The Struggle against Wage Controls

The New Brunswick Labour History Project launches The Struggle against Wage Controls: The Saint John Story, 1975-1976 on Wednesday, 28 February, at 7 p.m. at the New Brunswick Museum in Saint John, New Brunswick. Written by veteran Saint John labour activist George Vair, the book is edited and introduced by David Frank, Professor of History at the University of New Brunswick. The evening is co-hosted by the Saint John District Labour Council and the New Brunswick Museum.

Saskatchewan labour history

Plans for the annual workshop sponsored by the Canadian Committee on Labour History are now posted at [url]http://www.mun.ca/cclh/workshop.html[/url]. This year the event focuses on Saskatchewan labour history, and includes sessions on women, workers and the left, recent writings on Saskatchewan labour history, and labour in municipal politics; the program also includes music and a bus tour. The event is co-sponsored by the Society for Socialist Studies and the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour. The event is on Sunday 27 May 2007.

The Lost World of British Communism

26th April 2007, 5.30pm, Durham University, UK

Roundtable on Raphael Samuel's The Lost World of British Communism (Verso, 2006) - a collection of the original articles from New Left Review, 1985-87.Speakers:
Kevin Morgan (Manchester): Histories of British Communism
Lawrence Black (Durham): The lost world of young Conservatism
Alison Light (Newcastle): discussant

Points de contact entre les cultures hérités du fait colonial

Colloque international organisé par le Laboratoire Babel (Université du Sud Toulon-Var) et le Centre de recherche CIRCE (Université de Paris 3)
21, 22 et 23 mars 2007

UFR Lettres - Amphithéâtre Danielle Dumas (Y002), Bâtiment Y - Université du Sud Toulon-Var
Comité scientifique : Monique Léonard, Jean-Charles Vegliante, Isabelle Felici, Alain Morello
Comité d'organisation : Isabelle Felici, Alain Morello, Noëlle Breton, Martine Delapierre

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