eroding empire

BOOK LAUNCH: The Othered Woman How White Feminism Harms Muslim Women by Shahed Ezaydi
2026-03-18 19:00 - 20:30 (Europe/London) | Housmans, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross, N1 9DX
‘An urgent, vital contribution to the feminist conversation – one that tears through the comfortable myth of universal sisterhood’ – Alya Mooro, author of The Greater Freedom
Growing up, journalist Shahed Ezaydi was often asked how she could call herself a feminist and still practise her faith. It’s a question that reveals a deeper issue that Muslim women often face: being ignored in feminist spaces entirely, or cast as passive victims in need of being saved. This mindset fuels gendered Islamophobia and a narrow white feminism. But Muslim women don’t need rescuing.
The Othered Woman is the book Ezaydi wishes her younger self could have turned to. It challenges the myths of how Muslim women are oppressed and who by, and shows that these myths translate into very real harm both in Britain and around the world, showcasing the voices of intersectional feminists who are fighting for liberation on their own terms. Accessible and compelling, this is urgent reading for anyone who considers themselves a feminist.
And we are delighted that Ezaydi is able to join us at Housmans to discuss this essential book.
As 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.
If 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.
Doors Open at 6:45pm, Event Starts 7:00.
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LONG TAKE SCREENING SERIES: United Voices
2026-03-19 18:30 - 20:30 | Mayday Rooms, 88 Fleet Street, EC4Y 1AE
LONG TAKE is a series of three screenings at Four Corners, LUX and MayDay Rooms, which brings together films by the 1930s Workers’ Film & Photo League with contemporary activist films to explore themes of housing, empire and work.
A screening of five films on workers’ struggles, from 1935 protests to today’s fights for workers’ justice. Followed by discussion.
Strife
Film & Photo League, 1937, 26 mins
Filmed in 1935 on 16mm and originally titled ‘Fight’, this attempts to put authentic working class lives on screen in a fictionalised drama produced by workers themselves. The film echoes constructivist devices in its use of close-ups, jaunty angles and distinctive montage sequences, but it is the use of real-life locations and non-professional actors that appear most modern today.
Construction
Film & Photo League, 1935, 10 mins
The Workers’ Film & Photo League manifesto insists that ‘the time has come for workers to produce films and photos of their own’, and the opening credit declares that the film was ‘made by the men on the job’. Shot by carpenter and amateur filmmaker, Alf Garrard, with a concealed camera, the ingenious shooting style results in imaginative angles with a not infrequent lack of focus.
United Voices
Hazel Falck, 2020, 22 mins
This film follows a group of outsourced cleaners, caterers and porters at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, employed by Sodexo, as they organise and embark on their first strike action. They are led by Loreta Younsi and Vitalija Mohamed Mohsen to demand and try to win the London Living Wage, contractual sick pay, safer working conditions, and equality with NHS staff.
10 Years of IWGB
IWGB Union, 2023, 19 mins
The Independent Workers’ union of Great Britain is a grassroots member-led union fighting for justice for workers. Founded 2012 by Latin American cleaners organising for better working conditions, it has grown to thousands of members. This film takes a look back at its history, the achievements of its members and its vision for the future.
Birmingham binworkers strike
Reel News, 2026, 15 mins
The Birmingham binworkers have been out on strike for over a year fighting a life-changing £8,000 a year cut in their pay – disgracefully, by a Labour council. As the council grows increasingly isolated and unpopular, this dispute is being watched closely by other councils across the country… If the binworkers win it could be the start of a serious push for more funding for our cash-starved public services.
Discussion with members of the IWGB, video activist Shaun Dey, MayDay Rooms, artist and researcher Matthias Kispert, and artist filmmaker and lecturer Samuel Stevens.

Monthly Drop In
2026-03-19 19:00 - 20:00 | LARC, 62 Fieldgate Street, E1 1ES
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.

