Video: 1919 (introduction)
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In this three-minute video, Janine introduces the momentous events of 1919.
Trade union history
George Lansbury, Minnie Lansbury and Their Relevance to Modern Feminism
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Text of the George Lansbury Memorial Lecture, given on 16 November 2016 at Queen Mary University, London.
Researching Minnie Lansbury at the WEA archive collections
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Thanks to the TUC Library for asking me to write this guest blog post, published here. And for existing.
International Women's Day: Past, Present and Future
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Written for International Women's Day 2007:
March 8th each year is International Women’s Day. It is celebrated across the globe, and is a day for campaigners to draw attention to women’s continued second-class citizenship and need for equality. However, it is also celebrated by the very same governments and corporations that contribute to women’s unequal rights.
Organising Offshore
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As the Offshore Industries Liaison Committee prepared to become part of RMT in 2008, I compiled this collection of articles about its history.
31 January 1919: Reading the Riot Act
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An historical anecdote from the Clydeside General Strike of 1919 (pictured)
In George Square in Glasgow
in Nineteen-nineteen
Sixty thousand red rebels
are striking a scene
The sheriff takes stage
to proclaim the King's words
Required by the Riot Act
order: Disperse!
By Royal decree
clear the square in an hour
On pain of a pounding
of military power
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
RMT Women: 100 Years of Fighting for Equality
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15/12/2015 - 16:30
Join us at The Kitchen @the Bridge, 73-81 Southwark Bridge Road, SE1 0NQ
This event is free of charge: please email crocker.becky@gmail.com to confirm your attendance so we can ensure that there is enough food and drink!
LGSM Farewell Party
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18/12/2015 - 19:00
After two years marking the 30th anniversary of the Miners' Strike and the role of lesbians and gay men in supporting it, Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners is bidding a fond farewell.
Join hundreds of supporters for an evening of festivities, including some poems from Janine.
Venue: Amnesty, Shoreditch.
Mostly Hating Tories: an extra verse for the Tolpuddle Festival
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They've thresholds, scabs, and if you're rude
On pickets, then they'll jail you
Perhaps their Bill may still include
Transportation to Australia
This isn't fairness as they say
Look, we know what class war is
If Tolpuddle's Martyrs were here today
They'd be mostly hating Tories
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