The New Dark Age

NEWS
1. Meeting room available for up to 12 people
2. Political Junkies Election Special

EVENTS
3. ‘The high tide of workers’ autonomy – the Workers’ Committee of Magneti Marelli, Milan, 1975-78’
4. ‘London Zine Symposium’
5. ‘Pressure Drop’ with Billy Bragg and Mick Gordon
6. ‘The Life and Times of a Revolutionary’ with Bill Hunter
7. ‘The Meaning of David Cameron’ with Richard Seymour
8. Future Events

BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
9. Richard Seymour Picks Five

NEWS

1. Meeting room available for up to 12 people
Housmans Bookshop is in the position to offer a meeting room to sympathetic organisations. The room comfortably seats up to 12 people and is situated in a central location with excellent access to public transport. Kitchen and toilet facilities are also available. Unfortunately the room is not accessible to wheelchair users.

The cost for the hire of this room is £25, or if the meetings are longer than two hours a rate of £10 per hour will apply. For more information and bookings please call Housmans on 020 7837 4473.

2. Political Junkies Election Special
Hils Barker in action

LIVE COMEDY BENEFIT FOR HOUSMANS BOOKSHOP
Political Junkies Election Special

‘Top comic talents tackle topical hot potatoes‘
Wednesday 5th May – doors 8pm

With Hils Barker (mc), Liam Mulllone and Steve Parry plus more to be confirmed.
£5 and doors open at 8pm, with all proceeds going to Housmans survival funds! All taking place at The Cross Kings, just around the corner from Housmans.

THE CROSS KINGS LONDON BAR VENUE
126 York Way, London, N1 0AX, T: 0207 278 83 18 info@thecrosskings.co.uk
You can buy tickets in advance here:
www.wegottickets.com/event/80250
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EVENTS IN MAY
Full listings information can be found at www.housmans.com/events.php
All events at Housmans are free, although we do ask for a solidarity donation of £2 from those who can afford it. Thank you.

3. The high tide of workers’ autonomy – the Workers’ Committee of Magneti Marelli, Milan, 1975-78
Saturday 1st May, 5pm
‘The Red Guard Tells its Story’ is a recently published book about the workers’ struggles in Italy in the 1970s.  As of yet, it is only available in French and Italian. However, a member of the ‘Mouvement Communiste’ who worked on the French translation of the book is travelling to London to bring the message of this book to a British audience. The event will involve a discussion of what is important about the struggles of that time and what we can learn from them in relation to workers’ struggles today.

4. London Zine Symposium
Wednesday 5th May, 7pm
Zinesters from across Britain launch their latest anthology, with tales of punk rock, vegan mass catering, social centres, revolution, anarchy and zine-making!

5. ‘Pressure Drop’ with Billy Bragg and Mick Gordon
Wednesday 12th May, 1pm
Housmans are delighted to welcome Billy Bragg and playwright Mick Gordon to discuss ‘Pressure Drop’, a new play about English identity and its complexities. This event will also act as a launch for the script of ‘Pressure Drop’, published by Oberon Books.

‘Pressure Drop’ is playing as part of the KX Reveal festival.
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6. ‘The Life and Times of a Revolutionary’ with Bill Hunter
Saturday 15th May, 5pm
Join author, activist and lifelong Trotskyist Bill Hunter at Housmans to reflect and reminisce as he celebrates his ninetieth birthday.

7. ‘The Meaning of David Cameron’ with Richard Seymour
Wednesday 26th May, 7pm
Author and blogger of ‘Lenin’s Tomb’ fame discusses whether Cameronism and the conservative tradition it draws on – from the bucolic, pseudo-medievalism of GK Chesterton to the anti-statism of Friedrich Hayek – is really a bulwark of progress and radicalism.

8.  Future Events
For information on events forthcoming in 2010 please visit www.housmans.com/events.php

BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS

9. Richard Seymour Picks Five

Each month we ask one of our guest speakers to recommend 5 books. This month’s choices have been selected by author and ‘Lenin’s Tomb’ blogger, Richard Seymour. However his top 5 didn’t reach us in time, but should be with us in a few days, so when they come in we’ll post them on the blog: www.housmans.com/blog

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