Join a Salford WW1 conscientious objector as he tells his story
We are so looking forward to the 30-minute free performances of our Living History play about WW1 conscientious objector James Hudson, commissioned as part of our Heritage Lottery Fund WW1 project.
Rapper dance - its creation and what it meant to working communities
On Wednesday 2 March at 2pm our free Invisible Histories talks series starts up again with a talk by Tom Besford.
Remembering Mary Barbour - International Women's Day event
On Saturday 5 March at 2pm the Library's IWD event welcomes Catriona Burness who will give a talk, 'Remembering Mary Barbour - social reformer, rent strike leader, women's peace crusader and pioneering woman councillor'.
Jarama remembered
The International Brigade Memorial Trust is holding its annual commemoration of the Battle of Jarama which took place in February 1937 during the Spanish Civil War. The event takes place at Manchester Town Hall on Sunday 14 February from 11.30am to 1pm. The involvement of International Brigaders from the Greater Manchester area in the battle will be commemorated through readings and song. All welcome.
Call for papers: British Communism and Commitment day school, 9 June
Bringing together academics from a wide range of disciplines and former party activists, this day school analyses the complexities of commitment in the British Communist Party over its 70-year history (1920-1991). Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be e-mailed to Ben Harker (ben.harker@manchester.ac.uk) by 1 April 2016.
Working Class Movement Library
51 The Crescent, Salford, M5 4WX
United Kingdom