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Category Archives: book review
My review of “Sisters in Cells” by Aine and Eibhlin Nic Giolla Easpaig
Aine and Eibhlin Nic Giolla Easpaig are unique in several ways. They were republican women political prisoners in the 70s – the first women of that era to be imprisoned in England, while their autobiography “Sisters in Cells” is … Continue reading
Posted in biography, book review, Catholicism, human rights, Ireland, Irish second generation, labour history, Manchester, North of Ireland, political women, Uncategorized, women, working class history
Tagged Aine and Eibhlin Nic Giolla Easpaig, Irish in Manchester, Loreto Convent School., Sinn Fein, Sisters in Cells
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My review of Dayglo: The Poly Styrene Story by Celeste Bell and Zoe Howe
Poly Styrene (3 July 1957 – 25 April 2011), (real name Marianne Joan Elliott-Said) was one of the most unique performers who came out of the punk era. Watch this video here In this affectionate and revealing biography written by … Continue reading
My review of “Last Witnesses Unchildlike Stories” Svetlana Alexievich
PUBLISHED in 1985 in the Soviet Union this first English edition is a very painful reminder of the affects of war on children. In the 1970s Alexievich started interviewing the generation of children who had lived … Continue reading
My review of “Common Cause” by Kate Hunter
KATE Hunter, a working class writer and political activist, recognises the massive barriers facing any person from her background who wants to write. At the age of nine she won a National Essay prize, but there was no encouragement … Continue reading
Posted in anti-cuts, book review, Communism, education, feminism, labour history, Manchester, novels, political women, Socialism, Socialist Feminism, trade unions, Uncategorized, women, working class history, young people
Tagged bedroom tax, Caseroom, Common Cause, Edinburgh, First World War., James Connolly, Kate Hunter, SWP, Women compositors, Women's Freedom League
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My review of “second world second sex” Kristen Ghodsee
In this new history book Kristen rescues an important episode in the history of women’s activism at the United Nations – the contribution of women from the state socialist countries in Eastern Europe (“the Second World” as they … Continue reading
Posted in Betty Tebbs, book review, Communism, education, feminism, human rights, labour history, Manchester, Northern ReSisters Conversations with Radical Women, peace campaigns, political women, Socialism, Socialist Feminism, Uncategorized
Tagged Chibesa Kankasa, Krastina Tchomakova., Kristen Ghodsee, Second World Second Sex
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My review of “Trico A Victory to Remember” by Sally Groves and Vernon Merritt
Why is it some strikes, many of them defeats for the labour movement, are constantly being replayed ie Miners Strike, Grunwicks and Ford Dagenham women but successful strikes such as Trico have been forgotten. One of the big problems … Continue reading
My review of “I Have No Regrets: Diaries, 1955-1963” Brigitte Reimann
Brigitte Reimann was an East German writer and an avid chronicler of her own life through her diaries. In this new book we follow her as she becomes a successful writer, but at a turbulent time for her … Continue reading
My review of “High Wages” Dorothy Whipple
High Wages is set in 1912 and describes the lives of many young women of that era who had limited educational and career options. Jane Carter, the heroine of this novel, is a Northern young woman who has to … Continue reading