Category Archives: labour history

Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on August 4, 2013 by lipstick socialist

Watch…Wajdja….the story of a girl growing up, living with warring parents, a mother trying to hold onto her job and with problems getting to work, a girl dreaming of buying a bike. This could be a story about any girl … Continue reading →

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Northern white slaves and the campaign for the 10 hour day . My interview with John Fay writer of The Mill.

Posted on August 1, 2013 by lipstick socialist

The Mill, a new historical drama on Channel 4, written by John Fay is set during one of the most turbulent periods of British history. Fay says; It is set in 1833 where a period of resistance is just beginning, … Continue reading →

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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on July 28, 2013 by lipstick socialist

Watch…CRICFEST..at Moston Small Cinema a festival of cricket inspired films. Including Out Of The Ashes a film about the Afghan cricket team ( I didn’t realise they had one) and their hopes of qualifying for the 2011 World Cup. The … Continue reading →

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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on June 30, 2013 by lipstick socialist

Watch Sicko (2009) American director Michael Moore’s expose of the American healthcare system. One of the richest countries in the world has one of the fewest numbers of its population with healthcare. In 2009 49.9 million citizens, 16.3% of the … Continue reading →

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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on June 16, 2013 by lipstick socialist

Watch… Miners Film Weekender at Moston Small Cinema on Sunday June 23. A fascinating mix of films including Young Hearts Run Free which is set in1974 during the miner’s strike in a village in Northumberland. After the film there is … Continue reading →

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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on June 9, 2013 by lipstick socialist

Watch…. Food, Inc….another engaging collaboration between Manchester Film Cooperative, Trauma at MMU and FoodCycle Manchester. This film, set in America, exposes the links between a small number of corporations and the food chain, sanctioned by the agencies that should be … Continue reading →

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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on June 2, 2013 by lipstick socialist

Watch…… Multi Media Ska / 2 – Tone Music Event ..Saturday 8 June, 3pm to 11pm, a day of films and music at the Miners Community Arts and Music Centre in Moston. They say, and we can well believe, “An … Continue reading →

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The Last Pit in the Valley – the Irwell Valley Mining Project

Posted on May 30, 2013 by lipstick socialist

For the last twenty years former miner Paul Kelly has been placing flowers at the entrance to what was Agecroft Colliery in Salford. I did it as a memorial to those people who worked and died in the pit. In … Continue reading →

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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on May 26, 2013 by lipstick socialist

Watch… We Live in Two Worlds ..a number of films about a flawed but important public service facing privatisation, the Post Office which in the 1930s had its own film unit, the GPO Film Unit. On Thursday 30 May, 6.30-8.30pm, … Continue reading →

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Building a Socialist Library (2) “Striking a Light: The Bryant and May Matchwomen and their place in Labour History” by Louise Raw

Posted on May 23, 2013 by lipstick socialist

Striking a Light: The Bryant and May Matchwomen and their place in Labour History, Louise Raw Continuum Press ISBN 978-1-4411-1426-6 Buy it from Louise Raw’s book is not only a fascinating history of the strike of 1400 women and girls … Continue reading →

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