Publication of English language version of Chantal Mouffe and Inigo Errejon’s Construir Pueblo (To construct a people), a discussion about the European left between a leading political theorist (Chantal Mouffe) and someone who is trying to put this theory into practice (Podemos leader Inigo Errejon).
https://www.lwbooks.co.ukFighter, poet, first woman Commissar, Larisa Reisner was considered during her lifetime to be one of the finest writers of the Bolshevik Revolution, and a model for the ‘new Soviet woman’, whose association with Trotsky and other oppositionists made her a ‘non-person’ by proxy after her early death in 1926. The present volume will contain … Continued
Leeds Taking Soundings aims to provide a forum for discussion of matters of political and cultural concern for a broad left-wing audience.
http://www.takingsoundings.org.ukMake Apartheid History takes the apartheid narrative as a way to place Palestine & BDS in the wider story of freedom struggles through website, films, documents and live events.
http://makeapartheidhistory.orgA series of events mixing politics, music and culture to reach out to the generation of people who have recently put Jeremy Corbyn at the head of the Labour Party and propelled Bernie Sanders to stardom. Inspired by political events at the turn of the C20th where music and politics were close bedfellows and political … Continued
http://www.nottspeoplesassembly.org/We are a multimedia platform aiming to promote an anticapitalist politics and critical perspective on current affairs through well researched content and giving a platform to those in struggle.
http://novaramedia.comTo stage a non-profit exhibition of art from Cuba and associated educational events, bringing two Cuban artists and curator to UK to participate and proceeds from artworks to fund school art materials in Cuba.
http://www.musicfundforcuba.org.ukThe commission of an anthology of short stories re-imagining key moments of ‘people protest’ – with each story consulted on by a professional historian and accompanied by an ‘afterword’ by them. Protest! will be a specially commissioned anthology of short stories (and afterwords) exploring ten pivotal moments of ‘popular resistance’ – protests which, in some … Continued
http://commapress.co.ukThis project will provide targeted research and training to empower union branches, organisers and union representatives to challenge existing investment strategies for public sector pensions. It will focus on democratising local authority pension funds, redirecting them towards a just transition and the new economy and away from fossil fuels and the speculative economy – promoting … Continued
http://platformlondon.orgAfter a successful year in which Take Back the City has established itself as an growing, diverse, challenging political movement capable of attracting previously unpoliticised young and BME Londoners to political activism, we want to expand our work and impact using popular education methods. We are applying for funds to deliver critical political education workshops … Continued
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