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My review of “Betty Tebbs – a radical working class hero” by Mark Metcalf

Posted on November 25, 2019 by

      Through my friendship with Eddie and Ruth Frow I have met many women like Betty who had been  activists in the CPGB and the trade union movement. We came from different generations – and had quite different … Continue reading →

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My review of the Keith Haring exhibition at Tate Liverpool

Posted on August 6, 2019 by

KEITH Haring (1958–1990) was an American artist and  political activist. In this wonderful retrospective we really get to see the way in which he wanted to make art as accessible as possible to the majority of people. He once said: … Continue reading →

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My review of “The Metal Mountain” by John Healy

Posted on July 26, 2019 by

IT  is 30 years since John Healy wrote his classic “Grass Arena”  his autobiography of growing up Irish in London. Published at a time when the Irish in Britain were going through a time of renaissance from politics in groups … Continue reading →

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Why Manchester activists are taking to the rooftops in Oldham to stop arms sales to Israel

Posted on July 25, 2019 by

  For Ade Mormech the political is personal . He, alongside other Manchester Palestine  Action  activists, recently  occupied the roof of Elbit’s Ferranti factory in Waterhead Oldham  for three days. “We think that arms companies like Elbit Ferranti should stop … Continue reading →

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My review of “Common Cause” by Kate Hunter

Posted on June 27, 2019 by

  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 →

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My review of the exhibition of Flag of Covenience by David Dunnico

Posted on June 6, 2019 by

    Flag of Convenience David Dunnico Stockport War Memorial Art Gallery   25 May-28 June 2019 Stockport.artgallery@stockport.gov.uk   THE Union Jack has never been just a flag. In this new exhibition Manchester documentary photographer David Dunnico takes us on a … Continue reading →

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My review of “second world second sex” Kristen Ghodsee

Posted on April 20, 2019 by

    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 →

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