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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 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
Saturday 25th October
https://www.facebook.com/UmbrellaMusicManchester/photos/gm.511808982297321/763785320330022
Sunday 16th November
Scared, Boredom, Hospital Food and more TBC
Kings Arms, Bloom Street, Salford
5.30pm £3
https://www.facebook.com/events/592664554189226
Anarchist Bookfairs:
Saturday 27th September: Bradford
https://www.facebook.com/events/1436585626613764
Saturday 18th October: London
Saturday 29th November: Manchester
https://www.facebook.com/events/279089062270849
Any what’s ons?
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