BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//eroding empire - ECPv6.15.14//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:eroding empire X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk X-WR-CALDESC:Events for eroding empire REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20270328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20271031T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260608T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260608T200000 DTSTAMP:20260617T190134 CREATED:20260527T023020Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260608T142944Z UID:6438-1780943400-1780948800@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:The Brockley Anarchist Reading Club DESCRIPTION:The Brockley Anarchist Reading Club is excited to dive into Bob Black’s infamous anti-work manifesto\, The Abolition of Work. In this provocative text\, Black argues that work is the central source of misery\, oppression\, and social control in the modern world. Moving far beyond traditional leftist demands for “full employment” or better wages\, he advocates for the total destruction of the workplace. Black challenges us to reclaim our lives by transforming necessary production into autonomous\, playful\, and voluntary activity. All are welcome! Whether you are a lifelong anarchist or just beginning your journey\, join us to discuss how breaking free from the cult of productivity is a necessary step toward building a truly liberated world. Meeting Details Book: The Abolition of Work by Bob Black Date: Monday\, 8 May 2026 Time: 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM  Location: The Brockley Brewery URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/the-brockley-anarchist-reading-club-2/ LOCATION:Brockley Brewery\, 31 Harcourt Road\, Brockley\, SE4 2AJ CATEGORIES:Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/6438_image_b.a.r.c_20260526_181711_0000.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260609T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260609T180000 DTSTAMP:20260617T190134 CREATED:20260604T022924Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260604T165732Z UID:6582-1781028000-1781028000@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Burn Brighter\, It's Cold Out... I Should Kill Myself\, Inner Dog\, The Chomp & Living Spite | Real Life Presents DESCRIPTION:Real Life Presents –\n5 new heavy sounds from the underground \nBurn Brighter\nAnthemic big riff shoutalong hardcore \nIt’s Cold Out… I Should Kill Myself\nWhitebelt aggro mathcore \nInner Dog\nPost-hardcore bangers \nThe Chomp\nNew stompy hardcore from members of Safest Spaces \nLiving Spite\nHeavy moshcore \nNew Cross Inn\, nearest stations New Cross Gate and New Cross URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/burn-brighter-its-cold-out-i-should-kill-myself-inner-dog-the-chomp-living-spite-real-life-presents/ LOCATION:New Cross Inn\, 323 New Cross Rd\, SE14 6AS CATEGORIES:Gigs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/6306_image_9th-jun-burn-brighter.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260609T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260609T190000 DTSTAMP:20260617T190134 CREATED:20260601T023019Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260609T142942Z UID:6494-1781031600-1781031600@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Feminist Fightback reading group: Feminisms (Dog Section Press) DESCRIPTION:Join Feminist Fightback for our next reading group book: Feminisms\, a collection of essays published by Dog Section Press. You can download a copy of the book or purchase it for £6 here: https://www.dogsection.org/product/feminisms. Feminisms is a collection of ten essays from a diverse milieu of writers on the subject of feminism. Each piece is illustrated by Cat Sims. Feminisms features: Ren Aldridge & Janey Starling\, Stacey Clare\, Abu Leila\, Lola Olufemi\, Leah Cowan\, Emma Heaney\, Nazmia Jamal\, Sophie K Rosa\, Sophie Lewis and Dilar Dirik. The book is 117 pages long. We will discuss this book in 2 sessions:  Tuesday 9th June (50 pages): * Our Bodies Are Not Just Battlegrounds: They Are Weapons\, Too by Ren Aldridge and Janey Starling * And the Academy Award Goes to… by Stacey Clare * Keeping the House\, Building the Movement: the Housing Struggle and Feminism by Abu Leila * The Bank and The Mayor’s Office Won’t Give us our Freedom by Lola Olufemi  Tuesday 14th July (59 pages): * What Stories Does Carceral Feminism Tell Us in Service of the Border Regime? by Leah Cowan *On the Baselessness of Sex by Emma Heaney * A Letter Fetish: To an unknown lesbian\, living in Newcastle in the 1970s by Nazmia Jamal * A Feminist Archaelolgy of Self by Way of Words by Sophie K. Rosa * Feminists Against Women by Sophie Lewis * Feminism and Change: Accountability and Struggle by Dilar Dirak Please come having read the relevant chapters. \n The sessions will take place at the Sir Ralph Perring Centre\, Golden Lane Estate\, EC1Y 0SA. The closest station is Barbican. This is in Golden Lane Estate by the swimming pool and tennis court.  The venue is fully accessible.  Please arrive at 7.00 for 7.15 start; we will finish at 8.30pm. All genders welcome! URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/feminist-fightback-reading-group-feminisms-dog-section-press/ LOCATION:Sir Ralph Perring Centre\, Golden Lane Estate\, EC1Y 0SA CATEGORIES:Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/6494_image_feminisms.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260610T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260610T203000 DTSTAMP:20260617T190134 CREATED:20260528T022927Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260610T142916Z UID:6450-1781118000-1781123400@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: Privatising humanity by Kate Bayliss DESCRIPTION:Kate Bayliss in conversation with Adrienne Buller PRIVATISING HUMANITY is a powerful exposé of how finance turns our basic human needs into assets. \nWe have entered a new era of turbo-charged financial extraction. Having amassed huge reserves\, global finance capital is seeking out fresh areas for profitable investments. Virtually all aspects of our lives are now targeted by someone seeking to make a profit. \nKate Bayliss shows how wealthy investors\, including asset managers\, target our essential services. When it comes to investments in these sectors\, shareholder profits are funded by us\, the end-users and tax-payers who simply wish to meet our basic human needs for water\, warmth and shelter. We have no alternative but to pay into these structures that often generate massive returns for investors and dysfunctional systems for society. \nUnpacking the details of these processes in three sectors in the UK – water\, energy and housing – Bayliss exposes the harmful consequences of this model\, which is contributing to deepening inequality. \nKate will be joined in