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• Book Review: The Great Dublin Lockout 1913

  Book Review: Jim Larkin and the Great Dublin Lockout of 1913 by John Newsinger Review of Jim Larkin and the Great Dublin Lockout of 1913 by John Newsinger. Bookmarks publications http://lipsticksocialist.wordpress.com/

• Matchwomen’s Strike Festival coming!

  Celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Matchwomen’s victory, and the beginning of the modern labour movement. 6th July 2013. Bishopsgate Institute, London. Admission free.  Children and family friendly. George Bernard…

• New Book: The People Speak

  The People Speak is a compendium of speeches, stories, letters and songs that express radical dissent throughout British history.  The People Speak project first appeared in the USA, cofounded by…

• We only want the earth

  The next IWCE seminar is in Salford. Nick Pollard ‘We Only Want the Earth’, and Helen Ford Working Class Education holdings at the Modern Records Centre, Warwick University.

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  Relaunch of Plebs League?

  It’s not every day the Conservative Chief Whip helps to market a book about Marxist ideals. Colin Waugh, author of Plebs: The Lost Legacy Of Independent Working-Class Education, refuses to…

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