Women, History, Wine and Socialism in Gedling (Nottingham)
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15/02/2019 - 20:00
Venue: Killisick Community Centre, Nottingham NG5
Poplar 100: Centenary of a Revolting Council
Celebrating the centenary of the 1921 Poplar rates rebellion.
Minnie Lansbury: suffragette, socialist, rebel councillor
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08/02/2019 - 19:00
On the day before Minnie Lansbury's 130th birthday, Janine Booth speaks about her life at Workers' Liberty's London Forum.
Venue: UCL Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL
Video - Minnie Lansbury: suffragette, socialist, rebel councillor
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Talk on Minnie Lansbury, New Cross, London
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13/01/2019 - 14:00
Janine will give a talk and lead a discussion about Minnie Lansbury, with her new book - Minnie Lansbury: suffragette, socialist, rebel councillor - on sale.
Hosted by Labour Political Education Workshop.
Echoes of Holloway Prison: talk on Minnie Lansbury
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16/10/2018 - 18:30
Venue: Finsbury Library
As part of Islington Council Libraries' 'Echoes of Hollowy Prison' series of events, Janine speaks about Minnie Lansbury, who spend six weeks in the prison as part of the successful fight against unfair rates, and who died just ten weeks after her release.
Event poster attached.
Minnie Lansbury: teacher, suffragette, socialist and no cuts councillor
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02/04/2018 - 12:45
Janine speaks at a fringe meeting at the National Education Union (NEU) conference. All welcome, whether you are attending the conference or not.
Venue: The Victory, 6 Duke Street, Brighton, BN1 1AH
Minnie Lansbury: a different sort of Labour councillor
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28/03/2018 - 19:00
A public meeting/discussion, organised by Lewisham Workers' Liberty
Guilty and Proud of it! Lessons from the 1921 Poplar revolt
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21/02/2018 - 19:00
North London supporters of The Clarion magazine are hosting a meeting with RMT and Hackney Labour activist Janine Booth, author of Guilty and Proud of it! Poplar’s Rebel Councillors and Guardians 1919-1925 (Merlin Press, 2009)
Pamphlet launch: George Lansbury, Minnie Lansbury and Modern Feminism
Submitted by Janine on
15/02/2018 - 18:00
Venue: Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archive, 277 Bancroft Rd, London E1 4DQ.
Free entry. All welcome.
With speakers, refreshments, and copies of the pamphlet available for just £2.50 per copy.
Speakers include:
Poplar council's story is relevant today
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Published in The Clarion, issue 11
About sixteen years ago, my local Labour council was making cuts to services, attacking its workers’ pay and conditions, and closing my son’s nursery. I and others campaigned against these cuts. I got into an exchange of letters with the Labour whip in the pages of the local newspaper.
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