conversation by Adrienne Buller\, author of The Value of a Whale: On the Illusions of Green Capitalism. \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. \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/book-launch-privatising-humanity-by-kate-bayliss/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260613T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260613T200000 DTSTAMP:20260617T190134 CREATED:20260501T023130Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260613T022916Z UID:6206-1781348400-1781380800@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Dalston Solidarity Cafe DESCRIPTION:Dalstong Solidarity Cafe – Join us second saturday of the month between 11am and 8pm at Halk Evi\, 31 – 33 Dalston Lane E8 3DF for a workshop/presentation. If you would like to get involved on the day\, we start cooking from 11am – the more the merrier! Feel free to bring along any food that would otherwise go to waste and get in touch if you have a food link up for us \n  From 2pm onwards we’ll have: Pay-what-you-can’ food & drinks Infoshop: zines\, books\, posters\, stickers & more Free shop & clothes swap Free binders donated by @genderswap(limited sizes available)   The space is wheelchair accessible (through Tyssen Street entrance) URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/dalston-solidarity-cafe-4/ LOCATION:\, 31 – 33 Dalston Lane\, Hackney\, E8 3DF CATEGORIES:Food END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260613T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260613T140000 DTSTAMP:20260617T190134 CREATED:20260315T022919Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260613T022920Z UID:5699-1781359200-1781359200@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Dalston Solidarity Cafe DESCRIPTION: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 host a workshop\, generally held by other local mutual aid groups and collectives\, to then conclude with a film screening. From 2pm we also have an infoshop with zines/stickers/more\, and a free shop/book swap/clothes swap including free binders from Gender Swap.  The cafe takes place every second Saturday of the month at Halkevi\, the Kurdish community centre in Dalston (London)\, with open assemblies every Tuesdays before and after the event.  The space is wheelchair accessible (through the Tyssen Street entrance). URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/dalston-solidarity-cafe-3/ LOCATION:\, 31 – 33 Dalston Lane\, Hackney\, E8 3DF CATEGORIES:Food,Gatherings END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260613T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260613T220000 DTSTAMP:20260617T190134 CREATED:20260609T022926Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260613T022921Z UID:6852-1781359200-1781388000@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:No Border Fair DESCRIPTION:Body Riot\, Dance against Deportations and London Community Defence present……. A packed NO BORDERS FAIR at Pelican House on 13 June from 2 PM until late!!!   ⋆.˚✮✮˚.⋆ Expect huge vibes and community-building all day! ⫘⫘ ▼⫘⫘ MUSIC ⫘⫘ ▼⫘⫘ ART EXHIBITION ⫘⫘ ▼⫘⫘ INFO STALLS ⫘⫘ ▼⫘⫘ STREET FOOD & DRINKS ⫘⫘ ▼⫘⫘ HOME-MADE SYRUPS FOR ALCOHOL-FREE DRINK OPTIONS ⫘⫘ ▼⫘⫘ DOCUMENTARY SCREENING (REFUGEES IN LIBYA) \, ⫘⫘ ▼⫘⫘ FUN FAIR GAMES ⫘⫘ ▼⫘⫘ DIY BADGES\, ZINE-MAKING\, BEDAZZLING STATION ⫘⫘ ▼⫘⫘ NIGHTLIFE SOLIDARITY ASSEMBLY ⫘⫘ ▼⫘⫘ NO BORDERS ASSEMBLY ꧁⎝ 𓆩༺✧༻𓆪 ⎠꧂ AND more…. We’re coming together to gather urgent support for our comrades: •⁠ ⁠Ibrahimah Bah\, who is serving nearly a decade-long sentence for driving a boat for part of the crossing of the English Channel\, saving multiple lives. •⁠ ⁠Our No-Border comrade\, who is serving an unjust 4-year sentence in house arrest after taking action against an illegal border wall in 2016 •⁠ ⁠Refugees in Libya\, a refugees-led organisation that is leading an urgent campaign against the EU’s violent border regimes •⁠ ⁠Queer Mutual Aid Lebanon\, a grassroots collective that is providing essential on-the-ground support in the face of imperialist aggression.   Pay what you can (£5-15 online)\, no one turned away for lack of funds https://www.outsavvy.com/event/35950/no-border-fair URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/no-border-fair/ LOCATION:Pelican House\, 144 Cambridge Heath Road\, E1 5QJ CATEGORIES:Films,Fundraiser,Protests/Actions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/6852_image_noborderfair.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260613T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260613T180000 DTSTAMP:20260617T190134 CREATED:20260427T094330Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260613T142937Z UID:6147-1781373600-1781373600@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:SOUTH LONDON PUNX PICNIC 2026! DESCRIPTION:South London Scum presents: SOUTH LONDON PUNX PICNIC 2026 Saturday 13th June picnic- FREE FROM 3PM AT FORDHAM PARK (just down the lane from the venue!) GIG- 6-11PM // £12 ADV/£14 OTD @ NEW CROSS INN 323 New Cross Rd London SE14 6A featuring the talents of: OI POLLOI (Scotland/Germany/Finland) https://ruinnationrecords.bandcamp.com/album/saorsa RANK (Bristol hardcore punk) https://rankhc.bandcamp.com/ CONTRACT KILLER (Cambridge/London thrash crust) https://contractkiller.bandcamp.com/ WIND OF KNIVES (London metal crust) \nDINOSAUR SKULL (Thorton Heath punk duo) https://anthraxuk.bandcamp.com/album/tales-from-the-heath URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/south-london-punx-picnic-2026/ LOCATION:New Cross Inn\, 323 New Cross Rd\, SE14 6AS CATEGORIES:Gatherings,Gigs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/6147_image_slpp.2026.a3.web_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260613T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260613T203000 DTSTAMP:20260617T190134 CREATED:20260520T023117Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260613T142940Z UID:6357-1781377200-1781382600@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:The Word in Others' Mouths: Susan Rudy and Shelly Harder in conversation DESCRIPTION:The Word in Others’ Mouths: Susan Rudy and Shelly Harder in conversation Susan Rudy and Shelly Harder come together to launch new chapbooks from Ottawa’s above/ground press.  \nRudy’s Consequences gathers a thousand sentences — from feminist theorists\, queer poets\, songs\, private conversations\, and decades of notebooks — stripping them of hierarchy and ownership\, letting Brossard and Bronski Beat and Butler sit side by side\, voices refracting across queer and trans thought\, motherhood\, desire\, and the ongoing problem of telling the truth about a body.  \nHarder’s pinion begins in the 2020 lockdowns. Alternating between narrative and lyric\, this collection explores isolation\, fragility\, and interconnection with humour and yearning. \nBoth books know that language was not built for us\, and both find forms that work anyway. This evening brings their authors into conversation about writing queerly\, playing at the edges of genre and gender\, and what it means to claim a word that began in someone else’s mouth. \nTHIS IS A FREE EVENT BUT PLEASE RSVP BELOW. \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/the-word-in-others-mouths-susan-rudy-and-shelly-harder-in-conversation/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260614T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260614T110000 DTSTAMP:20260617T190134 CREATED:20260216T022940Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260614T023124Z UID:5438-1781434800-1781434800@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Anarchist Breakfast Club DESCRIPTION:Hackney Anarchists are back conquering bread 🍞 \nEvery second Sunday of the month find us at the centre of Hackney downs cooking together\, sharing food and discussing politics.  \nOur food is free to share with whomever might need it or want it. Everyone is welcome\, no questions asked. \nWe are hoping to share food and its preparation with those who want to join. Come at 11 to help us prep and cook. This is also a joyful way to have political conversations and develop mutual aid tools. \nThis is a shared process and everyone can get involved however they want. We also welcome ingredients\, leads for food sourcing\, recipe suggestions (vegan)\, or just your company. \n🍲 Abolish the bourgeoise butter bean! We feed ourselves 🏴 URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/anarchist-breakfast-club-4/ LOCATION:Hackney Downs Park\, \, E5 8NP CATEGORIES:Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/5434_image_signal-2026-02-15-20-59-07-607.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260615T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260615T180000 DTSTAMP:20260617T190134 CREATED:20260518T023001Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260615T142954Z UID:6308-1781546400-1781546400@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Freya / Low Life / Temperance / Guided By Malice DESCRIPTION:Real Life Presents \nFreya Apocalyptic metalcore featuring Karl Buechner of Earth Crisis\, back at full strength and ready to explode. \n+ Support from Low Life The realest LBU heavy hardcore \nxTemperancex New straightedge hardcore ft. members of Break Them and many more \nGuided By Malice New London metalcore\, members of Bullet \nNew Cross Inn\, nearest stations New Cross Gate and New Cross \nMonday 15th June £14 Doors 6pm URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/freya-low-life-temperance-guided-by-malice/ LOCATION:New Cross Inn\, 323 New Cross Rd\, SE14 6AS CATEGORIES:Gigs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/6308_image_freya-flyer_full-lineup.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260615T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260615T190000 DTSTAMP:20260617T190134 CREATED:20260608T142951Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260615T142955Z UID:6799-1781550000-1781550000@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Practical squatters evening DESCRIPTION:Welcome to practical squatters evenings where you can meet old and new squatters to get you ready for a new squatting life Get your burning squat questions answered (for correct legal ones ask Ass and the squatters handbook) Share skills and hang out  Location is in different squats every time or decentre email practicalsquatters@riseup.net before each time     URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/practical-squatters-evening/ LOCATION:\, \, CATEGORIES:Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/6799_image_img_20260529_1421072-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260615T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260615T203000 DTSTAMP:20260617T190134 CREATED:20260521T022922Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260615T142955Z UID:6367-1781550000-1781555400@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:BOOK TALK: Absolute Ethical Life: Michael Lazarus in conversation with Bruno Leipold DESCRIPTION:Aristotle\, Hegel and Marx: Michael Lazarus In Conversation with Bruno Leipold Karl Marx gave us not just a critique of the political economy of capital but a way of confronting the impoverished ethical quality of life we face under capitalism. Interpreting Marx anew as an ethical thinker\, Absolute Ethical Life provides crucial resources for understanding how freedom and rational agency are impacted by a social world formed by value under capitalism\, with consequences for philosophy today. \nMichael Lazarus situates Marx within a shared tradition of ethical inquiry\, placing him in close dialogue with Aristotle and Hegel. Lazarus traces the ethical and political dimensions of Marx’s work missed by Hannah Arendt and Alasdair MacIntyre\, two of the most profound critics of modern politics and ethics. Ultimately\, the book claims that Marx’s value-form theory is both a continuation of Aristotelian and Hegelian themes and at the same time his most distinctive theoretical achievement. \nIn this normative interpretation of Marx\, Lazarus integrates recent moral philosophy with a historically specific analysis of capitalism as a social form of life. He challenges contemporary political and economic theory to insist that any conception of modern life needs to account for capitalism. With a robust critique of capitalism derived from the determinations of what Marx calls the “form of value\,” Lazarus argues for an ethical life beyond capital. \nMichael Lazarus will be joined in conversation with Bruno Leipold. We expect the conversation to last from around 45 minutes to an hour\, followed by an open discussion with the audience. \nOur Speakers: \nMichael Lazarus is Lecturer in Political Theory in the Department of Political Economy at King’s College London. Before coming to King’s\, he was Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow at Yale University and Deakin University Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Alfred Deakin Institute. He holds a PhD in Politics from Monash University. His research covers major themes and thinkers in political theory\, political economy and moral philosophy.Absolute Ethical Life: Aristotle\, Hegel and Marx\, published by Stanford University Press\, is his first book. He is currently working on a second book project related to the ideas of labour\, money and colonialism in Adam Smith and G.W.F. Hegel. In addition to his many scholarly publications\, he regularly writes for non-academic venues. \nBruno Leipold teaches at the London School of Economics. He works on the thought of Karl Marx\, the republican political tradition\, democratic theory and nineteenth-century political thought. He is the author of Citizen Marx (Princeton University Press\, 2024) and the co-editor of Radical Republicanism (Oxford University Press\, 2020). Before coming to the LSE\, he held post-doctoral positions at The New Institute\, the European University Institute and the Goethe University Frankfurt\, and he received his DPhil from the University of Oxford. \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. \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/book-talk-absolute-ethical-life-michael-lazarus-in-conversation-with-bruno-leipold/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260616T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260616T190000 DTSTAMP:20260617T190134 CREATED:20260601T023021Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260616T142919Z UID:6496-1781636400-1781636400@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Feminist Fightback reading group: Feminisms (Dog Section Press) DESCRIPTION:Join Feminist Fightback for our next reading group book: Feminisms\, a collection of essays published by Dog Section Press. You can download a copy of the book or purchase it for £6 here: https://www.dogsection.org/product/feminisms. Feminisms is a collection of ten essays from a diverse milieu of writers on the subject of feminism. Each piece is illustrated by Cat Sims. Feminisms features: Ren Aldridge & Janey Starling\, Stacey Clare\, Abu Leila\, Lola Olufemi\, Leah Cowan\, Emma Heaney\, Nazmia Jamal\, Sophie K Rosa\, Sophie Lewis and Dilar Dirik. The book is 117 pages long. We will discuss this book in 2 sessions:  Tuesday 9th June (50 pages): * Our Bodies Are Not Just Battlegrounds: They Are Weapons\, Too by Ren Aldridge and Janey Starling * And the Academy Award Goes to… by Stacey Clare * Keeping the House\, Building the Movement: the Housing Struggle and Feminism by Abu Leila * The Bank and The Mayor’s Office Won’t Give us our Freedom by Lola Olufemi  Tuesday 14th July (59 pages): * What Stories Does Carceral Feminism Tell Us in Service of the Border Regime? by Leah Cowan *On the Baselessness of Sex by Emma Heaney * A Letter Fetish: To an unknown lesbian\, living in Newcastle in the 1970s by Nazmia Jamal * A Feminist Archaelolgy of Self by Way of Words by Sophie K. Rosa * Feminists Against Women by Sophie Lewis * Feminism and Change: Accountability and Struggle by Dilar Dirak Please come having read the relevant chapters. \n The sessions will take place at the Sir Ralph Perring Centre\, Golden Lane Estate\, EC1Y 0SA. The closest station is Barbican. This is in Golden Lane Estate by the swimming pool and tennis court.  The venue is fully accessible.  Please arrive at 7.00 for 7.15 start; we will finish at 8.30pm. All genders welcome! URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/feminist-fightback-reading-group-feminisms-dog-section-press-2/ LOCATION:Sir Ralph Perring Centre\, Golden Lane Estate\, EC1Y 0SA CATEGORIES:Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/6494_image_feminisms.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260616T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260616T203000 DTSTAMP:20260617T190134 CREATED:20260520T023118Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260610T142924Z UID:6358-1781636400-1781641800@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: THE NEXT FIX by KOJO KARAM DESCRIPTION:The question is no longer if we should legalise drugs. It’s: what happens when we do? \nThe future of drugs is here\, and it’s dangerously unequal. Over the last decade\, the status quo around drugs has collapsed. Drugs once sold as safe cures have been revealed as ineffective or dangerous\, while substances criminalised for generations are being reborn as breakthrough mental health treatments\, wellness supplements\, Silicon productivity tools and billion-dollar investment opportunities. How did this reversal happen — and who stands to benefit? \nJoin us as we welcome the brilliant Kojo Karam to Housmans to celebrate the launch of his essential\, brilliant and harrowing new book. In The Next Fix\, award-winning author Koram travels from Scotland to Colombia\, Ghana to the United States\, to uncover the forces reshaping the global drug landscape. Moving between glossy corporate cannabis expos to grassroots activist campaigns and the question of reparations\, he traces the growing tension between movements fighting for justice after decades of prohibition and the finance-world race to profit from a newly legal frontier. Will drug reform finally undo the racial violence\, environmental destruction and public health failures of the War on Drugs? Or will it simply open a new chapter in global capitalism\, creating a smooth transition from cartel barons to Wall Street oligopolies? \nUrgent\, moving and deeply reported\, The Next Fix asks whether the War on Drugs is really over – or merely changing its chemical formula. \n‘Brilliantly arranged and rich with fresh insights‘ Akala \n‘A radical\, beautifully written understanding of our history‘ Owen Jones \nKojo Koram is a Professor of Law\, author and investigative journalist. This year he co-founded a new global research centre at Loughborough University which will examine how drug markets are changing. Born in Ghana and raised on Merseyside\, he is now based in London. In addition to his academic work\, he regularly contributes to the Guardian and Novara Media and has also written for the New Statesman and NYT. He is the author of Uncommon Wealth (2022) which won the English PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize\, was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing and the Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing and was a Guardian book of the year. \nKojo will read from the book\, followed by a discussion that should last for around 45 minutes. We will then have a q&a. The shop has limited space\, so please book ahead to avoid disappointment. \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. \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/book-launch-the-next-fix-by-kojo-karam/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260616T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260616T203000 DTSTAMP:20260617T190134 CREATED:20260611T022956Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260616T142920Z UID:6959-1781636400-1781641800@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: THE NEXT FIX by KOJO KORAM DESCRIPTION:The question is no longer if we should legalise drugs. It’s: what happens when we do? \nThe future of drugs is here\, and it’s dangerously unequal. Over the last decade\, the status quo around drugs has collapsed. Drugs once sold as safe cures have been revealed as ineffective or dangerous\, while substances criminalised for generations are being reborn as breakthrough mental health treatments\, wellness supplements\, Silicon productivity tools and billion-dollar investment opportunities. How did this reversal happen — and who stands to benefit? \nJoin us as we welcome the brilliant Kojo Koram to Housmans to celebrate the launch of his essential\, brilliant and harrowing new book. In The Next Fix\, award-winning author Koram travels from Scotland to Colombia\, Ghana to the United States\, to uncover the forces reshaping the global drug landscape. Moving between glossy corporate cannabis expos to grassroots activist campaigns and the question of reparations\, he traces the growing tension between movements fighting for justice after decades of prohibition and the finance-world race to profit from a newly legal frontier. Will drug reform finally undo the racial violence\, environmental destruction and public health failures of the War on Drugs? Or will it simply open a new chapter in global capitalism\, creating a smooth transition from cartel barons to Wall Street oligopolies? \nUrgent\, moving and deeply reported\, The Next Fix asks whether the War on Drugs is really over – or merely changing its chemical formula. \n‘Brilliantly arranged and rich with fresh insights‘ Akala \n‘A radical\, beautifully written understanding of our history‘ Owen Jones \nKojo Koram is a Professor of Law\, author and investigative journalist. This year he co-founded a new global research centre at Loughborough University which will examine how drug markets are changing. Born in Ghana and raised on Merseyside\, he is now based in London. In addition to his academic work\, he regularly contributes to the Guardian and Novara Media and has also written for the New Statesman and NYT. He is the author of Uncommon Wealth (2022) which won the English PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize\, was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing and the Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing and was a Guardian book of the year. \nKojo will read from the book\, followed by a discussion that should last for around 45 minutes. We will then have a q&a. The shop has limited space\, so please book ahead to avoid disappointment. \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. \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/book-launch-the-next-fix-by-kojo-koram/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260617T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260617T203000 DTSTAMP:20260617T190134 CREATED:20260520T023118Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260617T150623Z UID:6359-1781722800-1781728200@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: TURNING AWAY by BENJAMIN A. SALTZMAN DESCRIPTION:A sweeping account of how we are at our most human when we turn away from the pains of the world. This is a work of breathtaking scholarship. We are delighted to welcome its author\, Benjamin A Saltzman\, to Housmans for its UK launch. He will be in conversation with Revd Dr Ayla Lepine. Why do we look away from the suffering of others? Why do we cover our faces in shame? Why do we lower our heads in grief? Few gestures are as universal as the averted gaze. Fewer still are as ambivalent and inscrutable. In this incisive study\, Benjamin A. Saltzman reveals how the kaleidoscopic appearance of these gestures in art\, poetry\, and philosophy has turned them into an essential language for our uncomfortable engagements with the world\, challenging us to reflect on the ways we fundamentally relate to others. \nInto the horizon of contemporary discourse\, Turning Away sets out from five influential scenes in which figures avert their gaze: Timanthes’s Sacrifice of Iphigenia\, Plato’s Republic\, Augustine’s Confessions\, Christ’s Crucifixion\, and the Fall and Expulsion of Adam and Eve. The gestures of aversion in these scenes refract across visual media\, through philosophy and politics\, into modernity and the present day\, having been reimagined along the way by thinkers like Hannah Arendt\, artists like Marc Chagall and Salvador Dalí\, poets like Langston Hughes\, and many others. Saltzman offers a timely critique of the privilege of turning away and of the too-easy condemnation of our tendencies to do so. \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. \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/book-launch-turning-away-by-benjamin-a-saltzman/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260617T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260617T230000 DTSTAMP:20260617T190134 CREATED:20260609T022935Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260617T150624Z UID:6854-1781722800-1781737200@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Ingrown / King Street / Flesh Prison / Rabbithole | Real Life at The Piehouse DESCRIPTION:Real Life Presents \nIngrown\, Feral Idaho powerviolence + support from King Street\, London Style Hardcore Flesh Prison\, BN1 Powerviolence Stomp Rabbithole\, Filthy Hardcore Death Youth \n£12\, doors 7pm URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/ingrown-king-street-flesh-prison-rabbithole-real-life-at-the-piehouse/ LOCATION:Piehouse Co-op\, Arches 213-214\, Edward St\, Deptford\, SE8 5HD CATEGORIES:Gigs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/6854_image_ingrown-london-poster_compressed.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260618T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260618T180000 DTSTAMP:20260617T190134 CREATED:20260603T142929Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260604T170640Z UID:6529-1781805600-1781805600@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Twenty One Children\, Ursula\, State Sanctioned Violence & Shunkai | Real Life DESCRIPTION:Real Life Presents \nTwenty One Children\nLACE UP YOUR MOSHING SHOES. DIY Hardcore grit from the heart of Soweto. \n+ Support from\nUrsula\nDistressed hardcore violence from California \nState Sanctioned Violence\nLONDON HARDCORE PUNK \nShunkai\nEmocrust revolutionaries \nNew Cross Inn\, nearest stations New Cross Gate and New Cross \n£12 \n14+\, u16s with an adult 18+ URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/twenty-one-children-ursula-state-sanctioned-violence-shunkai-real-life-19/ LOCATION:New Cross Inn\, 323 New Cross Rd\, SE14 6AS CATEGORIES:Gigs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/6310_image_18th-jun-twenty-one-children.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260618T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260618T200000 DTSTAMP:20260617T190134 CREATED:20260406T022920Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260617T150626Z UID:5894-1781809200-1781812800@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Monthly Drop In DESCRIPTION: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. We will be on the top floor of LARC. URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/monthly-drop-in-8/ LOCATION:LARC\, 62 Fieldgate St\, E1 1ES CATEGORIES:Meetings END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260618T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260618T220000 DTSTAMP:20260617T190134 CREATED:20260601T023023Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260617T150626Z UID:6498-1781809200-1781820000@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Anarcho-Punk Launch with Seth Wheeler and Dunstan Bruce of Chumbawamba DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, June 18th\, 7pm onwards\, MayDay Rooms \n  \nMayDay Rooms is pleased to launch its new Anarcho-Punk archive — a growing collection tracing how anarcho-punk helped reignite anarchism in Britain during the 1980s and 1990s. \nAt a moment when anarchism appeared politically marginal and disconnected from everyday life\, anarcho-punk transformed it into a lived\, participatory culture rooted in DIY organisation\, direct action and collective experimentation. Through gigs\, zines\, benefit shows\, squats\, tape trading and self-organised networks\, a generation of young people translated anarchist ideas into something tangible\, immediate and accessible — building radical infrastructures that extended far beyond music itself. \nDrawing on flyers\, posters\, correspondence\, recordings\, zines and ephemera\, the archive explores how bands and activists created new forms of political participation outside traditional institutions\, mobilising around anti-fascism\, animal liberation\, anti-war organising\, squatting and mutual aid. Music became a conduit for political action — reconnecting culture\, friendship and everyday survival to collective struggle. \nTo mark the launch\, researcher Seth Wheeler will be joined by Dunstan Bruce of Chumbawamba for a conversation exploring punk’s impact on anarchist organising and radical politics during this period. The evening will also include archival material on display alongside a listening session of anarcho-punk recordings\, examining how these songs articulated political ideas\, built networks of solidarity and helped mobilise political support for a range of social movements. \nTickets here URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/anarcho-punk-launch-with-seth-wheeler-and-dunstan-bruce-of-chumbawamba/ LOCATION:Mayday Rooms\, 88 Fleet Street\, EC4Y 1AE CATEGORIES:Bookshops/Libraries,Presentations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/anarcho-launch-announce.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260620T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260621T220000 DTSTAMP:20260617T190134 CREATED:20260512T022951Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260617T150627Z UID:6272-1781964000-1782079200@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Clapton Punks 10th anniversary DESCRIPTION:Clapton Punks 10 Year Anniversary gig. Come join us and celebrate the ten year anniversary of our supporters group at the CCFC Clubhouse this summer. We have two days of punk\, oi\, ska and hardcore – so something for all decent people – in the best place in the world.  This is a benefit gig for The Magpie Project who support homeless mums in our neighborhood. There is an option to donate a bit extra when you buy a ticket so please do if you can\, it’s a good cause\, and in these difficult times it is even more important to support our local communities. If you can’t make it but want to donate you can do that too…Tix in bio.  If you are reading this and you want to come but can’t afford it\, message us\, we can sort it out.  More information and day tickets to follow.  There will likely be more bands to add to the line up but so far we have  Takers and Users – Belfast oi Dakka Skanks -Ska/Soul/Punk Mindless – Hardcore Let’s Av it – Hardcore/oi  Redeeming Features – Punk Poet  Mashaal – Hardcore  Violent Disorder – USA/UK oi – First London gig feat members of Conflict\, Vegan Reich and The Apostles.  Criminal Damage – Sussex oi/UK82 The Pheramones – The Ramones\, but sexual Grail Guard – Old School Hardcore Punk  Baldhead – Ska & Dub Snatch – Punk  Bullet – Hardcore   Weekend tickets: https://clapton-punks.square.site/?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_c… URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/clapton-punks-10th-anniversary-2/ LOCATION:Clapton CFC\, 212 Upton Lane\, E7 9NP CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Gigs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/6272_image_cp10_poster_ready_0.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260620T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260620T220000 DTSTAMP:20260617T190134 CREATED:20260518T023005Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260617T151500Z UID:6312-1781983800-1781992800@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Acoustic Anarchy / We Shall Overcome DESCRIPTION:We Shall Overcome fundraiser for Lewisham Donation Hub featuring Steve White & The Protest Family (punk minstrels)\nMaddy Carty (soulful singer songwriter)\nMartin Howard (sardonic songs of political comment) \nRaising money for Lewisham Donation Hub URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/acoustic-anarchy-we-shall-overcome/ LOCATION:Waterintobeer\, Tara Terrace\, 209-211 Mantle Road\, Brockley\, SE4 2EW CATEGORIES:Gigs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/weshallovercome.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260620T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260620T230000 DTSTAMP:20260617T190134 CREATED:20260613T022933Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260617T150629Z UID:7032-1781983800-1781996400@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Monkish 20th anniversary gig with Fatal Dose\, Johnny Moses and the Electric Mofos\, The Viral Breakdowns\, and Mr Badaxe DESCRIPTION:Come and celebrate 20 years of Monkish mayhem at the only venue still going that the original lineup played at.   Tickets only £9 and ex-members get in free. Expect special guests and some shenanigans! And no\, we don’t clash with any England World Cup matches… https://wegottickets.com/event/694693 URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/monkish-20th-anniversary-gig-with-fatal-dose-johnny-moses-and-the-electric-mofos-the-viral-breakdowns-and-mr-badaxe/ LOCATION:The Hope and Anchor\, 207 Upper Street\, N1 1RL CATEGORIES:Gigs END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260621T133000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260621T133000 DTSTAMP:20260617T190134 CREATED:20260528T022928Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260617T150629Z UID:6452-1782048600-1782048600@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:transfeminise wikipedia! DESCRIPTION:Join us to learn how you can contribute to Wikipedia\, the free\, online encyclopedia\, written and maintained by a community of volunteers. In these two sessions\, we’ll be editing pages on Wikipedia relating to transfeminism and trans women\, improving knowledge pathways and clearing up some facts! \nTrainers from Wikimedia UK will give an overview of how to edit Wikipedia\, why it is important and will help you get started on your Wikipedia editing journey. Everybody is welcome. No special skills are needed. Come with your curiosity! This workshop is suitable for beginners and those with experience alike. \nWe’ll have a list of suggested articles to work on\, but if you have something that you’d like to edit please bring that too! The suggested articles have been drawn up by co-host and researcher Jaye Hudson from TgirlsonFilm\, who works to dig up and document UK transfeminist history and transfem life for zines\, screenings\, and community projects. \nWhat you will need: \n– A Wikipedia account\, made before the event starts. – A laptop! (you can borrow one of ours\, but I’m sure yours is nicer) – that’s it! \nSnacks will be provided. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1988494314022?aff=oddtdtcreator URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/transfeminise-wikipedia/ LOCATION:The Feminist Library\, 161 Sumner Road\, SE15 6JL CATEGORIES:Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/6452_image_1_88.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260621T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260621T170000 DTSTAMP:20260617T190135 CREATED:20260609T022941Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260611T192844Z UID:6858-1782054000-1782061200@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:BULLSH*T BOY + OPERATION JULIE + MARIE & THE MELTDOWNZ - Punk 4 The Homeless matinee DESCRIPTION:Coinciding with the opening of Alan Morgan’s “From Yorkshire with Love” exhibition in the Access Gallery (in the accessible toilets) at the Cav – Punk 4 The Homeless are hosting a free matinee gig! \nFeaturing:\nBULLSH*T BOY\n(rare appearance from fantastic band over from Hamburg)\nOPERATION JULIE\n(acoustic set from fka Jellly powerhouse duo)\nMARIE AND THE MELTDOWNZ\n(debut acoustic show of Marie Repulsive’s new project)\nFREE ENTRY – 3pm-5pm\nAll donations at the gig and proceeds from P4TH merch goes to Hope Orphanage! URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/bullsht-boy-operation-julie-marie-the-meltdownz-punk-4-the-homeless-matinee/ LOCATION:The Cavendish Arms\, 128 Hartington Road\, SW8 2HJ CATEGORIES:Gigs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/6858_image_2026-06-21-alan-art-gig.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260622T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260622T200000 DTSTAMP:20260617T190135 CREATED:20260610T142931Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260617T150631Z UID:6937-1782153000-1782158400@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:The Brockley Anarchist Reading Club DESCRIPTION:The Brockley Anarchist Reading Club is excited to dive into Rudolf Rocker’s foundational text\, Anarcho-syndicalism: Theory and Practice.   Rocker argues that workers hold the ultimate power to reshape society from the ground up. Rejecting both capitalist exploitation and state controlled socialism\, he lays out a vision where trade unions become instruments of direct action\, solidarity\, and ultimate liberation. Instead of abolishing labor\, Rocker challenges us to seize it\, transforming industry through workers’ self-management into a system that serves human needs rather than corporate profit.   All are welcome! Whether you are a lifelong anarchist or just beginning your journey\, join us to discuss how taking democracy into our own workplaces is a necessary   Meeting Details Book: Anarcho-syndicalism by Rudolf Rocker Date: Monday\, 22nd May 2026 Time: 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM  Location: The Brockley Brewery URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/the-brockley-anarchist-reading-club-3/ LOCATION:Brockley Brewery\, 31 Harcourt Road\, Brockley\, SE4 2AJ CATEGORIES:Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/6937_image_b.a.r.c_20260610_104719_0000.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260623T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260623T190000 DTSTAMP:20260617T190135 CREATED:20260601T023024Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260617T150632Z UID:6499-1782241200-1782241200@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Feminist Fightback reading group: Feminisms (Dog Section Press) DESCRIPTION:Join Feminist Fightback for our next reading group book: Feminisms\, a collection of essays published by Dog Section Press. You can download a copy of the book or purchase it for £6 here: https://www.dogsection.org/product/feminisms. Feminisms is a collection of ten essays from a diverse milieu of writers on the subject of feminism. Each piece is illustrated by Cat Sims. Feminisms features: Ren Aldridge & Janey Starling\, Stacey Clare\, Abu Leila\, Lola Olufemi\, Leah Cowan\, Emma Heaney\, Nazmia Jamal\, Sophie K Rosa\, Sophie Lewis and Dilar Dirik. The book is 117 pages long. We will discuss this book in 2 sessions:  Tuesday 9th June (50 pages): * Our Bodies Are Not Just Battlegrounds: They Are Weapons\, Too by Ren Aldridge and Janey Starling * And the Academy Award Goes to… by Stacey Clare * Keeping the House\, Building the Movement: the Housing Struggle and Feminism by Abu Leila * The Bank and The Mayor’s Office Won’t Give us our Freedom by Lola Olufemi  Tuesday 14th July (59 pages): * What Stories Does Carceral Feminism Tell Us in Service of the Border Regime? by Leah Cowan *On the Baselessness of Sex by Emma Heaney * A Letter Fetish: To an unknown lesbian\, living in Newcastle in the 1970s by Nazmia Jamal * A Feminist Archaelolgy of Self by Way of Words by Sophie K. Rosa * Feminists Against Women by Sophie Lewis * Feminism and Change: Accountability and Struggle by Dilar Dirak Please come having read the relevant chapters. \n The sessions will take place at the Sir Ralph Perring Centre\, Golden Lane Estate\, EC1Y 0SA. The closest station is Barbican. This is in Golden Lane Estate by the swimming pool and tennis court.  The venue is fully accessible.  Please arrive at 7.00 for 7.15 start; we will finish at 8.30pm. All genders welcome! URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/feminist-fightback-reading-group-feminisms-dog-section-press-3/ LOCATION:Sir Ralph Perring Centre\, Golden Lane Estate\, EC1Y 0SA CATEGORIES:Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.eroding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/6494_image_feminisms.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260623T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260623T210000 DTSTAMP:20260617T190135 CREATED:20260613T022936Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260617T150633Z UID:7034-1782241200-1782248400@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:HOUSMANS POETRY SERIES: JAMES BYRNE DESCRIPTION:Join us for another evening of cutting edge poetry. \nFor this instalment\, we are delighted to welcome the legendary James Byrne to the shop to launch his latest collection The Banality of Power (Broken Sleep Books\, 2026) Joining him we have the incredible Ziba Karbassi and are delight to welcome back long time friend of Housmans Stephen Watts. \nOur Poets: \nZiba Karbassi—born in Tabriz\, northwestern Iran in 1969—began writing poems from an early age. Her first book in Persian was published in her twenties and\, since then\, she has published regularly\, with more than twelve books now available\, both in her mother tongue and internationally. Forced to leave Iran in the early 1980s with her mother and younger sisters\, she has since lived most of her life in London. She is widely regarded as one of the leading poets currently writing in Persian and\, to date\, her work has been translated into more than fifteen languages. Karbassi’s densely revolutionary lyrical writing achieves an intensity of space that is almost unique in contemporary poetry\, melting the valencies of breath into the depths of meaning. She has performed her work widely across Europe and America. She was Chairperson of the Association of Iranian Writers in Exile\, 2002 to 2004 and in 2009 she was awarded the Golden Apple Poetry Prize (Azerbaijan) and served as chair of Exiled Writers Ink from 2012 to 2014 and\, in 2012\, was chosen by the Contemporary Poetics Research Centre (CPRC\, Birkbeck\, University of London) as one of fifteen revolutionary poets in a worldwide survey of published writings from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. From 2019 to 2021\, Karbassi was a director of the Iranian PEN Centre in Exile\, and she continues to work as a committee member and editor with Exiled Writers Ink in London\, always passionately and actively committing her life and work for poetry. \nStephen Watts was born in 1952. His father came from Stoke-on-Trent and his mother’s family from villages high in the Italian and Swiss Alps. He spent very vital time—in place of university—in northern Scotland\, especially the island of North Uist but\, since 1977\, has lived mainly in the richly multilingual communities of Whitechapel in East London. Geographies and location (as also their negative theologies) are urgent to his life and work. Recent books include Ancient Sunlight (Enitharmon\, 2014; reprinted 2020) and Republic of Dogs / Republic of Birds (Test Centre\, 2016; Prototype\, 2020). A 16mm\, 70-minute experimental film—The Republics—was made from the latter by Huw Wahl\, 2019. A collected Journeys Across Breath: Poems 1975-2005 was published by Prototype Publishing in 2022 (reprinted 2025) and A Book of Drawn Poems came out with Joe Hales’s Sylvia imprint in 2025. Watts is also a translator\, working closely with exiled poets and—inter alia—has co-translated Pages from the Biography of an Exile by the Iraqi poet Adnan al-Sayegh (Arc Publications\, 2014)\, Syrian poet Golan Haji’s A Tree Whose Name I Don’t Know (A Midsummer Night’s Press\, 2017) and Reza Baraheni’s Lilith (Tenement Press\, 2023).  His translation research has been the subject of two exhibitions: Swirl Of Words / Swirl Of Worlds\, PEER Gallery (Hoxton\, London)\, and for which he edited a book of that title\, and Explosion Of Words with the Swiss artist Hannes Schüpbach\, which celebrated his 2000 page Bibliography of Modern Poetry in English Translation\, at the Straühof Gallery (Zurich) and Nunnery Gallery (Bow\, London)\, in 2021 and 2022 respectively. \nPoet\, editor and translator\, James Byrne was born near London in 1977. His most recent poetry collection is The Banality of Power\, which received a Poetry Book Society Recommendation.  Other recent books include Nightsongs for Gaia: New and Selected Poems Arc Publications\, 2025) and The Overmind (Broken Sleep Books\, 2024). He has co-translated and co-edited Bones Will Crow\, the first anthology of contemporary Burmese poetry to be published in English (Arc\, 2012) and I am a Rohingya\, the first book of Rohingya refugee poems in English (Arc 2019) after spending some time at Cox’s Bazar refugee camp. His publications in translation include working with Libyan poet Ashur Etwebi (Five Scenes from a Failed Revolution\, 2022)\, and Rohingya poet Ro Mehrooz (Poems Written Through Barbed-Wire Fences\, 2024). Forrest Gander writes that his poetry is ‘like gulping fire-water shots of the world’. The Banality of Power\, launched at this event\, speaks back to aggressors\, corporate power\, beginning with Nazi Adolf Einchmann on trial in a glass cage\, asking: who are the Eichmanns now and how we find a way to move forward in a fractured society and form community.    \nThis is a free event\, but please RSVP below. Feel free to BYOB. \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/housmans-poetry-series-james-byrne/ LOCATION:Housmans\, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross\, N1 9DX CATEGORIES:Presentations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260624T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260624T200000 DTSTAMP:20260617T190135 CREATED:20260601T023025Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260617T150633Z UID:6500-1782313200-1782331200@www.eroding.org.uk SUMMARY:Reclaim the City of London: MayDay Rooms and Rebel Tours workshop and walking tour DESCRIPTION:Join MayDay Rooms and Rebel Tours for a critical exploration of London’s financial district\, examining the banks and insurance companies complicit in financing weapons\, fossil fuels\, border violence and genocide\, while reflecting on the long histories of resistance to corporate power in the City. \nThe event will take place in two parts: an afternoon workshop and an evening walking tour. \nDuring the workshop (3–5 pm)\, we will delve into archival materials documenting struggles against privatisation\, financial power and the corporate takeover of public space in central London\, including Reclaim the Streets’ reissues of Financial Crimes\, produced around the mobilisation against the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Summit in Prague in September 2000\, and Evading Standards\, created for the 1999 “June 18th” Carnival Against Capital in the City of London. Together\, these materials offer a window into traditions of direct action\, counter-mapping and anti-capitalist organising that sought to disrupt the infrastructures of global finance. \nTickets for the workshop (3-5pm) here \nOn the walking tour (6–8 pm)\, we will trace the histories of financial institutions embedded in the City of London — many of which are deeply connected to the British Empire\, colonial extraction\, and enduring systems of global inequality. Moving through the banking district\, we will examine how contemporary finance continues to shape political violence\, ecological collapse and policed migration regimes across the world. With an eye to the archival workshop\, we will discuss the possibilities for resistance today. \nTickets for the walking tour (6-8 pm) here URL:https://www.eroding.org.uk/event/reclaim-the-city-of-london-mayday-rooms-and-rebel-tours-workshop-and-walking-tour/ LOCATION:Mayday Rooms\, 88 Fleet Street\, EC4Y 1AE CATEGORIES:Gatherings,Presentations END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR