Tuesday, 14 May 2013 11:49
From the dawn of humanity to the greatest crisis to confront the human race, Neil Faulkner introduces his new book. Video by Fourmanfilms
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The New Scramble For Africa looks beyond the humanitarian rhetoric and examines the geo-strategic motives of the Western powers in Africa
Historian Neil Faulkner and socialist writer John Rees talk about the American Civil war at Firebox Cafe. Film by Paul Hanes
Owen Jones speaking at Firebox cafe on 7 March 2013. Film by Paul Hanes
Neil Faulkner and Lindsey German talk about the new Counterfire book series published by Pluto press, featuring A Marxist History of the World and How a Century of War Changed the Lives of Women
The US state is pursuing a punitive and merciless policy against a courageous individual who has dared to expose the malevolence that lies beneath Obama's veneer of 'hope and change'
A protest in King's Lynn on 16 February 2013 against the Coalition's welfare reforms
Students at University of Sussex protest against privatisation, forcing their way past security to join the occupiers of Bramber House
Ten years after the largest protest in British history in February 2003, activists examine Britain's legacy in Iraq and the era of continuous warfare. Video report by Hassan Ghani
Stop the War Coalition's conference on confronting war ten years after February 15th was addressed by speakers from the global movement against the 'war on terror'. Video by Paul Hanes
Democracy, revolution and fascism - John Rees looks at the events that shaped the outcome of the Spanish Civil War
Speeches from the protest to Save Lewisham Hospital, where 25,000 people marched against plans to close the Maternity and Accident and Emergency wards
Bombing Muslim countries does not defeat terrorism but provokes it - John Rees interviewed on Russia Today
Neil Faulkner looks at the revolutionary history of Christmas
Western backed dictatorship in Bahrain increases repression as reforms promised after UN report are ignored by government - Reem Khalifa reports for Real News Network
Launch meeting of campaign to honour the death of Emily Wilding Davison, who died fighting for votes for women
Hassan Ghani reports on how across Britain growing numbers of people are acting in solidarity with Palestinians
Interviews and footage of the emergency protest against Israel's war crimes in Gaza produced by Hassan Ghani for The Real News Network
The scale of the crisis engulfing the world economy is explained by James Meadway, Senior Economist at the New Economics Foundation
This programme reveals that behind the familiar face of the Olympic Games lies a hidden history of propaganda, international rivalry and social struggle
Lindsey German and John Rees talk about A People's History of London on Robert Elms radio show
31 May - 1 June 2013
an international festival
In the parks, halls and public spaces around Kings Cross
With:
David Harvey, Tariq Ali, Tony Benn, Owen Jones, Nina Power, Sanum Ghafoor, Andrew Murray, Laurie Penny, Lindsey German, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Paul Le Blanc, Terry Eagleton, Paul Gilroy and more...
Saturday 22 June 2013
9:30am – 5pm
Central Hall Westminster
Events
Books
How a Century of War Changed the Lives of Women
By Lindsey German
A Marxist History of the World
From Neanderthals to Neoliberals
By Neil Faulkner
The People V Tony Blair
Politics, the Media and the Anti-War Movement
By Chris Nineham
Timelines
A Political History of the Modern World
By John Rees
A People's History of London
By Lindsey German and John Rees
Counterfire Books
The People Demand: A short history of the Arab revolutions
By John Rees and Joseph Daher
Strategy and tactics: how the left can organise to transform society
By John Rees
Capitalism and Class Consciousness: the ideas of Georg Lukacs
By Chris Nineham
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