Category: Publications
The Communist Party of Great Britain and Anti-Racism
Speaker Dr Evan Smith
2pm, 18th September.
British Communism and the Politics of Race explores the role that the Communist Party of Great Britain played within the anti-racism movement in Britain from the 1940s to the 1980s. As one of the first organizations to undertake serious anti-colonial and anti-racist activism within the British labour movement, the CPGB was a pioneering force that campaigned against racial discrimination, popular imperialism and fascist violence in British society.
Read on ... On Burnley Road: Class, Race and Politics in a Northern English Town
by Mike Makin-Waite
Pre-order On Burnley Road for delivery in May 2021
What was happening in Burnley Town Hall when the British National Party was winning and holding seats there? What lay behind the far right’s advance, and what effect did it have on local government and wider policy trends? How did mainstream parties respond? Read on ...
Writers of the Left in an Age of Extremes
Launch meeting for the SHS’s latest Occasional Publication
6.30pm, Saturday, 29 May
You can download David Morgan’s presentation about Edgell Rickword from here…
The joint authors of the publication discuss why the writers who are featured still matter. David Morgan will speak about Edgell Rickword and Greta Sykes will speak about Anna Seghers and Carlo Levi. Read on ...