The New Dark Age

24 February 2016 — Housmans

NEWS

1. Housmans Fundraising for Refugees Quiz Night

IN-STORE EVENTS

2.  ‘Consequences’ with Elizabeth J. Lister and ‘Kissyface’ with Elsa Wallace 
3. ‘Being Red: a Politics for the Future’ with Ken Livingstone
4. ‘Fossil Capital: The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming’ with Andreas Malm and Mika Minio-Paluello
5. ‘Remembering Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners’ with Mike Jackson
6. ‘The Upside-Down Bible: What Jesus really said about Money, Sex and Violence’ with Symon Hill
7. ‘The Gender Police: A Diary’ with Ros Ball and James Miller
8. ‘Bad News: Last Journalists in a Dictatorship’ with Anjan Sundaram
9. ‘East London Suffragettes: the beyond the right to vote’ with Sarah Jackson
10. ‘Who’s Afraid of the Easter Rising? 1916-2016’ with James Heartfield
11. ‘The Rent Trap: How we fell into it and how we get out of it’ with Samir Jeraj and Rosie Smith
12. ‘Stealing the Future’ with Max Hertzberg
13. ‘Inglorious: conflict in the Uplands’ with Mark Avery
14. ‘Gender’ with Harriet Bradley

READING AND DISCUSSION GROUPS

15. Fuse Book Club – forthcoming titles
16. London Pacifism and Nonviolence Discussion Group
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Fundraising quiz night at Housmans bookshop! Friday, 18 March from 7pm
In order to raise funds for those supporting refugees at this critical time Housmans is having a fund raising quiz night. There will be a quiz, twiglets, a raffle and possibly a musical interlude. It will be fun!
Space is limited so we’re asking that you book early.
Entry £5 or £10, you choose. Entry includes a free glass of wine but feel free to bring your own booze too.
Tickets link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/housmans-fundraising-quiz-tickets-21668407791

IN-STORE EVENTS

2. LGBT HISTORY MONTH BOOK LAUNCHES 
‘Consequences’ with Elizabeth J. Lister and ‘Kissyface’ with Elsa Wallace 
Thursday 25th February, 7pm – FREE ENTRY
As part of LGBT history month, Paradise Press, one of the largest and longest-running gay publishers, presents an evening of author readings at Housmans, including Elizabeth J. Lister and Elsa Wallace.
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LEFT BOOK CLUB PRESENT
3. ‘Being Red: a Politics for the Future’ with Ken Livingstone
Tuesday 1st March, 7pm
Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase
In Being Red, Ken Livingstone reflects on the limits of parliamentary democracy and the challenges facing the Labour Party in the aftermath of the 2015 general election.
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4. ‘Fossil Capital: The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming’ with Andreas Malm and Mika Minio-Paluello
PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE: Thursday 3^rd March, 7pm
Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase
Malm presents his ground-breaking theory on the genesis of the relationship between capital and coal, which gave shape to the Industrial Revolution and our present climate change problems.
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5. ‘Remembering Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners’ with Mike Jackson
Wednesday 9th March, 7pm
Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase
Mike Jackson will be talking about his work with Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners, the film Pride, and how the campaign’s activities continue to have an effect today.
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6. ‘The Upside-Down Bible: What Jesus really said about Money, Sex and Violence’ with Symon Hill
Tuesday 15^th March, 7pm
Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase
An innovative reinterpretation of the bible, connecting Christ’s message to daily life, personal relationships and political issues today.
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7. ‘The Gender Police: A Diary’ with Ros Ball and James Miller
Thursday 17th March, 7pm
Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase
The Gender Police: A Diary is an intriguing and insightful record of how people treat girls and boys differently.
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8. EVERY VOICE – ALL WORLD HISTORY,  ALL YEAR ROUND,  PRESENT:
‘Bad News: Last Journalists in a Dictatorship’ with Anjan Sundaram
Wednesday 23rd March, 7pm
Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase
Award-winning journalist Anjan Sundaram presents a powerful account of the recent tragic history of Rwanda, and the continuing battle for free speech.
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9. ‘East London Suffragettes: the beyond the right to vote’ with Sarah Jackson
Thursday 24th March, 7pm
Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase
Discussion of the work of the East London Federation of Suffragettes, led by Sylvia Pankhurst, whose work went beyond the right to vote, to struggle for improvements in the lives of women across a whole range of areas.
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10. ‘Who’s Afraid of the Easter Rising? 1916-2016’ with James Heartfield
Wednesday 6^th April, 7pm
Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase
Discussing the nature and legacy of the Easter Rising, Heartfield argues that today’s Irish elite recoil from the origins of their state in a popular struggle.
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11. LEFT BOOK CLUB PRESENT
‘The Rent Trap: How we fell into it and how we get out of it’ with Samir Jeraj and Rosie Smith
Wednesday 13^th April, 7pm
Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase
Journalist Samir Jeraj and housing campaigner Rosie Walker explore the dysfunctional private rented sector in the UK and discuss ways to fight against it.
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12. ‘Stealing the Future’ with Max Hertzberg
Tuesday 19^th April, 7pm
Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase
Marx Hertzberg discuses his proto-utopian spy thriller, which uses fiction to look at the challenges of transforming society into a system based on mutual-aid and grassroots democracy.
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13. ‘Inglorious: conflict in the Uplands’ with Mark Avery
Wednesday 20^th April, 7pm
Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase
Conservationist Mark Avery exposes the illegal killing of wildlife and the damage done to local ecology caused by the ritualised annual slaughter of grouse.
click here for more info

14. KEY CONCEPTS SERIES:
‘Gender’ with Harriet Bradley
Wednesday 27^th April, 7pm
Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase
The second in a series of events at Housmans called Key Concepts, aimed at introducing core concepts in the social sciences. Harriet Bradley will be exploring the increasingly complex notion of gender.
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READING AND DISCUSSION GROUPS READING

15. The Fuse Book Club – forthcoming titles
Housmans has a monthly book club which usually meets on the second Thursday of the month, starting at 7pm in the shop. Forthcoming titles under discussion are:

Thursday 10th March
The Establishment: And How They Get Away With It by Owen Jones

Thursday 12th May 
The Rent Trap by Samir Jeraj and Rosie Walker

If you would like to find out more about the reading group, please email catherine@housmans.com. The Fuse has its own web page with more info here: http://www.housmans.com/fuse.php

16. London Pacifism and Nonviolence Discussion Group

Housmans has a regular Pacifism and Nonviolence Discussion Group, who meet on the second Tuesday of the month. All are welcome, but please be prepared to join in the discussion. Please try to turn up by 7pm sharp.

At the next meeting on 8 March we will look at NONVIOLENCE AND SOCIAL MEDIA. And on 12 April our topic is PACIFISM AND THE TAX SYSTEM.

For more information please visit: http://londonpacifismnonviolence.wordpress.com/

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