The Brockley Anarchist Reading Club is excited to begin a new journey as we dive into Elif Shafak’s How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division. In this timely and powerful manifesto, Shafak explores how we can maintain our empathy and mental well-being in a world increasingly defined by tribalism and social fragmentation. […]
For our twenty first reading group we will be reading Social Anarchism and Organisation by the Anarchist Federation of Rio de Janeiro (FARJ). We also have some additional suggested short readings about Platformism and the arguments around it to go along with the booklet. As FARJ describes the booklet: The first Congress of the FARJ […]
Many of the materials from our ecological holdings offer examples of organised attempts to confront ecological crisis through insurgent, ground-level direct-action. In this spirit, we invite you to join us in this practical session with Manuela Zechner, who will share key takes from her new book, The Plot is on Fire: Care Struggles after Progress, […]
We are delighted to welcome Manuela Zechner to Housmans to talk about her truly original and radical work in postcolonial eco-theory. As myths of progress and modernisation collapse in the relentless polycrisis of our time, how do we strengthen other plots—in community, practice and struggle? How do we come together as movements for earthcare? The […]
We’re back at the Blue Monk for another exciting date bringing together different variations of Oi, punk hardcore and associated genres. To headline, none other that Claimed Choice, coming over from Lyon (France) and bringing their own take on Oi music. As far as French Oi is concerned, it is a clear defined genre, that […]
INTRODUCING THE FIRST IN OUR POET’S PROSE SEQUENCE We are delighted to welcome two extremely exciting poets to Housmans for the first installment of our Summer Poetry Series. This season we’re going to be doing something a bit different and focusing instead on the work that poets produce outside of ‘traditional’ lyric modes; focusing instead on prose; […]
Real Life Presents Algae Bloom Celebrating 10 years of ‘I am everyone I’ve ever met’ with their last shows for the foreseeable future, we’re very lucky to bring you a rare London appearance from some UK Screamo legends https://linktr.ee/algaebloom Plus a stellar supporting cast of… Cold Holding Southampton duo, reunited for the occasion https://coldholding.bandcamp.com/ incaseyouleave […]
For the first time in London, Terra Stercore will be playing on May 29 at the Endeavour together with Them Bloody Kids and anarchistwood!! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/terra-stercore-them-bloody-kids-anarchistwood-tickets-1985574628163
Join us this May for a joint film screening with Decrim Now! We will be screening Princesas (english title Princesses) a 2005 film (1h49min) by Fernando Leon de Aranoa. Its a story about friendship in the world of prostitution, showcasing issues around sex work, migration and xenophobia. Exhibiting anger/ joy during the film at oppressive […]
Come to the London Action Resource Centre (LARC), 61 Fieldgate Street E1 1ES, for a monthly social and fundraiser. From 8pm until midnight you can meet up with other anarchists for a chill time to chat, gripe, and possibly even plot. The Red and Black Club is last Friday of the month. We do not […]
What does community and solidarity look like in parenthood/childhood? How do we sustain our radicality and best channel rage while parenting? How do we avoid burnout and resist capitalist pressures (e.g. metrics and mandates of success, productivity, and happiness)? How, as parents/carers, do we practice solidarity with children in an adult-centric society? – “Being a […]
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/trans-linocut-workshop-tickets-1987778586261 In this workshop you will be guided through the entire linocut printing process from start to finish, including the creation of your designs, carving and printing.In addition, this workshop will focus on portraiture and will include a drawing section where participants will work in alternating pairs to create portraits of each other using quick […]
Headcase – full on, frantic punky indie with a suitably nutty frontman and superb, committed performances all round. Quite a bit of early Blur in there maybe, the more visceral end at least – see also the cranked up rhythm n booze end of late seventies stuff like the Hot Rods or even Slaughter and […]
When Xiao Hai turned fifteen, his family paid a vocational-school teacher 1,200 yuan to find him a factory job in Shenzhen. So began fifteen years spent moving between the garment mills and electronics factories of China’s fast-growing southern cities.Adrift in the South is a memoir of life as a migrant labourer in the twenty-first century, […]
