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Monthly Archives: October 2015
Dare to be Free ; the life of Irish Trade Unionist Mary Quaile
The film Sufragette gives a very sanitised and selective view of the lives of working class women in this country. The main character, Maud, is a victim of her husband and her exploitative employer, and when she gets involved with … Continue reading
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Tagged East end of London, manchester tuc, Mary Quaile Club, Suffragette
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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house
Watch Suffragette (general release), set in the East End of London in 1912. Maud Watts is a laundry worker who becomes involved in the suffragette movement as it escalates its policy of direct action. Her personal life is destroyed as … Continue reading
Book review; “Ujamaa The hidden story of Tanzania’s socialist villages” Ralph Ibbott
From 15-20 October 1945 a meeting of the Pan African Congress took place in the Town Hall, Chorlton-on-Medlock in Manchester. Activists from across the Caribbean and Africa got together with trade unionists and anti-imperialist groups to raise the issue of … Continue reading
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Tagged Julius Nyerere, Pan African Congress 1945, Ralph Ibbott, Selma James, Tanzania, Ujamaa
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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house
Watch Red Army not just about the Soviet military machine and its hockey team but an insightful documentary about what individual Soviet citizens felt about their country and its ideology. Sport, whether the USA or the Soviet Union, was always … Continue reading
Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house
Watch Mia Madre(Home) made by Italian filmmaker, Nanni Moretti, who also plays the son, Giovanni , in the film. Two siblings face the death of their mother and react in different ways. The daughter, Margherita (Margherita Buy) is a Ken … Continue reading
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Tagged BFAWU, Fastfood Rights Campaign, Mia Madre, Nanni Moretti, Stevie Davies
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