Abolition Revolution

Date: 25th Jan 2024

Event time: 18:30 to 20:00

An introductory guide to abolitionist politics in Britain, Abolition Revolution explores how the history of imperialism, racism and class struggle has led to the carceral systems that we see today and how abolition should be seen as a key component of revolutionary politics, linking it with materialist feminisms, anti-capitalist class struggle, internationalist solidarity and anti-colonialism.

ONLINE & ONSITE BOOK LAUNCH: Global Neo-liberal Capitalism and the Alternatives: from social democracy to state capitalism

Invitation: Global Neo-liberal Capitalism and the Alternatives: from social democracy to state capitalism

The twentieth century was an era of socialist revolutionary transformations and significant social-democratic reforms. By the twenty-first century, these socialist inspired movements have largely disappeared, their ideology had been disavowed, and their institutions dismantled. In the first part of the book, David Lane explains which social forces drove them and why, initially, they were successful.

CfP: Getting Old in Eastern Europe. Social, Political and Economic Dimensions of Ageing in the Past and Present

Call for Papers for the 11th Annual Conference of the Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS) on "Getting Old in Eastern Europe. Social, Political and Economic Dimensions of Ageing in the Past and Present". The submission deadline is February 15, 2024. The conference will take place from June 27 to 29, 2024.

Neno Vasco por Neno Vasco: fragmentos autobiográficos de um anarquista (Portuguese)

A year after the publication of his book "Neno Vasco por Neno Vasco: fragmentos autobiográficos de um anarquista" (Neno Vasco by Neno Vasco: autobiographical fragments of an anarchist), the author Thiago Lemos Silva has made the digital version available to read and download for free on his Academia.edu account:

https://www.academia.edu/96069120/Neno_Vasco_por_Neno_Vasco_fragmentos_…

In The Face Of Dwelling Exhibition

Invitation "In the Face of Dwelling"

Following on from the well-received Shirley Baker exhibition last year, we are again welcoming the University of Salford to bring In The Face Of Dwelling, an exhibition that combines portraits with photographs and architectural drawings of Salford dwellings between c1900 and the 1970s.  

The exhibition opening takes place on Thursday 25th January from 4PM-6PM and the exhibition continues until Thursday 25th April. 

The library is open from Wednesday-Friday, 1PM-4:30PM for visitors. Information on how to find us can be found below. 

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