There are all in Salford - WCM is the Working Class Movement
Autumn Events
Mikron Theatre Company perform Fair Trade: reaping the dividends
Sunday 7th September, 2pm
This new show by Mikron Theatre telld the story of the Co-operative
Movement from its roots in the early part of the 19th century when the
Industrial Revolution resulted in exploitation and misery for many
working people. Now the Co-op Group is one of the largest wholesale and
retail companies in Britain. Did it all begin at Toad Lane in Rochdale
in 1844? Take your basket down the aisles of history as Mikron bring
you the true story, told, of course, with their usual mixture of
music, humour and sadness.
Entrance £4.00, payable on the door.
Heritage Open Days
Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th Septmber 11am - 4pm
Once again the library will take part in the national scheme which
encourages the public to visit buildings of cultural and historical
significance. Guides will take visitors on tours of the library’s
extensive historical collections and see rooms not normally open to the
public. Light refreshments will be available. Free. All welcome.
CLR James; a talk by David Renton.
Saturday 4 October 2pm. Free
CLR James was one of the most influential writers on cricket and
Marxism of the twentieth century. He was politically active in the West
Indies, Britain and the United States, whilst his history of the slave
uprising in Haiti The Black Jacobins and his autobiography Beyond a
Boundary are classics.
David Renton is the author of CLR James :the enigma of cricket’s
philosopher king. He also written extensively on socialist history and
anti-fascism.
More information, www.wcml.org.uk <http://www.wcml.org.uk/>
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