Dear all,
This event might be of interest to some on the list:
Why Labour History Still Matters
Tuesday 1 December 2015, 6.30pm to 8pm.
Marx Memorial Library, London EC1R 0DU.
This meeting is organised by the Applied History Network (www.appliedhistorynetwork.wordpress.com) in association with the Raphael Samuel History Centre. It is free to attend but please register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/why-labour-history-still-matters-tickets-18610740225.
Labour history was central to many constructions of radical history in Britain in the twentieth century. Since the 1980s, however, the decline in the strength of the British trade union movement alongside intellectual trends away from the centrality of class have coincided with an apparent 'crisis' of labour history. Yet trade unions still have 6 million members in this country, work is still a central experience of everyday life, and antagonism at the point of production must still have a role in radical politics. But what place does recounting the experience of labour in the past have to play in this process? This session will bring together people who have engaged with the history of labour and trade unions from a variety of approaches to engage with this question. There will be plenty of time for discussion.
Speakers:
Sarah Boston (Film maker and author of Women Workers and the Trade Unions)
Mary Davis (Professor of Labour History)
Owen Gower (director of Still the Enemy Within)
Jeff Howarth (TUC Library Collections, Librarian)
Best,
Diarmaid Kelliher
University of Glasgow
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