forthcoming book: “Radiant Illusion”, ed. Nicholas Deakin

“Radiant Illusion: Middle-class recruits to Communism in the 1930s”, edited by Nicholas Deakin, with contributions from Geoff Andrews, Jane Bernal, Norma Cohen, Philip Cohen, Elizabeth Dolan, Roderick Floud, Hamish MacGibbon and Kevin Morgan, is published on 20 October by Eve Editions. Further details are available on http://www.radiantillusion.co.uk/

 

 

Booklaunch for latest SHS Occasional Publication

Book launch for the latest Socialist History Society Occasional Publication

 

Mariner, Renegade and Castaway: Chris Braithwaite

On Tuesday 18 February, 6.30pm

Bookmarks Bookshop, 1, Bloomsbury Street

With author Christian Hogsbjerg

 

Chris Braithwaite (aka “Chris Jones”) was a black Barbadian seaman who became a leading organiser of colonial seamen in inter-war Britain.

He played a critical role in the Pan-Africanist and wider anti-colonial movement alongside figures such as C L R James and George Padmore.

Christian Hogsbjerg, author of Mariner, Renegade and Castaway: Chris Braithwaite, the latest SHS Occasional Publication, recovers this long overlooked life of a black radical and political trade unionist, and suggests his determined struggle for working class unity in the face of racism and austerity retains relevance for us today.

 

Admission £2, refundable on any purchase. Call 020 7637 1848 to reserve your place.

http://bookmarksbookshop.co.uk/events

http://www.bookmarksbookshop.co.uk/view/34729/Mariner%2C+Renegade+and+Castaway%3A+Chris+Braithwaite

 

For past SHS Occasional Publications see here:

http://www.socialisthistorysociety.co.uk/opmain.htm