Events
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#BurnAusterity: Join a ‘Bonfire of Austerity’ action near you
Tomorrow’s [Nov 5] ‘Bonfire of Austerity’ looks set to be one of the biggest days of action for many years. Actions are taking place up and down the country as people are forced into poverty, forced to choose whether to heat the home or put food on the table and forced into the hands of… Continue reading
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Housmans Books News Update: Ticket offer/ Ralph Miliband Sale/ Late additions to October events
2 Otober 2013 — Housmans NEWS UPDATE1. Housmans Peace Diary 2014 2. Special Offer for Housmans supporters – half-price tickets to a benefit gig for our sister organisation Peace News‘COME OUT! WE HAVE YOU SURROUNDED: A Celebration of People Power’ Continue reading
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London: Public Meeting Friday 9 August: War and Whistleblowers – Why Bradley Manning Should be Free
Bradley Manning faces a prison sentence of up to 136 years after being found guilty of 20 charges for revealing the war crimes carried out in our name. This public meeting, with speakers including Tariq Ali, Peter Tatchell, and Norman Solomon from the USA, will discuss the courage and sacrifice of truth-tellers like Bradley Manning… Continue reading
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The ARB London Radical Bookfair 2013 – this Saturday!
Over 50 bookstalls, 20 guest authors, 2 book prizes, 1 real ale bar, 1 vegan food stall, and hopefully you! Come and support radical bookselling and publishing in all its traditions, this Saturday at the inaugural London Radical Bookfair. Continue reading
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HOUSMANS RADICAL BOOKS NEWSLETTER APRIL 2013
3 April 2013 — Housmans NEWS 1. Housmans special offer: buy Tim Gee’s ‘Counterpower’ and get ‘You Can’t Evict an Idea: What Can We Learn From Occupy?’ free 2. Housmans special offer: The Anarchist FAQ volumes 1 and 2 3. The ARB London Radical Bookfair 2013 – Saturday May 11th Continue reading
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HOUSMANS RADICAL BOOKS NEWS UPDATE 22 March 2013
22 March 2013 — Housmans 1. ‘The Revolution of Everyday Life’ with Donald Nicholson Smith this Friday 29th March2. Housmans new publication ‘You Can’t Evict an Idea: What Can We Learn From Occupy?’ by Tim Gee now in stock3. Appeal from Ken Loach4. Easter opening hours5. ‘Is green growth possible and do we really need it?’ a debate with Pete Continue reading
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People’s Assembly Against Austerity 22 June 2013
Launched with a letter in today’s Guardian, 55 trade union general secretaries, MPs, campaigners, and cultural figures have put out a call for a People’s Assembly Against Austerity. Continue reading
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HOUSMANS BOOKS NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2013
28 January 2013 — Housmans NEWS 1. Clearance Sale continues – £1 Peace books added! Continue reading
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NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION IN SUPPORT OF GAZA SATURDAY 24 NOVEMBER
23 November 2012 SOLIDARITY WITH GAZA • END THE SIEGE NOW Protest tomorrow to show solidarity with the people of Gaza. Assemble 12 noon Downing St March to Israeli Embassy. Details here…Transport from outside London… Map of march route… Continue reading
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Book/Event: All Knees and Elbows of Susceptibility and Refusal: Reading History From Below
The book All Knees and Elbows of Susceptibility and Refusal: Reading History From Below began as a discussion between two friends, Anthony Iles and Tom Roberts, about the politics of writing history. Neither are trained historians. They have assembled a critical and necessarily partial picture of the practice of ‘history from below’: historiographical tendencies which… Continue reading
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London: Media and War Conference with John Pilger on Saturday 17 November 2012
14 November 2012 John Pilger, Peter Oborne (Daily Telegraph), Michelle Stanistreet (NUJ General Secretary), and Seumas Milne (The Guardian) are among the many keynote speakers at the important conference this Saturday: Media and War – Challenging the Consensus. Topics include: Serving the military or the public? Media coverage of the war on terror The media and the anti-war movement: how do we Continue reading
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20th October demo & Europe Against Austerity conference
Coalition of Resistance has produced thousands of No Cuts placards and a ‘demo special’ broadsheet which includes statements from Tony Benn, Len McCluskey from Unite, Frances O’Grady the new General Secretary of the TUC and Natalie Bennett the new Green Party leader. Continue reading
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HOUSMANS PEACE DIARY 2013 & HOUSMANS ONLINE BOOKSHOP RECOMMENDATIONS
The following list includes some of the most popular books from our online shop in 2012, and also has details of this year’s Peace Diary. Our online shop is fully stocked, so if it’s in print you should be able to find it there. Continue reading
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Housmans Books, London: Newsletter of Events September 2012
28 August 2012 — Housmans NEWS1. The Fuse Book Club at Housmans2. Help save Hackney’s black bookshop, Centerprise IN-STORE EVENTS – London’s Burning Season3. ‘Riot City: Protest and Rebellion in the Capital’ with Clive Bloom4. ‘King’s Cross: a sense of place’ with Angela Inglis and local campaigners5. ‘The Art of Wandering’ with Merlin Coverley6. ‘Baron’s Court, all Continue reading
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EVENT 9 May 2012: Defend the NHS! Strategies of Resistance
Red Pepper is bringing together NHS experts, health professionals and activists to discuss the impact of the coalition’s Health and Social Care Bill – and plans to resist it Continue reading
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Call for Proposals: ‘Real Democracy and the Revolutions of our Time’
Not since the 1960s has there been such global interest in the prospects and possibilities of revolution. From the Middle East to the metropolises of Europe, South Asia, and the Americas, large number of people have taken to the streets in protest against the economic and political corruption that has become increasingly visible in the… Continue reading
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Palestine: Hackney PSC’s Catastrophe Club presents a film and discussion
Tuesday 28th February, 7 for 7.30 start: on “Defamation” (dir. <strong class=’StrictlyAutoTagBold’>Yoav Shamir, 2010, 93 mins) Plus: Q&A with <strong class=’StrictlyAutoTagBold’>Miri Weingarten This fascinating film looks at the political use of <strong class=’StrictlyAutoTagBold’>Holocaust memory and anti-semitism claims. In his exploration of modern Israeli life, the filmmaker travels the world in search of the most modern Continue reading
The New Dark Age 