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Living Maps Network Reading Groups
Living Maps Network Reading Groups
A reading group on critical cartography set up to supplement the seminars. The group meets monthly on the second Wednesday of each month. Participants don’t have to know a whole lot about the field –indeed the point is to explore areas we don’t know much about, as well as to share information and engage in […]
Until Victory Screening
Until Victory Screening
Film about the struggle of workers organized in SI Cobas in the meat industry in Modena, Italy, in the winter of 2016/17. The material was filmed almost exclusively by workers and supporters themselves with their smartphones. It gives an impression of the physical violence and brutality perpetrated against superexploited workers. The meat industry in the Modena […]
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Slack Pussy Session 7
Slack Pussy Session 7
"After Kathy Acker" (2017) by Chris Kraus. Chosen by Paul B. Preciado. "'To lie is to try,' Chris Kraus writes in this examination of the various personae of Kathy Acker, the fucked-up girl from high school who, through lying and trying, became an experimental writer of rare courage and vision. In some ways a contemporary […]
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International Communist Current: Day of discussion on the Russian Revolution
International Communist Current: Day of discussion on the Russian Revolution
International Communist Current: Day of discussion on the Russian Revolution One hundred years after the October insurrection in Russia, we will be holding a day of discussion about the relevance of the Russian revolution for the class struggle today. We will look at its historic importance as a first step towards the world revolution against […]
Revolting Bodies #2- Work + Madness
Revolting Bodies #2- Work + Madness
Join us for a series of poetry workshops lead by poet and writer Eleanor Penny. Over three sessions, we'll explore stories of queer and feminine life in resistance - at the kitchen sink, in the bedroom, in the hospital, on the streets. We'll delve into the MayDay archives, looking at queer zines, feminist poetics and […]
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FINALLY GOT THE NEWS!
FINALLY GOT THE NEWS!
Continuing our screening series recreating the film showings of the FORD WORKERS’ Group in Dagenham, this month we will be screening FINALLY GOT THE NEWS. FINALLY GOT THE NEWS is a forceful, unique documentary that reveals the activities of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers inside and outside the auto factories of Detroit. Produced in […]
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Discussing ‘The Communalist Project’
Discussing ‘The Communalist Project’
Firstly, we will discuss readings from 'The Communalist Project'. Secondly, we will discuss projects furthering Communalism in London. London Communalists
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Left Overs: a reading and discussion group on archiving radical materials and radical archival practices
Left Overs: a reading and discussion group on archiving radical materials and radical archival practices
This month's reading group will focus on archiving zines. We will be reading Chapter 2 (pp. 55-84) of Kate Eichhorn's "The Archival Turn in Feminism" (2013), which is a book about special collections of riot grrrl zines and ephemera from the 1990s, the position of the archive in contemporary feminist movements, and the role of […]
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The History and Strategies of Antifa in Germany
The History and Strategies of Antifa in Germany
The rise of fascist movements and parties all over Europe has once again made it clear: organised antifascist resistance is necessary. In order to successfully intervene and stop fascism from spreading, it is useful to take a look at the different experiences built from movements in other countries, particularly the history of the Antifa movement […]
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RivetInShitValley: Ryan Dobran, Eleanor Careless, Laurel Uziell
RivetInShitValley: Ryan Dobran, Eleanor Careless, Laurel Uziell
Shit Valley Press and Rivet present an evening of radical and antagonistic poetry with Ryan Dobran, Eleanor Careless and Laurel Uziell. All welcome. The facebook event is here.
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America First? – Conversation with Dan Georgakas, co-author of the legendary “Detroit I do mind dying’ and co-editor of the IWW oral history book ‘Solidarity Forever’ about the past, present and future of workers’ struggle in the US
America First? – Conversation with Dan Georgakas, co-author of the legendary “Detroit I do mind dying’ and co-editor of the IWW oral history book ‘Solidarity Forever’ about the past, present and future of workers’ struggle in the US
America First? – Second season of our series of conversations with comrades in the US about current struggles and organising on the ground. The going gets tough, but there is loads of inspiring stuff happening in the US at the moment. Things we want to understand and learn from. From prison organising to struggles in […]
CANCELLED- MDR Social Friday
CANCELLED- MDR Social Friday
Comrades! Join us for food, drinks and revolutionary spirit at this month’s Social Friday. Come by, and meet other people involved in campaigns, activism, communing, radical archiving and get to know all the folks who are involved at 88 Fleet Street. We will be cooking a collective dinner for 5pm, please drop by early if […]
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Help Us Build the London Housing Struggles Archive- Open Meeting
Help Us Build the London Housing Struggles Archive- Open Meeting
Do you want to help build a housing struggles archive? Do you hold any materials from a housing campaign? Are you interested in learning how to catalogue and digitise your material? We, in MayDay Rooms, decided to try and document both the unprecedented scale of the attacks on social and affordable (and adequate!) housing in […]
New Research Group
New Research Group
The New Research Group – or to give a full title, the History Workshop Anarchist Research Group (Second Series) – is a monthly Saturday gathering of those with an abiding interest in left-libertarian ideas. Since 1985 we have met regularly to discuss ideas and share research: not just on issues of history, but equally on […]
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Francesca Cavallo – Rehearsing Disaster: an exploration of pre-enactments
Francesca Cavallo – Rehearsing Disaster: an exploration of pre-enactments
As part of AltMFA's a-n supported programme on The Future, we are excited to welcome researcher and curator Francesca Laura Cavallo who will lead a workshop at Mayday Rooms. Francesca will present glimpses from Rehearsing Disaster: her long-term exploration of pre-enactments. Focusing on risk assessments, warning messages and survival manuals we will examine these techniques […]
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Feminist Internet
Feminist Internet
The Feminist Internet is convening for the 4th round of a bi-monthly reading group: Shame! Bodies - Dress - Looks - Shame Stemming from an intensive two-week workshop as part of UAL Futures, the Feminist Internet has now organically grown to a collective that collaborates over interdisciplinary projects. Everyone welcome, printed readings will be provided. […]
November Thinking Box – Will a machine take over my job?
November Thinking Box – Will a machine take over my job?
Will a machine take over my job? There are many unknowns about the future but one aspect that many are discussing is the role of automation in the workplace and the possible consequences. In the first half we will hear what kind of jobs might be affected, the possible consequences and some of the solutions […]
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