MarxMemorialLibrary

Leading research & education centre on Marxism & socialist history in London’s Clerkenwell: library, archive, tours, lectures, courses, school & student visits

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It was fantastic to put on our annual ‘Introduction to Trade Unionism’ course for @RMTunion young members these last couple of days; a great opportunity to explore the history of the Union & broader movement through our collections 📚✊

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Volunteering at the MML doesn’t just mean working with our collections - we are enormously grateful to Tony Harkin, Marc Harris & Simon Renton undertaking maintenance and repair work at MML in the past week! 🎨

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Remembering Cable Street and those who continued the fight in Spain https://t.co/Xb2wuHaeMt

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Some images from #CableStreet90 of the people representing the IBMT and its 'immortal regiment'

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Cable Street’s ‘eternal regiment’ – 34 placards for the anti-fascist protesters who went on to join the International Brigades. #CableStreet90

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¡No Pasarán! With @IBMT_SCW at Cable Street at 90

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Join the @MarxLibrary & @IBMT_SCW at Cable Street at 90 March & rally today. Our placards remember the 37 volunteers who fought fascism in Spain who were at Cable Street✊

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Our first online ‘Introducing Marxist Classics’ class takes place on Wednesday 7 Oct and explores Engels’ ‘The Origin of Family, Private Property and the State’

These are bite-sized ways into seminal texts -register today!

https://t.co/3geb3vcEws

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There’s still time to register for this fantastic introductory online course from MML starting 13 Oct 🎫

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📣 registrations are now open for our online course TRADE UNIONS CLASS & POWER commencing 13 Oct

This course from the MML seeks to understand trade unions as operating today and does so within a historical perspective of the past century

https://t.co/hk9id7e6lk

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A fabulous panel to wrap up our ‘Introduction to Archival Research’ day for doctoral students.

We heard from Katy Easthill Owen Dowling & Dr Tanveer Ahmed on how interrogating the archives at MML has shaped their research and teaching 📚

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Matt Dunne our Archivist & Volunteer coordinator kicks off our day session for doctoral students on ‘An Introduction to Archival Research’

Great to have 20 young researchers on their first visit to MML 🧑‍🎓

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Vacancies at the MML! 📣

As part of our Opening Doors: Transforming Access to Radical Heritage Heritage Fund project, we are recruiting for two new part-time roles:
Capital Works Manager
Collections Move and Audit Officer

https://t.co/bG87atcws7

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Next Thursday 8 October join us online or on-site for our annual political economy lecture, this time exploring urgent questions surrounding AI and its role in capitalism

Book your ticket for this timely lecture from Michael Roberts here https://t.co/7UU7NVeMJ9

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Our beautiful William Morris banner went off on loan this afternoon to the @FitzMuseum_UK in Cambridge; we can’t wait to visit it in the coming months on display for the ‘Call to Art’ exhibition

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It has been wonderful working with Elaine and Julia - book conservation students from @CGLArtSchool - over the past two weeks on an audit of our Klugmann collection to aid its safe storage and preservation 🌟 📚

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Our open day is tomorrow (Saturday 19th!); pop in 11-3

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Pop in to MML this Saturday 19 Sept 11am-3pm for Open House - take a look at Lenin’s office and our stunning 1930s fresco!

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Join us next Tuesday for a free online session 7-8pm on month Marxism matters today with an intro to our course offer

https://t.co/AnTwwNRSCC

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We’ve teamed up with LSE Library and Archive @LSEnews for an afternoon event on 24 November on the theme of ‘Stolen from the Archives’ - join us for tour, workshop and exhibition viewing across both sites!

https://t.co/XxweDyEdjm

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Excellent news! Among many other things, the @marxlibrary is home to the Spanish Collection, the most extensive Spanish Civil War archive in Britain.