A Transgressive Life
Speaker: Frances Bingham
Valentine Ackland was a poet, gender-rebel, and lover of the writer Sylvia Townsend Warner. For much of her life she was under MI5 surveillance for ‘abnormality’ as well as Communism. This talk about Ackland’s transgressive life, by her biographer Frances Bingham, considers her lifelong political activism – which included volunteering for the Spanish Civil War – and the personal politics of her gender deviance. Read on ...
Tariq Ali speaks about his latest book which challenges the national myth of Winston Churchill as the great national leader and war hero.
In his new book, Winston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes, Tariq Ali argues that the Churchill cult is out of control. His war hero image is used to stifle political debate and encourage support for modern wars. Read on ...
The Socialist History Society will be holding its first in-person meeting since the start of the current public health emergency.
Marx Memorial Library – 37a Clerkenwell Green, London, EC1R 0DU
Underground Farringdon station on the Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines.
Saturday 7th May
1pm AGM – all welcome, but only members can vote. Read on ...
The Socialist History Society, The Institute of Commonwealth Studies and The Society for Caribbean Studies will be holding a series of online research seminars.
The participants have been invited to submit written papers in advance of the seminars. These will be available to everyone who registers.
Attendance is free, but advance registration is necessary. Read on ...