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Meirian Jump explains why, for the Marx Memorial Library, the revolutionary centenary is a very special event indeed
If the government really wanted to address public finances, improve living standards and begin economic recovery, it would increase its borrowing for investment, argues MICHAEL BURKE
MATT KERR takes a winter journey through poetry, labour and memory, from Glasgow to Newcastle, arguing that our radical past isn’t something to revere from a distance, but a tool still meant to be used
One of Canada’s most revered politicians is a native of Falkirk but is relatively unknown in his original homeland. KENNY MacASKILL tells his story
Labour prospects in May elections may be irrevocably damaged by Birmingham Council’s costly refusal to settle the year-long dispute, warns STEVE WRIGHT
HENRY FOWLER and ROB POOLE explain the significance of today’s Megapicket
The centenary of the Russian Revolution is a once in a generation moment for the Marx Memorial Library, our members and supporters.
Socialists, communists and trade unionists founded our Library in 1933. Their political lives were forged in the aftermath of the Bolshevik revolution, just 15 years previously.
The ideas of Karl Marx inspired the October Revolution. A Marx Commemoration Committee sought to mark 50 years since the philosopher’s death, and decided on a Library and Workers’ School – the MML.
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The newly catalogued News International Dispute Archive ensures the history of the Wapping dispute – and the solidarity it inspired – is preserved, accessible and alive for future generations, says MATT DUNNE
From hunting rare pamphlets at book sales to online panels and courses on trade unionism and class politics, the MML continues connecting archive treasures with the movements fighting for a better world, writes director MEIRIAN JUMP
Author RACHEL HOLMES invites readers to come to her talk in London about the great foremother of the working-class women’s movement – Eleanor Marx