The Caliban Project

[The Caliban Project @Caliban_Project]

"It feels like a victory not just for Jack Hilton, who struggled in his own time to get the recognition he deserved, but also for working-class people in the here and now, facing the same class ceilings."

We want to leverage this fantastic affection for Hilton and his story into concrete support for new working-class art and writing in the NW. To help us out, our Gofundme is still live -> https://t.co/5MW1Iuu8Yo

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

Forgotten Jack Hilton book to be republished after bartender's discovery https://t.co/EVVIVd7n5V

[Working Class History @wrkclasshistory]

New podcast out now! First of a two-parter about Jack Hilton: WWI survivor, unemployed organiser during the Depression, trade union activist, and working-class author celebrated by some of the biggest writers of his day. Listen now on Patreon: https://t.co/eBiD0xEIqf

[Working Class History @wrkclasshistory]

As @jckchd explains on the podcast, Jack Hilton started writing his novel, Caliban Shrieks, after being shut down by the state for being such an effective mobiliser of the unemployed during the Great Depression.

Learn more: https://t.co/eBiD0xEIqf

[Jack Chadwick @jckchd]

Here's me interviewed for The New Yorker(!) by @SimonParkin

It's a chaotic story about a chaotic person (Jack Hilton), relayed by another chaotic person (me) and Simon could not have done a better job

https://t.co/rZc2PoIoeG

[Jack Chadwick @jckchd]

'Beyond cliche and condescension:' fantastic defence of Northern writing for @GuardianBooks by @AMcMillanPoet. Taken me a week to finish because I hadn't heard of half the authors mentioned here, my reading list has doubled

https://t.co/IhPcsOeyL3

[Jack Chadwick @jckchd]

Caliban Shrieks. This brilliant book has been the focus of my life for 2 years. One of the best English works of the last century - forced from print, for 7 decades, by snobbery.

It's back! @vintageclassics and I have a new edition out, March 7th 🧨

https://t.co/817KqRGAm6

[Jack Chadwick @jckchd]

I've been looking forward to If We Burn since @Vinncent dropped some heavy spoilers on his first visit to Manchester in 2021

He was here to talk about his last work The Jakarta Method, one of the best political books I've read, totally shaped my view of the world

[Jack Chadwick @jckchd]

Tonight: Vincent Bevins is in town to talk about his new book, If We Burn, a clear eyed appraisal of mass protests in the 2010s based on 200 interviews in 12 countries. Come down!

19:30 @PartisanCollect @islingtonmill

[Vincent Bevins @Vinncent]

Tonight ⬇️⬇️⬇️ 🚆

[The Caliban Project @Caliban_Project]

Brazil, Tunisia, Indonesia, Ukraine— why did so many mass protests in the 2010s fail to achieve their aims or worse yet, hinder them?

@Vinncent conducted 200 interviews in 12 countries with people on both sides of mass protests. Come hear him on Thurs↘️

https://t.co/txnkJ2uhWL

[The Caliban Project @Caliban_Project]

@Vinncent @PartisanCollect @TheBeehiveMCR @wcmlibrary @islingtonmill @PplsAssemblyMcr

[The Caliban Project @Caliban_Project]

Brazil, Tunisia, Indonesia, Ukraine— why did so many mass protests in the 2010s fail to achieve their aims or worse yet, hinder them?

@Vinncent conducted 200 interviews in 12 countries with people on both sides of mass protests. Come hear him on Thurs↘️

https://t.co/txnkJ2uhWL

[Vincent Bevins @Vinncent]

Waterstones in London (Bloomsbury location) is deeply invested in the return of revolutionary mass organizations

[The Caliban Project @Caliban_Project]

IF WE BURN pans through the protest movements of the 2010s for lessons on how we can make movements like #FreePalestine stronger.

Flyering at today's All Out for Palestine demo in Manchester

#CeasefireNow

[Vincent Bevins @Vinncent]

On my way to protest the massacre in Gaza

[The Caliban Project @Caliban_Project]

Book launch this Thursday with @Vinncent at @PartisanCollect @islingtonmill

02/11 19:30

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[The Caliban Project @Caliban_Project]

IF WE BURN pans through the protest movements of the 2010s for lessons on how we can make movements like #FreePalestine stronger.

Flyering at today's All Out for Palestine demo in Manchester

#CeasefireNow

[MANPalestineMovement @ManPalestine]

All out for the big one in Manchester tomorrow! #StandWithGaza #FreePalestine

[The Caliban Project @Caliban_Project]

NEXT WEEK the legend Vincent Bevins is coming to Partisan Collective @IslingtonMill for a last minute Northern launch of his new book, 𝘐𝘧 𝘞𝘦 𝘉𝘶𝘳𝘯 - a clear-eyed critical history of protest in the 2010s

https://t.co/txnkJ2uhWL

[The Caliban Project @Caliban_Project]

NEXT WEEK the legend Vincent Bevins is coming to Partisan Collective @IslingtonMill for a last minute Northern launch of his new book, 𝘐𝘧 𝘞𝘦 𝘉𝘶𝘳𝘯 - a clear-eyed critical history of protest in the 2010s

https://t.co/txnkJ2uhWL

[The Caliban Project @Caliban_Project]

Reviving authors like Doherty and Hilton is key to encouraging new working-class writing

You can (finally) get hold of a copy of Doherty's masterpiece, The Good Lion, here- https://t.co/sA48G2MO7P

[The Caliban Project @Caliban_Project]

Breathing new life into working-class writing is a transpennine effort. Here's Jack Windle @proletics reading from Len Doherty's The Good Lion for Sheffield's @OTSfestival

[Jack Chadwick @jckchd]

I'm in Sheffield to chat about the amazing working class writer Len Doherty with @proletics @SteveK1889 and Prof. David Forrest, as part of the brill @otsfestival. Catch us 6pm in The Workstation, Creative Lounge