Slack Pussy Session 3: Nudibranch by Irenosen Okojie (2019)
This month we’re reading a second book recommended by Shola – Irenosen Okojie’s short story collection, Nudibranch (2019). This is what Shola has to say: “I feel like Okojie’s work is hugely important […]
Virtual Tour of May Day Rooms Archives
We have really missed welcoming people to the archive since the lockdown so we wanted to give people the opportunity to take a virtual tour of our digital collections and […]
MayDay Radical Poetry Reading Group
After the successes of last month’s conversation on Blake and Césaire, the second instalment of our monthly poetry reading group is here. The group is intended to create a social […]
Mayday 2021 Print Subversion in the Wapping Dispute
Screening (via Cytube, 7pm, link here)) and discussion (via Zoom, 8pm) To celebrate Mayday 2021 and launch our online exhibition looking back at Wapping 35 years on, MayDay Rooms will be […]
If this age fails me w. Animating Archives
Join us for a screening of work by Peter Gidal, Kadeem Oak and Wilf Thust with a discussion based on the research of Jack Booth, Freya Field-Donovan, Lotte L.S. and […]
MayDay Rooms Book Launch: Pandemic Notes and Camera Forward!
For the last year we have been putting together two publications: Pandemic Notes, and the first in our ongoing Pamphlet Series, Camera Forward! We are really excited for finally launching […]
Working with Archives w. NN Contemporary Art
 As part of the NN Contemporary Art's CPD sessions, Rosemary Grennan from MayDay Rooms will explore creative ways of working with archives. We will look closely at the collection […]
Poetry Reading Group: Diane di Prima’s Revolutionary Letters
This month our poetry reading group returns with a selection from Diane di Prima’s Revolutionary Letters. The first of the letters arose out of the beat movement, written in the […]
Virtual Tour of MayDay Rooms Archives w. Antiuniversity
MDRJoin us for a virtual tour of MayDay Rooms archive! We will be showing you highlights from our collections (including material from the Wapping Dispute, abolitionist struggles and campaigns […]
MDR @ the London Anarchist Bookfair 2021
Come and find our stall at the Anarchist Bookfair 2021 at Conway Hall, to grab your copy of Pandemic Notes Workbook, purchase Camera Foward!, have a look at archival […]
MDR @ The World Transformed Festival
Come and find us at the TWT2021 Festival in Brighton where we will be bringing you a one-stop shop of archival materials on radical culture and histories of resistance! Looking forward to seeing […]
Archives of Commons IV @ Museo Reina Sofia
Really excited to participating in Archives of Commons IV with RedCSur and Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid Join us online here: https://museoreinasofia.es/en/activities/archives-commons-iv