Housmans Bookshop 5 Caledonian Road, LondonWhat is masculinity? Dominating the world around us, from Trump's twitter outbursts to deadly gun violence, from male suicide rates to incels on Reddit and 4chan, masculinity is perceived to be 'toxic', 'fragile' and 'in crisis'. In Mask Off, JJ Bola exposes masculinity as a performance that men are socially conditioned into. Using examples of non-Western […]
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‘Queer Intentions: A (Personal) Journey Through LGBTQ + Culture’ with Amelia Abraham
Housmans Bookshop 5 Caledonian Road, LondonToday, the options and freedoms on offer to LGBTQ+ people living in the West are greater than ever before. But is same-sex marriage, improved media visibility and corporate endorsement all it’s cracked up to be? At what cost does this acceptance come? And who is getting left behind, particularly in parts of the world where […]
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Solidarity with Catalonia Event with Ignasi Bernat, Liz Castro, Robert Knox and David Whyte
Housmans Bookshop 5 Caledonian Road, LondonProtests have raged in Barcelona for over a week after Spain's Supreme Court sentenced nine Catalan independence leaders to long prison sentences. This Friday at 7pm, one of the main activists from Catalonia's independent movement, Liz Castro, and three experts, David Whyte (author of How Corrupt is Britain?), Ignasi Bernat and Rob Knox, will be […]
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FREE EVENT: Mental Health Discussion Group
Housmans Bookshop 5 Caledonian Road, LondonA safe space for people to express, vent and share their fears, worries and concerns about the current political climate in the UK and globally and the impact it has on our collective psyche - and maybe even come up with some constructive ways of coping, convened by licensed therapist Hal M. Both in the […]
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‘Here to Stay, Here to Fight – A Race Today Anthology’ with Leila Hassan, Farrukh Dhondy and Adam Elliott Cooper
Housmans Bookshop 5 Caledonian Road, LondonFrom 1973 to 1988, Race Today, the journal of the revolutionary Race Today Collective was at the epicentre of the struggle for racial justice in Britain. Placing race, sex and social class at the core of its analysis, it featured in its articles and pamphlets contributions from some of the leading writers and activists of the […]
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FREE EVENT: The Third Annual Housmans Witchy Night
Following the success of the previous two years, your fave feminist witchy night is back! Expect witchy tunes, potions to drink and discount on cool witchy and feminist titles. More info to follow... This event is free, but to help us manage space, please RSVP below to nab your spot. Image credit and copyright Louise […]
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AUTONOMY NOW presents: ‘Louise Michel, a French anarchist in London’ with Constance Bantman and Martyn Everett
We’re delighted to announce that Constance Bantman and Martyn Everett will share and discuss new research on one of the most influential French political figures in the second half of the 19th century plus one of the most powerful women political theorists of her day. If you have never heard of Louise Michel before, or […]
