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Reading Group 13 – No Spiritual Surrender Part Two

Freedom Bookshop, 84b Whitechapel High Street, E1 7QX
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For our thirteenth reading group we will start reading No Spiritual Surrender: Indigenous Anarchy in Defense of the Sacred by Klee Benally. From the blurb: “The most bitter medicines are the strongest. We end despair by ending what is causing our suffering: destroying what destroys us. After all, anti-colonial means anti-settler society. No Spiritual Surrender […]

Dalston Solidarity Cafe

, 31 – 33 Dalston Lane, Hackney, E8 3DF
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Dalston Solidarity Cafe – Connecting grassroot networks over free food, tea & community resources every 2nd Sat of the month. Generally 2pm-8pm. What we practically do is rescuing food, turning it into delicious meals, serving it together with drinks on a “pay what you can basis down to £0“. Over the arc of the day, we also […]

News From Nowhere Club: Ignatius Sancho: from Slave Ship to Westminster

St John’s Church, High Road, E11 1HH
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Ignatius Sancho: from Slave Ship to Westminster   Speaker: Chris Harrison   Among many prominent black 18th century British citizens, Ignatius Sancho is distinguished for the breadth of his interests & the range of his social contacts. A writer, composer & owner of a small business, he was acquainted with many important figures of his time, […]

Practical Squatters Evening @ a local squat!

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By squatters for squatters! Join us for evenings of practical squatting knowledge, skillshares, and meeting squatters new and old. Whether you’re looking to join a crew, looking for more people to join your crew, or just coming along to skill up, we hope that Practical Squatters Evenings can provide something for everyone, and bring together […]

Feminist Fightback reading group: Ghost Season by Fatin Abbas

Vibast Community Centre, 167 Old Street, EC1V 9NH
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Join Feminist Fightback and friends as we change things up and read fiction this September. We will be reading Ghost Season by Fatin Abbas. A mysterious burnt corpse appears one morning in Saraaya, a remote border town between northern and southern Sudan. For five strangers on an NGO compound, the discovery foreshadows trouble to come. […]

London Anarchist Bookfair

Graffiti Tunnel, , SE1 7NN
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We are very excited to announce that this year’s London Anarchist Bookfair will be in the Waterloo Graffiti Tunnel! An anonymous supporter arranged this incredible venue for us. You can expect all the radical political booksellers, campaigns, workshops, discussions, food, and music of past years, but this time, even bigger and better. We want to […]

News From Nowhere Club: The Invention of Essex: The making of an English county

St John’s Church, High Road, E11 1HH
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***First Saturday of October, the 4th, instead of the 11th*** The Invention of Essex: The making of an English county Speaker: Tim Burrows Tim’s book had reviews so enthusiastic that his visit to us is a must. Born & still living in Southend, his book, to quote reviews, is ‘a love letter to a county […]

Dalston Solidarity Cafe

, 31 – 33 Dalston Lane, Hackney, E8 3DF
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Dalston Solidarity Cafe – Connecting grassroot networks over free food, tea & community resources every 2nd Sat of the month. Generally 2pm-8pm. What we practically do is rescuing food, turning it into delicious meals, serving it together with drinks on a “pay what you can basis down to £0“. Over the arc of the day, we also […]

Brockley Anarchist Reading Club

Brockley Brewery, 31 Harcourt Road, Brockley, SE4 2AJ
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The Brockley Anarchist Reading Club are continuing Silvia Federici’s Caliban and the Witch — a radical history of how the birth of capitalism was built on enclosure, witch hunts, and the persecution of women. Federici shows how the witch hunts were not superstition, but a deliberate strategy to break resistance and reshape society. We’ll be […]

Feminist Fightback reading group: Why would feminists trust the police?

Vibast Community Centre, 167 Old Street, EC1V 9NH
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Join Feminist Fightback for our autumn reading group book: Why Would Feminists Trust the Police?: A tangled history of resistance and complicity by Leah Cowan Leah Cowan’s book deals with the tangled history of feminism’s complicity and resistance as it traces the history of British feminism’s alliances and struggles with the law and its enforcers. Drawing […]

Monthly Drop In

LARC, 62 Fieldgate Street, E1 1ES
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Need advice about an issue with your boss or landlord? Want support organising in your workplace or community? Want to talk about anarchism or syndicalism? Want to meet members of the group and find out how SolFed works? Just want to say hi? Then come see us at one of these drop in sessions.