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The EIS president who defended Marxist politics in the 1980s fought Thatcherite educational policies while organising Teachers for Peace rallies and ensuring Morning Star circulation in Scotland’s pit villages and factories, writes JOHN FOSTER
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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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
The time is now to start reimagining a bigger future for the library, writes MEIRIAN JUMP
The Marx Memorial Library is a treasure trove of labour movement archives and tradition of working-class education, writes MEIRIAN JUMP
Looking ahead to the centenary in 2033, MML director MEIRIAN JUMP reports on the ambitious plans to renovate and open up the historic institution as a ‘shopfront for Marxism’ in the heart of central London
