The New Dark Age

2 November, 2010 — Housmans

NEWS
1. Loyalty cards and events charging
2. Coalition of Resistance National Organising Conference
3. Housmans Plastic Bag Free Zone

EVENTS
4. ‘Adventures in Kate Bush and Theory’ with Debora M. Withers
5. ‘Politics & Song’ with Leon Rosselson
6. ‘Class in British Cinema’ with Carl Neville
7. ‘Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain’s Visionary Music’ with Rob Young
8. The Socialist Party of Great Britain present ‘What’s Wrong With Using Parliament?’

NEWS

1. Loyalty cards and events charging

From January 2011 Housmans will be charging for its events. Admittance for each event will be £3, but the cost will be redeemable against any purchase in-store. We hope that sounds like a fair deal.

In line with this we have been thinking about introducing a loyalty card. The offer would be that for £10 a year you receive a loyalty card that allows you to attend all Housmans events free of charge, and receive a 10% discount on all purchases made in-store. If this is something you would be interested in, please email nik[at]housmans.com with ‘loyalty card’ in the subject field, and if there is enough interest we shall introduce this from January.

2. Coalition of Resistance National Organising Conference

As the details of the Con-Dem cuts have been emerging, a mass campaign has been building against the attacks on the welfare state. The Coalition of Resistance is a broad based movement opposing cuts and privatisation, rising unemployment and inequality in Britain.

A national conference of the Coalition of Resistance will take place in London at the Camden Centre on the 27th of November, 2010 to look at alternatives to austerity measures and to plan the fightback for the living standards of the majority. The Coalition is linked to no particular political party, but committed to open working in a non-sectarian way with all organisations seeking to co-ordinate resistance; and is dedicated to supplementing, rather than supplanting, trade union, student, pensioner and community opposition to austerity measures.

To find out more, and to sign up for the conference, e-mail coalitionofresistance@mail.com or look on the website www.coalitionofresistance.org.uk/?p=317

3. Housmans Plastic Bag Free Zone

Housmans has decided to stop providing plastic bags. From now on, if you can bring your own bags for your purchases, we can do our bit to keep London that little bit cleaner and greener.

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EVENTS IN NOVEMBER
Full listings information can be found at www.housmans.com/events.php

4. ‘Adventures in Kate Bush and Theory’ with Debora M. Withers
Saturday 6th November, 5pm

Withers introduces her book, ‘Adventures in Kate Bush and Theory’, a Queer, feminist and critical studies reading of Kate Bush’s music.

5. ‘Politics & Song’ with Leon Rosselson
Wednesday 10th November, 7pm

Veteran protest singer Leon Rosselson talks about his songs and the political events that inspired them, with a short performance of his music.

6. ‘Class in British Cinema’ with Carl Neville
Saturday 13th November, 5pm

Neville discusses his book ‘Classless’, exploring the erasure of class and class struggle in British cinema.

7. ‘Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain’s Visionary Music’ with Rob Young
Wednesday 17th November, 7pm

The editor of music magazine ‘The Wire’ discusses his new book, which explores how folk music has changed over the past century in the British Isles.

8. The Socialist Party of Great Britain present: ‘What’s Wrong With Using Parliament?’
Saturday 20th November, 5pm

A discussion of the Socialist Party of Great Britain’s latest pamphlet exploring the alternatives to the parliamentary route to social change.

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