Category: Members Publications
Utopianism for a Dying Planet: Life After Consumerism
How the utopian tradition offers answers to today’s environmental crises
23 February 2023 on-line public meeting
Speaker: Professor Gregory Claeys
Our talk will be based on Greg’s latest book, Utopianism for a Dying Planet: Life After Consumerism. (Princeton University Press, 2022), which examines the ways the expansive history of utopian thought, from its origins in ancient Sparta and ideas of the Golden Age through to today’s thinkers, can offer moral and imaginative guidance in the face of environmental catastrophe. Read on ...
UNION BREAD
BAGELS, PLATZELS AND CHOLLAH: THE STORY OF THE LONDON JEWISH BAKERS’ UNION
Jewish Socialists’ Group and Socialist History Society
by LARRY WAYNE
UNION BREAD is a story both of division and of solidarity. There were bitter divisions between Jewish and non-Jewish Bakers over the issue of Sunday baking, and between the journeymen and the masters. Read on ...
Two Hundred Years of Dulwich Radicalism
by Duncan Bowie
Two Hundred Years of Dulwich Radicalism by Duncan Bowie is a fascinating read for anyone who is interested in British political and social history, the history of the Dulwich area, or both,
Obtainable from local bookshops in Dulwich or directly from the author – duncanbowie@yahoo.co.uk – price £10. Read on ...
Edward Aveling, ‘Son-in-Law of Karl Marx’: A Victorian Enigma
By Deborah Lavin
This book is the first-ever biography of Edward Aveling (1849-1898) and rescues him from his footnote status in the histories of the period and in the biographies of his contemporaries. It should be of interest to anyone engaged in research on aspects of 19th century socialism or with an interest in the lives of Karl Marx and his circle. Read on ...