11th September 2014 What’s On

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Until 19th December

The Great War – myths and realities uncovered
The Working Class Movement Library’s exhibition, The Great War: myths and realities, opens on Wednesday 6 August. It explores topics such as Salford’s response to the outbreak of war, the strength of the anti-war movement locally and nationally, what happened to the campaign which had gathered momentum by 1914 to get the vote for women – and the realities of trench warfare.
On this anniversary of the start of the First World War the Library wants to commemorate it, but to do so honestly. The exhibition introduction states: ‘We will not remember the “lost” or the “fallen”. We will remember 16 million dead whose lives were not given but were taken from them by politicians and generals’.
Veronica Trick, a member of the volunteer exhibition team, said: ‘By camouflaging this hideous event with heroic language we make the next war more likely. We believe that there is only one morally acceptable way to remember WW1 and that is to look honestly at past wars to develop strategies for the prevention of future wars.’
The exhibition is open during the Library drop-in times, Wed-Fri 1-5pm, until 19 December.
Working Class Movement Library, 51 The Crescent, Salford, M5 4WX
More info:
http://www.wcml.org.uk/events/world-war-one–myths-and-realities/

Friday 12th September to Sunday 14th September

FF14 is a weekend of discussions, plenaries, workshops, walking, climbing and socialising. We hope FF14 will contribute to building new relationships, new ideas, new energies and new strategies that help equip us to enact the future.

More info:
http://www.weareplanc.org/festival

Friday 12th September

Wednesday 17th September

Cake Liberation Front Meet Up
“Bring vegan baked goods to share. Sweet or savoury. Non-vegans welcome too!”
V Revolution: 88 Oldham Street, M4 1LF
6.30pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/828415533876126

Thursday 18th September

Global Parasite, 2 Sick Monkeys, Holiday & TBC
Ducie Bridge Manchester, 152 Corporation Steet, M4 4DU
7.30pm £3 on door
https://www.facebook.com/events/557317281057374

Friday 19th September

SubRosa Pub Quiz II
Subrosa/ Manchester Social Centre, 27 Lloyd Street South, Fallowfield/ Moss Side, Manchester M14 7HS
7.30pm for an 8.00pm Start!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1518761691694787

Saturday 20th September

Inca Babies, A Witness and The Great Leap Forward (Acoustic)
The Ruby Lounge, 28-34 High Street, Northern Quarter, M4 1QB
https://www.facebook.com/events/321190178033914/

Monday 22nd September

Protecting the Oceans from Illegal Fishing: A Talk by The Black Fish
Wright Robinson College, Falmer Close, Gorton, M18 8RL
7.00pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/301634260016012

Monday 22nd and Tuesday 23rd September

Red Ladder Theatre presents We’re Not Going Back

Red Ladder Theatre’s new touring production –
We’re Not Going Back is about the 1984/85 miners’ strike… more or less.
But, in this hard-hitting musical comedy there are no miners. Instead, we follow the fortunes of three sisters in a pit village, hit hard by the Government’s war against the miners and determined to set up a branch of ‘Women Against Pit Closures’
Part of national tour. Nearest date to Manchester is Oldham University Campus

More info:
http://www.redladder.co.uk/wngb
https://www.facebook.com/events/654476944648038

Friday 26th September

Protag-Fest Day 1: Attila The Stockbroker, Andy T plus more TBC
7.30pm-Midnight
1 in 12 Club, Bradford

Saturday 27th September

Bradford & Leeds Anarchist Bookfair
10.30am – 4.30pm
1 in 12 Club, Bradford

Film
5.00pm-7.00pm
1 in 12 Club, Bradford

Protag-Fest Day 2: Zounds, Blyth Power, Nick Cliff, Mark Automaton and Mwstard
7.00pm-Midnight
1 in 12 Club, Bradford

https://www.facebook.com/events/1441129609469436/

Friday 3rd October

https://www.facebook.com/events/273478022840771

Friday 17th October

John Player Specials, Bolshy, A Fish Called Bastard and Joe Yorke Benefit Gig
Benefit for Captive Animals’ Protection Society
Fuel Cafe Bar, 448 Wilmslow Road, Withington, M20 3BW
6.00pm

Thursday 22nd October