Why are Black people so rarely seen in British Folk Music, apart from the apparent & questionable guise of the Blackface traditions still practiced today? Musician and researcher, Marie Bashiru, looks into the question of why Black people are so rarely seen in British Folk Music, and their absence in the English body of folk … Continued
With The World Transformed, we are proud to announce the launch of an extensive, 140 page report into political education projects from across Britain and Ireland. Beginning in 2019, the purpose of this project was to learn from other inspiring and radical education projects and share learning that might strengthen the culture of transformative political education in … Continued
The 12-month Research Fellowship with Article 11 Trust has come to a successful conclusion. Rachel Currie investigated the right to protest in Britain and reflected on the fellowship here. The Research Fellowship is an annual initiative which is carried out in conjunction with a partner organisation. The Fellowship is intended to facilitate research with a … Continued
A new comic book, funded by the Trust, has been released by Govanhill Baths. It is a people’s history of occupations, featuring industrial, community, student and environmental occupations in Scotland from the 1940s till now: Squatting (1946); Upper Clyde Shipbuilders (1971); Lee Jeans (1981); Lovable Bra (1982); Plessey Capacitors (1982), Faslane (1982-ongoing); Timex (1983); Price … Continued
The Barry Amiel and Norman Melburn Trust is recruiting for our annual political research fellowship. The fellowship is intended to facilitate research with a socialist orientation, consistent with the broad aims of the Trust. The research fellowship is an initiative which is carried out in conjunction with a partner organisation. This year we … Continued
When: 17 June 2022, 18:00 — 21:00 Venue: Birkbeck Main Building, Clore Lecture Theatre, Birkbeck, University of London, Clore Management Centre, Torrington Square, London, WC1E 7JL Book your place Due to popular non-London-based demand, the lecture will also be livestreamed. You can attend and participate virtually by clicking on this link tomorrow, at 6pm. The end of the … Continued
The first instalment of a special 3-part podcast exploring the November 1979 workers’ occupation of Liverpool’s Binns Road Meccano plant. The podcast is presented by labour historian Dr Greig Campbell and features a discussion with John Lynch and Frank Bloor, the two former shop stewards who spearheaded the 103-day long struggle for jobs. The research … Continued
Open City has launched the first of a four part film series examining London’s architecture through the lens of Marxist theory, funded by the Amiel and Melburn Trust. Focussing on the idea of the ‘social condenser’, and centring around four key buildings, they will examine how architecture has the power to embed theory into tangible … Continued
Appointment of 2021-22 Research Fellow The Barry Amiel & Norman Melburn Trust in partnership with the Article 11 Trust is pleased to announce the appointment of Rachel Currie as this year’s Research Fellow. Rachel will investigate the right to protest in the UK. This The Fellowship project will develop the evidence base and analysis to address three … Continued
The Trust is pleased to announce that Karina Goldstone has now completed her project funded by the Trust culminating in the publication of her book Irish Writers and the Thirties: Art, Exile and War. This original study focusing on four Irish writers – Leslie Daiken, Charles Donnelly, Ewart Milne and Michael Sayers – retrieves a … Continued