BOOK LAUNCH: RADICAL JUSTICE: Building the World We Need with Nani Jansen Reventlow
2026-03-19 19:00 - 20:30 | Housmans, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross, N1 9DX
Housmans are delighted to be hosting an event around this essential new book — a stalwart guide to strengthen the movement for freedom and equality for all.
Our society is breaking down. Fascists are winning elections, economic inequality is rampant, and the climate crisis is at its tipping point. It feels like the amount of work needed to overcome these injustices is too much to handle. But what if there is a way to lower the threshold to action? Who will free us if not ourselves?
In Radical Justice, international human rights lawyer Nani Jansen Reventlow shows how we can build a fundamentally different future with our own hands. We all have our own spheres of influence, and each of us can be the revolution.
Taking inspiration from the deep well of anti-racist and social activist writers such as Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò and Angela Davis, each chapter offers tips on how to learn, reflect and act in a society where we are told we are powerless. Including advice on strategic litigation, reclaiming our digital rights, reparations demands, climate activism and much more, the information in these pages is indispensable to the struggle for radical justice.
Nani Jansen Reventlow is an international human rights lawyer. She is the founder of Systemic Justice, which advocates for marginalised communities through strategic litigation. Politico named her one of society’s great visionary tech leaders for her work on digital human rights. She has also been honoured with awards from Harvard, Oxford and Columbia Universities.
Nani will read from and talk about the book for about 45 minutes, followed by a Q&A.
As 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.
If 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.
Doors Open at 6:45pm, Event Starts 7:00.
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Marco Perolini launches 'Migration and Mobile Rights'
2026-03-20 18:30 - 21:00 | Housmans, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross, N1 9DX
Activism, Racial Justice, and Human Rights from Below
Please note this an externally organised event. You can RSVP using this link:
https://www.easy-rsvp.com/G3uqJ0-book-launch-migration-and-mobile-rights

XS' : Endo-Embroidery with Coco Warner-Allen
2026-03-21 16:00 | The Feminist Library, 161 Sumner Road, SE15 6JL
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1983963430026?aff=oddtdtcreator
‘XS’ ENDO-EMBROIDERY WITH COCO WARNER-ALLEN
CO-HOSTED BY FEMINIST LIBRARY & THE POORLY PROJECT
21ST MARCH (16:00 – 18:00)
The Feminist Library and The Poorly Project are thrilled to announce ‘XS’ – an endo-embroidery workshop led by artist Coco Warner-Allen, dedicated to Endometriosis Awareness Month.
Beyond its initial identification in 1690 by German physician Daniel Schroen – endometriosis has been labelled as a ‘missed disease’, afflicted by diagnostic errors, medical downplay, gaps in research and the absence of a cure.
‘XS’ reflects the medical and social invisibility of endometriosis, its extensive list of exacerbative symptoms and its chronicity.
Embracing a medium that allows the mind to find distraction, rest and creative curiosity, artist Coco Warner- Allen guides participants through beginner-friendly stitches and beading exercises, influencing delicate Toile de Jouy textiles through embellishment.
With community and creative voyage at its core, ‘XS’ encourages greater value towards art-making within our chronic health journeys. It reminds us that embroidery exists as an accessible, artistic resource, aiding personal expressions that build upon self-care, our sense of hope and healing.
For more information, full workshop details and tickets, head to thepoorlyproject.com/poorlyevents

Benefit gig for Palang Hitam/ABC Indonesia
2026-03-21 19:00 | The Birds Nest, 32 Deptford Church Street, SE8 4RZ
MORTAR
BULLET
NEVER ARISE
GUTTED
Benefit for the Indonesian Anarchist Black Cross to help with legal aid after the August 2025 insurrection

Acoustic Anarchy #101 with Cosmo
2026-03-21 19:30 | Waterintobeer, Tara Terrace, 209-211 Mantle Road, Brockley, SE4 2EW
regular acoustic night in Brockley this time with agit-folk-punk-rave legend Cosmo, joined by Billie Dragg (country crust) and poet Melissa Vardy.

