News from the Working Class Movement Library

Online talk 'The nurse who became a spy: Madge Addy's war against fascism in Spain and France'

This Wednesday, 2 March at 2pm we welcome Chris Hall to speak on his new book The nurse who became a spy, about the remarkable Nurse Addy, who fought fascism in Spain and France 1937-1944. He will tell us about the life of Manchester's Madge Addy and how a truly international effort led to the uncovering of her hidden life story.

CfP: Impacts of Communism in Western European Democracies since 1945

5th Hermann Weber Conference for the Historical Research on Communism
Berlin, March 15-17, 2023

Organizers: Dr. Claudia Gatzka (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg) and Dr. Dominik Rigoll (Leibniz-Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung Potsdam) in cooperation with the Jahrbuch für Historische Kommunismusforschung, funded by the Gerda-und-Hermann-Weber-Foundation in the Federal Foundation for the Study of the Communist Dictatorship in Eastern Germany

Trades Hall Press - February 2022

Trades Hall Press

February 2022

Newsletter from Sydney Trades hall, home of the largest collections of trade union history in Australia

This Month: Gay Trade Unionist news from the 70s; the BLF and gay rights from 1973; a British Lesbian and Gay rights trade union banner; Newcastle Green Bans exhibition from 25th February; Mascot exhibit continues with an interview with Judy Mundey now online

 

CfP: (Re)writing the history of Nordic social democracy

We at ARAB (the Swedish Labour Movement's Archives and Library) and the Nordic Labour History Network are organizing a panel together with professor Kjell Östberg of the ARIOSO-project, Södertörn University.
The panel is part of the the 5th Nordic Challenges conference, to be held at Södertörn University, June 1–3 2022.  
 
We are inviting scholars from all disciplines to register a paper proposal for our panel.
 
Please find our Call for papers attached.
 
The conference guidelines are as follows: