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SUMMARY:Maria Alyokhina and Eric J. Breitenbach of Pussy Riot: live reading\, music & discussion
DESCRIPTION:Maria Alyokhina and Eric J. Breitenbach of Pussy Riot present an evening of live reading\, music\, and discussion.\nMasha will read from her new book Political Girl\, continuing the story begun in Riot Days\, tracing years of activism\, arrests\, resistance\, and survival inside Putin’s Russia. The reading will be accompanied by a live improvised score by Eric\, responding to the text in real time. \nThe event will include a Q and A\, followed by a book signing. Copies of Political Girl and Riot Days will be available. \nAn intimate spoken word and live music performance rooted in political resistance\, art\, and collective action. \nAbout the Book\nPolitical Girl: Life and Fate in Russia By Maria Alyokhina\nPicking up where Riot Days left off\, Maria (Masha) Alyokhina takes us through her activist experiences between 2014 to 2022. In vivid\, diary-like vignettes\, we follow her as she goes in and out of Russian prisons\, continually dodges police violence\, protests at the Sochi Olympics\, flies to Kyiv to stand in solidarity with Ukraine\, defends the high-level dissident Alexi Navalny\, drops banners at Trump Tower\, and—in 2022—flees from Russia in disguise to escape a new prison sentence. \nSpanning settings from Moscow to London to New York to Harvard\, Political Girl has an artistic sensibility\, a punk ethos\, a deep moral clarity\, and an inimitably dry Russian wit. It portrays not only Masha’s political activities but also her personal arc: the friends she makes in prison\, the woman she falls in love with\, her bond with her young son Filip\, and her deep passion for art and history. As Trump attempts to bring Putin-style authoritarianism to the U.S.\, Masha’s message to Americans is one of solidarity and hope. \n  \nTickets: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/freedom-books/maria-alyokhina-and-eric-j-breitenbach-of-pussy-riot-live-reading-music-and-discussion/2026-02-10/19:00/t-ejapyaa
URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/maria-alyokhina-and-eric-j-breitenbach-of-pussy-riot-live-reading-music-discussion-2/
LOCATION:Freedom Bookshop\, Angel Alley\, 84b Whitechapel High Street\, E1 7QX
CATEGORIES:Gigs,Presentations
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SUMMARY:SOLD OUT! THE LOG BOOKS: VOICES OF QUEER BRITAIN AND THE HELPLINE THAT LISTENED with Tash Walker &Adam Zmith
DESCRIPTION:please note this event is now sold out. To be added to a waiting list please email shop@housmans.com An intimate history of LGBTQ+ life over four decades\, discovered in a stash of forgotten\, handwritten notes. Switchboard was founded at Housmans\, and operated out of our premises for many years. So we are honored to start LGBT+ History Month by launching a book that covers an intimate part of Switchboard’s proud history and we look forward to welcoming its authors Tash Walker and Adam Zmith to the shop for an evening of discussion and celebration. \n‘A fantastic journey through an overlooked archive bursting with humanity and real life on every page.’ Dan Snow \nIn a crawlspace at the offices of Switchboard\, a queer helpline in operation since 1974\, lies dozens of log books kept by volunteers describing the phone calls they had taken: a teenager whose parents had kicked them out of their home for dressing as the wrong gender; a lesbian terrified of having her baby taken away from her; a man arrested for chatting up another man in a public toilet; a young person wanting to know how to come out. These logs were traces of tens of thousands of queer lives\, a bridge to a past hidden from people like Tash Walker and Adam Zmith in their youth\, captured by people who lent an ear to those in need. Walker and Zmith came of age in the time of Section 28\, a law which banned councils and schools ‘promoting the teaching of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship’. In recovering these logs\, they encountered people grappling with feelings\, questions and problems both familiar and different. They set out to learn from – and sometimes speak to – people on both sides of the calls. Charged with joy\, gossip\, sensuality\, heartbreak and sometimes fear\, and with a potent relevancy to the world today\, Walker and Zmith have collected these stories in The Log Books. They capture queer lives in stunning detail\, embarking on a journey of both collective history and self -discovery\, propelling it into the foreground of our national history. \n‘Essential reading\, grounded in the past while also explaining the urgency of LGBTQ+ politics today.’TOM RASMUSSEN\, author of Diary of a Drag Queen \n‘Hauntingly beautiful\, this is a testament to the ongoing courage and care so profound in our community. I was enchanted at every page. Completely life – changing.’ DAN GLASS\, author of Queer Footprints \nOUR SPEAKERS: \nTash Walker is a writer\, podcast producer and community organiser who has worked with institutions such as the Barbican\, BBC\, and Queer Britain; they were a member of Switchboard’s board for eight years. \nAdam Zmith is a writer and multi-format producer; his book Deep Sniff: A History of Poppers and Queer Futures won the Polari First Book Prize. He writes theatre shows\, talks and podcasts\, including Press Play Turn On which won Podcast of the Year at the British Podcast Awards 2024. \nIf you choose ‘book +entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00. \nplease note this event is now sold out. To be added to a waiting list please email shop@housmans.com \nShare this:  \n				Share on X (Opens in new window)  \n				X 				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)  \n				Facebook 				Share on Insta (Opens in new window)  \n				Insta  \n			Like this:Like Loading…
URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/sold-out-the-log-books-voices-of-queer-britain-and-the-helpline-that-listened-with-tash-walker-adam-zmith/
LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX
CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260205T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260205T203000
DTSTAMP:20260508T183716
CREATED:20251215T105150Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251222T132009Z
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SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: THE LOG BOOKS: VOICES OF QUEER BRITAIN AND THE HELPLINE THAT LISTENED with Tash Walker &Adam Zmith
DESCRIPTION:THE HISTORY OF SWITCHBOARD\nAn intimate history of LGBTQ+ life over four decades\, discovered in a stash of forgotten\, handwritten notes.\nSwitchboard was founded at Housmans\, and operated out of our premises for many years. So we are honored to start LGBT+ History Month by launching a book that covers an intimate part of Switchboard’s proud history and we look forward to welcoming its authors Tash Walker and Adam Zmith to the shop for an evening of discussion and celebration. \n‘A fantastic journey through an overlooked archive bursting with humanity and real life on every page.’ Dan Snow \nIn a crawlspace at the offices of Switchboard\, a queer helpline in operation since 1974\, lies dozens of log books kept by volunteers describing the phone calls they had taken: a teenager whose parents had kicked them out of their home for dressing as the wrong gender; a lesbian terrified of having her baby taken away from her; a man arrested for chatting up another man in a public toilet; a young person wanting to know how to come out. These logs were traces of tens of thousands of queer lives\, a bridge to a past hidden from people like Tash Walker and Adam Zmith in their youth\, captured by people who lent an ear to those in need. Walker and Zmith came of age in the time of Section 28\, a law which banned councils and schools ‘promoting the teaching of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship’. In recovering these logs\, they encountered people grappling with feelings\, questions and problems both familiar and different. They set out to learn from – and sometimes speak to – people on both sides of the calls. Charged with joy\, gossip\, sensuality\, heartbreak and sometimes fear\, and with a potent relevancy to the world today\, Walker and Zmith have collected these stories in The Log Books. They capture queer lives in stunning detail\, embarking on a journey of both collective history and self -discovery\, propelling it into the foreground of our national history. \n‘Essential reading\, grounded in the past while also explaining the urgency of LGBTQ+ politics today.’TOM RASMUSSEN\, author of Diary of a Drag Queen \n‘Hauntingly beautiful\, this is a testament to the ongoing courage and care so profound in our community. I was enchanted at every page. Completely life – changing.’ DAN GLASS\, author of Queer Footprints \nOUR SPEAKERS: \nTash Walker is a writer\, podcast producer and community organiser who has worked with institutions such as the Barbican\, BBC\, and Queer Britain; they were a member of Switchboard’s board for eight years. \nAdam Zmith is a writer and multi-format producer; his book Deep Sniff: A History of Poppers and Queer Futures won the Polari First Book Prize. He writes theatre shows\, talks and podcasts\, including Press Play Turn On which won Podcast of the Year at the British Podcast Awards 2024. \nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \nIf you choose ‘book +entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00.
URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/book-launch-the-log-books-voices-of-queer-britain-and-the-helpline-that-listened-with-tash-walker-adam-zmith/
LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX
CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260123T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260123T210000
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SUMMARY:info-night FROM THE US TO THE UK: FUCK THE BORDERS AND FUCK ICE!
DESCRIPTION:From the US to the UK: fuck the borders and fuck ICE! \nJoin us for an evening of updates from Minneapolis and beyond with a comrade on the ground. We will be talking about ways we resist ICE in the US and in the UK. Bring questions\, love and rage! Food provided.\nFriday 23rd January at The Peoples Letters\, 7pm. \n395 Cambridge Heath Road\, E2 9RA. \nSuggested donation £5\, no one turned away for lack of funds.
URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/info-night-from-the-us-to-the-uk-fuck-the-borders-and-fuck-ice/
LOCATION:The People’s Letters\, 392 Cambridge Heath Road\, E2 9RA
CATEGORIES:Meetings,Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260121T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260121T203000
DTSTAMP:20260508T183716
CREATED:20251220T160739Z
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SUMMARY:SOLD OUT! CONTESTED COMMONS: A History of Protest and Public Space in England
DESCRIPTION:please note this event is now sold out. To be added to a waiting list please email shop@housmans.com \nProffessor Katrina Navickas In Conversation with Daniel Frost\nFor our first event of the year we welcome Proffessor Katrina Navickas to the shop to discuss what is an increasingly urgent political issue in our current cultural climate. Her recent book\, Contested Commons is a radical history of the increasing restrictions against protest in England’s public spaces. The work is a gripping overview of increasingly restrictive policing and legislation against protest in public spaces. It tells the long history of contests over Trafalgar Square\, Hyde Park\, Cable Street and Kinder Scout\, as well as sites in towns and rural areas across the country. Navickas reveals how protesters claimed these spaces as their own commons\, resisting their continuing enclosure and exclusion by social and political elites. She investigates famous and less well-known demonstrations and protest marches\, from early democracy\, trade union movements and the Suffragettes to anti-fascist\, Black rights and environmental campaigners in more recent times. Contested Commons offers positive as well as troubling lessons on how we protect the right to protest. \nKatrina Navickas is Professor of History at the University of Hertfordshire. She is the author of Protest and the Politics of Space and Place\, 1789–1848 (2016) and Loyalism and Radicalism in Lancashire\, 1798–1815 (2009). She will be joined in conversation with Daniel Frost. They will discuss the book and its themes for around 45 minutes\, followed by a open discussion with the audience. \nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \nIf you choose ‘book +entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00.
URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/book-talk-contested-commons-a-history-of-protest-and-public-space-in-england/
LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX
CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251217T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251217T203000
DTSTAMP:20260508T183716
CREATED:20251215T105132Z
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SUMMARY:We are here\, and we will fight! - Perspectives on contesting European borders from the Central Mediterranean
DESCRIPTION:Join Captain Support for an evening discussion with international activists to strategise how we can resist increasingly violent state borders in the Central Mediterranean and beyond. \nWhile Libyan militias escalate their crimes at sea\, shooting at rescue ships and people on the move\, the network Refugees in Libya have organised an impressive mobilisation against the EU complicity and its “deal of death.” As Italian authorities continue to obstruct sea rescue efforts\, several NGOs have launched the Justice Fleet campaign\, a collective response of solidarity and resistance. At the same time\, as EU governments push to expand systems of detention and deterrence through the new Migration and Asylum Pact\, selforganised and anti-racist networks have joined forces in a powerful chain of actions. Together\, they marked the 10th anniversary of the Summer of Migration\, declaring loud and clear\, – “Freedom of movement is everybody’s right!”.
URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/we-are-here-and-we-will-fight-perspectives-on-contesting-european-borders-from-the-central-mediterranean/
LOCATION:Mayday Rooms\, 88 Fleet Street\, EC4Y 1AE
CATEGORIES:Presentations
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SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: JAW FILLER: Maz Murray & Charlie Markbreiter in conversation with So Mayer
DESCRIPTION:Experimental trans neonoir fiction. \n‘Jaw Filler instantly joins the canon of outlier literature: jaw-dropper\, more like.’ \n– Isabel Waidner\, author of Sterling Karat Gold \nHousmans and Montez Press invites you to a conversation around the new neonoir novel Jaw Filler by Maz Murray & Charlie Markbreiter\, hosted by writer So Mayer. Tickets are free but booking is essential. \n‘You don’t need dysphoria to be trans. You don’t need a body at all.’ \nWhen Detective Sean Hastings is asked to investigate the disappearance of Character\, he enters the First Trans Commune in Sim World\, a virtual reality cult community imagineered by transfluencer Kevin\, and bankrolled by a mysterious tech company\, VSI. \nHaunted by the death of his cis gayguy college bestie and their shared diasporic dilemmas\, Taylor\, VSI’s token QTPOC face\, sees potential in Kevin’s ability to Release trauma into the virtual world. Meanwhile\, Casey\, Sean’s ex\, hopes Releasing will cure their Long Plague. Then femme fatale Mitchelle reappears. And the plot twists. \nA pulpy neo-noir romp through the anxiously assimilated transmasculine id\, Jaw Filler asks: who is VSI\, and what do they really want? Can you be your own dad? And if Character’s mind is trapped in Sim World\, then where is his body? \nPRAISE FOR JAW FILLER \n‘It’s like The Sluts meets Double Indemnity but everyone is trans. I had an absolute blast.’ \n– Macy Rodman \n‘With Jaw Filler\, Charlie Markbreiter and Maz Murray offer a searing\, noir-flavored lens into the world of terminally online guys and our insecurities\, fantasies\, and wild imaginations of ourselves and each other. I will be discussing this in therapy and billing Charlie and Maz for the expense.’ \n– James Tom \n‘There’s something faintly Brazil about Jaw Filler: wilful and breakneck\, self-aware yet never cynical\, paranoiac but always coyly – unarguably – plausible. Calling it a pastiche would be stupid. To do so would overlook not only the ravenous delight Jaw Filler takes in the melange of its genre conventions\, but also\, more importantly\, its surgical commitment to grounding a narrative in what I can only succinctly describe as genocide-reality. Murray & Markbreiter have achieved the extremely contemporary and impossible to falsify: true camp darkness.’ \n– Hesse K.\, author of Disquiet Drive \nOUR SPEAKERS \nMaz Murray is an artist who makes films\, writing\, performances and things. They had their first institutional solo show at Focal Point Gallery in 2024. He’s currently working on a collaborative performance\, PLOT HOLE\, developed while an awardee at Studio Voltaire. \nCharlie Markbreiter is the author of Rapid Onset: Anti-Trans Culture and U.S. Imperial Decline (Bloomsbury\, 2027) and Gossip Girl Fanfic Novella (2022). He is a PhD candidate at the CUNY Graduate Center. \nSo Mayer is a writer\, editor\, bookseller\, organiser and film curator. Their most recent book is Bad Language (Peninsula Press\, 2025)\, a memoir and manifesto on language and power. \nTHIS IS A FREE EVENT. TICKETS CAN BE BOOKED HERE:\nhttps://www.outsavvy.com/event/31891/jaw-filler-in-conversation-maz-murr…
URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/book-launch-jaw-filler-maz-murray-charlie-markbreiter-in-conversation-with-so-mayer/
LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX
CATEGORIES:Presentations
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