Sonic Meditations
2026-03-22 17:00 | New River Studios, 199 Eade Road, N1 4DN
Chaos Theory presents a Sunday reset – this collection of sonic wayfarers share live performances, progressive soundscapes, rituals, post-rock, psychedelic and ambient music. Audience members are welcome to sit, stand, lie down, watch and listen with movement or stillness, and bring your own cushions.
WATER IS THE SUN (USA)
The union of Mkl Anderson (Drekka) and Adam Parks (Timber Rattle/Lightning White Bison). Together they play music as informed by the devotional chants of West Coast cults and Appalachian hymns as it is by the dark new age and ambient resonance of the experimental scene
BLACK ARROWS
Soloist Aliki Karveli uses extended vocal techniques, traditional, electric and handcrafted instruments, electronics and contact mics, to create hypnotic sonic narratives, layered through live looping
WINTER AT SEA
A fluid collective of wandering souls, incorporating post-rock, ambient, acoustic, spoken word, noise and industrial sounds. With members of Flies Are Spies From Hell, Poseidon, Black Horse Road and Louse
MOCHYN DAER
Drawing deeply from the landscape and lore of her Welsh homeland, Mochyn Daer creates immersive sonic rituals by blending 2 gongs, clarinet, voice, singing bowls, field recordings, gathered stones and ancient bells
ADRA
Known as guitarist in celebrated Leeds bands That Fucking Tank and Nope, in recent years Andy Abbott has been making minimalist abstract music and acoustic, ambient-leaning explorations
KUNAL SINGHAL
Improvised sounds, looping vocals and occasional accents from instruments and found objects
https://link.dice.fm/I0418c92fdcc

KNOTS: ICE OUT!
2026-03-22 19:00 | Riverside Studios, 101 Queen Caroline Street, W6 9BN
KNOTS is a growing network of creatives collaborating with noise and sound art to fundraise for direct action groups, charities, and more to combat encroaching authoritarianism. Facilitated by Cuttfruit and vanchoked, KNOTS aims to divorce itself from the consumerist driven and barrier entrenched experimental music scene, while opening it up to cross-disciplinary collaborations.
KNOTS: ICE Out! will be fundraising for the Immigrant Defense Network in Minnesota, which supports over 90 immigrant, labor, legal, faith, and community organizations dedicated to protecting and advancing the constitutional rights of immigrant communities.
We are urgently fundraising for them after the recent surge of ICE agents in Minneapolis, and the killings of Reene Good and Alex Pretti. The second Trump administration has been equipped with unprecedented power given by a Republican-filled Supreme Court, backed by Silicon Valley’s tech giants, and empowered by politicians who bend at the knee of capital. The victims of this second administration span political beliefs, race, and even countries, attacking the working-class and impoverished the most.
As a scapegoat for an imperialist country in decline, this administration has targeted our immigrant neighbours. A rhetoric which has spread across establishment parties to appease ever growing ethno nationalist and fascist movements in the U.S. and Europe. We must reject the notion that anti-immigrant rhetoric is based in anything but racism.
KNOTS invites activists, organisers, poets, writers, playwrights, movement artists, and more to collaborate with noise and sound artists to share work that advocates hope, resistance, frustration, and encourages us all to learn from lived experiences. Join us as we demand ICE Out! in America, discuss how we can achieve it, and reject anti-immigrant rhetoric from our governments.

Anarchy in Indonesia - Screening, Presentation and Discussion
2026-03-24 18:00 | 56a InfoShop, 56 Crampton Street,, SE17 3AE
South London Anarchist Nucleus Presents:
Screening, presentation and discussion on anarchy in Indonesia and the need to spread the rebellion where we are.
56a crampton street (SE17 3AE)
Indonesia conjures up images of resorts and attractions for the empty ‘adventures’ of the tourist industry. In fact it is an archipelago of cancerous exploitation which the UK is complicit in to the tune of 2.86 billion dollars a year dispersed in investments in oil and its byproducts (BP), Nickel (for the batteries of the totalitarian ‘green’ transition)and hyper exploitation of labour (the garment industry, Nike in particular).
Last year the elites governing the state in Indonesia awarded themselves a lavish increase in their ‘MPs expenses’ triggering mass protests across the country. In August 2025 an armored vehicle hunting one of these protests crushed a motorcycle delivery driver to death. The archipelago exploded in riotous uproar, burning and destroying every visible symbol of power in its way, spreading everywhere, uncontrollably. Just like in Nepal, Madagascar, Morocco, Iran, and many more, the dispossessed woke up in joyous collusion against the regimes which imprison them.
Since then, anarchists have been designated by judges and TV studios alike as the enemy of the moment. Mass roundups are taking place, torture is widespread, many comrades are in prison, many have been driven into clandestinity. They have clearly been singled out not only due to their impassioned and uncompromising presence among their exploited brothers and sisters in the uprising, but also because of the continuity of their anti-political revolutionary struggle which has spanned self-organised resistance to land grabs to nocturnal assaults on banks and police outpost for years.
We want to share these encounters with anyone who desires to take back their own life. The spirit, action and quality of the Indonesian anarchists is a wellspring of inspiration for proud exiles from the world constructed by the powerful murderers of earth and freedom. In the ﬁrst place we want to contribute to the continuation of the struggle of the comrades facing down state-terrorism in Indonesia.
In the second place we want to break our complicity with the global war on thought, dignity and nature, and take up our complicity in the social war against all forms of power.

Herstories Book Club
2026-03-25 14:00 | The Feminist Library, 161 Sumner Road, SE15 6JL
☕ Next Herstories Book Club: Sat 25 April, 2.00-3.30pm 📍Location: Feminist Library 📖 Book: The Volcano Lover, by Susan Sontag (1992) 📚 Previous books we’ve read: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/herstories-book-club
A historical romance, Sontag’s book is based on the lives of Sir William Hamilton, his wife, Emma, and Lord Nelson in the final decades of the eighteenth century. Passionately examining the shape of Western civilization since the Age of Enlightenment, Sontag’s novel is an exquisitely detailed picture of revolution, the fate of nature, art and love.

BOOK LAUNCH: Suicide by Roger Hallam
2026-03-25 19:00 - 20:30 | Housmans, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross, N1 9DX
[Eroding Ed’s note: Fuck Roger Hallam, and boo to Housman’s for stroking his ego. We’d delete it but the event is on radar and our script will just import it again.]
Housmans welcome Roger Hallam to discuss his essential new book: Suicide: The Political and Legal Implications of Creating Endless Mass Death. In the age of climate collapse, telling the truth has become a criminal act. From a cell in Wayland Prison, Roger Hallam—farmer, researcher, and co-founder of Just Stop Oil—delivers a searing indictment of a legal system that punishes those who resist, while protecting those who destroy. In July 2024, Hallam was dragged from a British courtroom for refusing to stay silent about the climate crisis. For “conspiracy to cause a public nuisance,” he was sentenced to five years in prison—the harshest punishment for civil disobedience in the UK in modern British history. The case made front-page news and drew global outcry.
Suicide is part memoir, part political reckoning. Drawing on Hallam’s award-winning research and experience representing himself in four Crown Court trials, it lays bare the moral and legal failures of a society sleepwalking into catastrophe. From climate science and the right of necessity, to the collapse of democratic norms and the illusions of secular reason, this is a radical call to rethink justice, truth, and duty in the face of extinction.

FREEDOM IN INFORMATION: A WORKSHOP ON FOIs, DECLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS, AND REDACTED FILES with Statewatch
2026-03-25 19:00 - 21:00 | Mayday Rooms, 88 Fleet Street, EC4Y 1AE
It is becoming more and more difficult to get to the facts of the matter. The long-awaited release of government records arrive blackened out — heavily redacted and illegible. Declassified documents, verifying war crimes and clandestine military operations, turn damp and moth-infested in archival warehouses and basements. Freedom-of-Information requests are rejected on grounds of research costs and lack of specificity. These procedural roadblocks exist whilst the rightwing pundits often enjoy boundless informational and epistemic freedom in a post-truth climate.
Given that the act of reading declassified/redacted documents and writing FOI requests is a complicated and exhausting process, the proposed workshop encourages attendees to refine their FOI writing skills — with attention paid to the specific conventions of EU, US, and UK FOI frameworks. The workshop will also provide attendees an opportunity to read a range of recently declassified materials collectively, opening up the space to communal interpretation and analysis. Through an interactive program, we will consider the forms and genres of classification, attend to particular strategies of gatekeeping, blackboxing and obfuscation, and finally, explore recent and emerging forms of ‘epistemic’ violence and alethocide (the deliberate destruction of truth). The workshop will be followed by a lecture on the writing and study of history in ‘redacted times’.

Feminist Fightback Filmclub presents: Babybird Babybird
2026-03-27 19:00 | Pelican House, 144 Cambridge Heath Road, E1 5QJ
This March join us as we show a film that raises more questions than answers. We will be screening the Greek documentary theatrical ‘Babybird Babybird’ (2021, 1h30) by Dimitris Bampilis and the APARÄMILLON creative team, that was commissioned and produced by Onassis Stegi. Why we do (not) have children? Parents-to-be, a new mother, a midwife, a demographer, a sociologist, a neuroscientist, and an anti-natalist YouTuber share their respective opinions on the sexiest ontological question, and take part in a documentary theater performance about the complicated relationship between our sexual life and our reproductive potential. They explore concepts and issues that include ‘low birth rate,’ ‘overpopulation,’ motherhood as a conscious personal choice, pregnancy termination, prenatal checks, national healthcare policy, sperm banks, and dating apps. Using interviews and statistics, personal testimonies and scientific studies, discretion and humor, they intervene into the debate regarding birthrate and parenthood, a recurring debate since moral panic and rhetoric on the dangers of “corrupting the nation” tend to dominate it. After the screeening we will have a Q&A with the team behind the production. See the trailer here Exhibiting anger/ joy during the film at oppressive behaviour/ high points of struggle very much encouraged. Drinks and snacks will be available. Suggested donations on the door £2/5/10 unwaged/waged/solidarity. All genders welcome. Doors open at 7pm. ACCESS: The film showing will take place on the ground floor of Pelican House, in the room at the back of the courtyard. The toilets are on the same same level. The space and toilets are level access from the road. Closest stations Bethnal Green tube station and Bethnal Green overground station. Closest bus stops Cephas Street and Three Colts Lane for the 106 and 254 buses.

'Their Wars, Our Dead! Anarchist reflections on anti-militarism since the invasion of Ukraine', with Jason Brannigan and Declan McCormick
2026-03-27 19:00 - 20:30 | Housmans, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross, N1 9DX
AUTONOMY NOW! PRESENT: ‘Their Wars, Our Dead! Anarchist reflections on anti-militarism since the invasion of Ukraine’with Jason Brannigan and Declan McCormick
‘Their Wars, Our Dead!’
brings together six anarchist responses to war and militarism. The book makes the case that since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, a war fever has swept the anarchist movement and also a larger section of ‘the left’. The essays collected in the book seek to learn from the past in order to put forward a revolutionary yet realistic course of anarchist anti-militarism today.
Some of the topics included are: internationalist opposition to WW1 and WW2; the mechanics of imperialist politics; conscription (and resistance to it) in Ukraine, Russia and Israel; anti-militarist responses to the war in Ukraine; the complex relationship between anarchism and militarism in Ireland.Discussing the topic will be two of the books contributors, Jason Brannigan and Declan McCormick.This event is organised by https://autonomynow.noblogs.org/ ‘Their Wars, Our Dead! Anarchist reflections on anti-militarism’ by Alex Alder and Bill Beech.156 pages. Publishes by Active 2025. RRP just £5.Entry is free but please RSVP or even buy a copy of the book in advance, for collection on entry.

Red and Black Club
2026-03-27 20:00 - 23:50 | LARC, 62 Fieldgate St, E1 1ES
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 have an alcohol license so none will be sold in LARC, but feel free to bring your own booze. Suggested donation of £10 on the door, but no one will be turned away for lack of money. Half of this will go to LARC to keep the space running and half will got a new zine called Anarchy which we hope to distribute for free.

S.A.F.E. Book Club Fundraiser (Read Books and Fund Abortions)
2026-03-28 17:00 | The Feminist Library, 161 Sumner Road, SE15 6JL
To mark the Global Day to Destigmatise Abortions on 28 March, Supporting Abortions for Everyone (S.A.F.E.) is partnering with the iconic Feminist Library for a special one-off book club fundraiser! https://www.outsavvy.com/event/33372/safe-fundraiser-the-feminist-library We’ll be reading My Notorious Life by Kate Manning. The book is inspired by the true history of an infamous female physician and abortionist who was once called “the Wickedest Woman in New York” (Ann Trow Lohman, better known as Madame Restell). It’s a mystery, a family saga, a love story, and an exquisitely detailed portrait of 19th century America.
The evening is a space to discuss the book, explore The Feminist Library’s incredible collection, rave about abortion and raise vital funds for those being failed by healthcare systems across Europe.
Tickets are available on a sliding scale. There is also the option to donate if you can’t attend, but still want to support 💌

Fundraiser for Shü-Mom Art ~ "One Spirit"
2026-03-28 18:00 | LARC, 62 Fieldgate St, E1 1ES
* Screening of “Frágil Equilibrio” (shared by the director exclusively for this benefit!)
https://www.panoramica.film/en/pelicula/628382305b58b0b6122da505
* Connection with Shü-Mom Art members from Tangier + intro London groups
* Live music + DJ
* Food & drink
Shü-Mom Art is a sub-saharan migrants’ art/culture/human rights collective in Tangier. Driven by the idea that, though not being in “dreamland” Europe neither in the country of origin, a fulfilling and dignifying life can be built through mutual support, art and culture, collaborating and self-organising. Challenging the power of borders and for the dignity of migrants’ lives everywhere.
For 5th consecutive year “One Spirit” was launched, on occasion of Intl Women’s Day, by and for the women in their community. Besides the collection for material support (see below), on the 8th of March they were protagonists of an important program of events: workshops and panels on rights, autonomy and action for justice for all women and children. Sharing of own stories. Conversation on support for those who cross to Europe. Overview of March 8th meaning & origin. Children activities and dance! music! arts & crafts! theatre! Constituting an important date to build support networks in the long term.
For context and detailed info about the crowdfunding to distribute material support see this link:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/one-spirit-solidarity-with-migrant-women-in-tanger
So far, 2026 crowdfunder hasn’t worked that well, so let’s try to gather some ££ to send over!! And make of this an occasion to strengthen connections across borders.
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• Instagram :
www.instagram.com/shumom_shumom
Email : shumomart@gmail.com

POETRY: Jazmine Linklater, Frank Lock, Sascha Aurora Akhtar and more
2026-03-28 19:00 - 21:30 | Housmans, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross, N1 9DX
Please join us for our second poetry night of the year. This time we celebrate Jazmine Linklater’s immense and devastating new long poem ‘Snagged on red thread’ (published by Monitor). Reading alongside Jazmine we have Fran Lock, Sascha Aurora Akhtar, Al Anderson, Harriet Rose and JD Howse.
This is a free event, but please RSBP below to avoid disappointment.

POETRY: Jazmine Linklater, Fran Lock, Sascha Aurora Akhtar and more
2026-03-28 19:00 - 21:30 | Housmans, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross, N1 9DX
Please join us for our second poetry night of the year. This time we celebrate Jazmine Linklater’s immense and devastating new long poem ‘Snagged on red thread’ (published by Monitor). Reading alongside Jazmine we have Fran Lock, Sascha Aurora Akhtar, Al Anderson, Harriet Rose and JD Howse.

Unfurling Māori & Pasifika Print Publishing: A Group Study Session at the Feminist Library
2026-03-29 13:00 | The Feminist Library, 161 Sumner Road, SE15 6JL
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unfurling-maori-pasifika-print-publishing…
Join publisher Kaiya Waerea in a group study session exploring the Feminist Library’s collections relating to Māori & Pasifika feminist organising in the late 20th century. Together we will look at key periodicals including Bitches, witches & dykes (1980-82) and Broadsheet (1972-1997) and reflect on questions including:
How have indigenous practises of knowledge sharing and collective decision making gone on to shape authorship, editorial processes, and collective organising within indigenous publishing practices?
What does it mean to consider print a diasporic medium? How did this material get here, and what does that tell us about the movement of people and knowledge between settler colonised land and the land of the coloniser through time?
How has indigenous feminist publishing in the South Pacific diverged from and resisted the norms of imported white feminism?
Kaiya will share a bit about his work so far with some of this material, then we will spend most of the session browsing, reading and discussing what we find together.
This hui will prioritise people of the South Pacific diaspora, as well as those that relate to the material through other indigenous positionalities, to connect and learn from this whakapapa of mana wāhine & takatāpui publishing.
This will be an informal session, and koreoro will be followed by some food.

The Good The Bad and The Zugly / Dog Rotten / Blitz The Khazi / Heelplant
2026-03-29 18:00 | New Cross Inn, 323 New Cross Rd, SE14 6AS
The Good the Bad and the Zugly
Once the bastard child of the 90s Oslo punk scene, young spirits carrying the torch of Turbonegro, Gluecifer and Anal Babes, reminding us of a time when punk rock was a promise of infantile nihilism and pure vicious fun!
https://thegoodthebadandthezugly.bandcamp.com/
+ supports
Dog Rotten
SE London Punk Rap
https://dogrotten.bandcamp.com/
Blitz The Khazi
Herts Yob Punx
[www.instagram.com/blitzthekhazi
Heelplant
South London noise punk
https://linktr.ee/heelplant
Sunday 29th March 2025
New Cross Inn, London
Doors 6pm
Tickets £15 ADV STBF
OrganiserReal Life PresentsWebsite / URL for tickets/contact etchttps://pit.live/events/the-good-the-bad-and-the-zugly

No Man // Supernova // Tethered // Scadenza // Sevy Verna
2026-03-30 18:00 | New Cross Inn, 323 New Cross Rd, SE14 6AS
Real Life Presents
No Man
Punks for Palestine. Experimental hardcore fury.
[www.instagram.com/nomanband
+ supports coming soon
Supernova
Conscious hardcore for radical moshers, FFO Bane & Time To Heal
https://linktr.ee/supernovaukhc
Tethered
Frantic riffing Emo Punx, FFO Plaids & Embrace
https://linktr.ee/tetheredhc
Scadenza
New screamo, FFO Ravachol & Yaphet Kotto
https://linktr.ee/scadenza
Sevy Verna
New screamo, FFO Oathbreaker & Circle Takes The Square
[www.instagram.com/sevyverna100/
Monday 30th March
New Cross Inn
Doors 6pm
£13
14+, u16s with an adult
https://pit.live/events/no-man

Black British Hood Feminism: Decolonising Touch
2026-03-31 18:00 | The Feminist Library, 161 Sumner Road, SE15 6JL
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1984089402814?aff=oddtdtcreator Black British Hood Feminism seeks to understand how we can make softer spaces, without reinforcing the perils of Babylon’s violence within Black British Communities and across transnational solidarity.
At the 2-hour workshop, we will discuss and explore how our spaces for struggle can prioritise the needs of people who have been left destitute by the patriarchal state whilst building solidarity with communities fighting against the U.K’s legacies of colonialism.
Who is this for This session is open to Black Working Class Women and non-binary people, participants are welcome to bring in their own writings and reflections.
As a participant we discuss, create, support and encourage each other outside of the metrics of imperialism, white-supremacy, misogynoir, queerphobia, transphobia, classism and ableism.
If you have any access needs please reach out to Hillarynxmusic@gmail.com.

Reading Group 19 – Resistance in the Workplace
2026-03-31 19:00 - 21:00 | Freedom Bookshop, 84b Whitechapel High Street, E1 7QX
For out 19th reading group we will be doing something a little different; instead of reading a book we will be reading a set of articles suggested by different members of the reading group.
The articles chosen have been deliberately selected to give differing and conflicting perspectives on organising and resisting in the workplace in order to provoke discussion on the topic.
The article we are reading will be:
Anarcho-Synidcalism by Tom Wetzel – A short introduction to modern anarcho-syndicalism.
Trade Unionism by Anton Pannekoek – A short critique of trades unions/introduction to council communism.
Death to Rank and Filism! by pre-Proletarian Gob – A critique of rank and file organising in the British postal service in the 90s.
Dare to be a Daniel by Wilf McCartney – A short history of one the early British syndicalist unions from 1905 to the first world war.
A Critique of Syndicalist Methods by Alfredo Bonanno – A Longer piece that is a critique of syndicalism from an insurrectionary vantage point.
Strategy & Struggle by SolFed – A Longer piece that is an internal debate within the anarcho-syndicalist Solidarity Federation.
Our friends at Freedom Press here host the reading group for free, so please support them by using them for your supply of radical books and zines.
The reading group will be meeting on Tuesday the 31st of March, 19:00, at Freedom Bookshop, 84b Whitechapel High St, London E1 7QX. You are welcome to come and join in the discussion even if you have not finished the reading.

Downstater + One Fall, Vampire Slumber Party & Diagnostics
2026-04-01 18:00 | New Cross Inn, 323 New Cross Rd, SE14 6AS
Downstater
Downstater is a pop-punk/indie rock band hailing straight from Quebec City. Melding the essence of rock music with punk rawness, this melodic achievement exhibits the trail of a spirited and raging youth with words expressed without compromise. Downstater is an illustrative collection of melancholy-fueled indie rock songs pouring with emotion and honesty.
https://downstater.bandcamp.com/
One Fall
Salem Skate Punx
[www.instagram.com/onefallma/
Vampire Slumber Party
Pop punk with bite!
[www.instagram.com/vampire_slumber_party/
Diagnostics
New London Punk Rock
[www.instagram.com/diagnostics.punk/
April 1st
6pm Doors
New Cross Inn, SE14 6AS
£12 https://pit.live/events/downstater

First Thursday Freedom board game night!
2026-04-02 19:00 | Freedom Bookshop, Angel Alley, 84b Whitechapel High Street, E1 7QX
Come and join us for a night of frivolity, fun and friendly competition. Every 1st Friday of the month. Next one is the 5th February, 7pm Decentre.

Headbussa / Negative Frame / Not Without Punishment / Rekrucify / Warden | Real Life @ New Cross Inn
2026-04-03 18:00 | New Cross Inn, 323 New Cross Rd, SE14 6AS
Real Life Presents
Headbussa
Paris hardcore fight music
[www.instagram.com/headbussa_hc/
Negative Frame
London metalcore maniacs
[www.instagram.com/negativeframeldn/
Not Without Punishment
Southampton hardcore
[www.instagram.com/notwithoutpunishment/
Rekrucify
Evilcore filth from the void
[www.instagram.com/rekrucify/
Warden
Deathcore devastation
[www.instagram.com/wardensoutheast/
Friday 3rd April
Doors 6pm
£15
New Cross Inn
14+, u16s with an adult
https://pit.live/events/headbussa

First Friday Freedom Fun board game night!
2026-04-03 19:00 | Freedom Bookshop, Angel Alley, 84b Whitechapel High Street, E1 7QX
Come and join us for a night of frivolity, fun and friendly competition. Every 1st Friday of the month. Next one is the 1st November, 7pm Decentre.
