Red and Black Club
2026-08-28 20:00 - 23:50, 2026-09-25 20:00 - 23:50, 2026-10-30 20:00 - 23:50, 2026-11-27 20:00 - 23:50 (Europe/London) | 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 £5-10 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.

Passionate Politics - Monthly Discussions
2026-08-30 15:00 - 18:00, 2026-09-20 15:00 - 18:00, 2026-10-18 15:00 - 18:00, 2026-11-29 15:00 - 18:00 | 56a InfoShop, 56 Crampton Street,, SE17 3AE
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what is this and why are you doing it? this is a space to talk about what on earth is going on right now we’re in a major period of misinformation and we all live in bubbles, socially isolated from anyone who isn’t like us staying disconnected is making us weak. we need to connect with each other cross-culturally in order to fight fascism (and just like, to be okay) Before women could change patriarchy we had to change ourselves; we had to raise our consciousness. – bell hooks, Feminism Is For Everybody
who is welcome to join? anyone is welcome (yes, anyone! although it is primarily for adults, as a political discussion group) i believe we need to pull ourselves out of our algorithms to have meaningful intersectional interactions it’s free to attend – you can just turn up will there be loads of reading involved? no reading is hard being politically conscious is hard getting things right is hard the point is not to get it right, or to read loads the point is to find points of connection, learn organically from each other, and fantasise about utopia together how will each session look?
arrival, grab a drink, informal chats (try to arrive a few mins before we start) checking in, intro circle, landing into the space together reading together and using the text as a jumping-off point for deeper discussion checking-out and goodbyes
the website has a list of previous readings if you want to gauge the ~vibe~ …but don’t feel like you need to resonate with everything being spoken about. the point is to e x p a n d our worldviews! what if i say the wrong thing? what if someone says something i don’t agree with? ! by attending and participating, we open ourselves up to potential hurt and vulnerability the sessions are very small in capacity (less than 10 people in the room) we follow a shared agreement for how to interact in the sessions we try to know ourselves, and be mindful of when it’s getting too heated or too close to home we take breaks as needed, to reconnect with our bodies and/or get some air

First Thursday Freedom board game night!
2026-09-03 19:00, 2026-10-01 19:00, 2026-11-05 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.

Book Launch: Liquid Reflections with Liliane Lijn
2026-09-04 19:00 - 20:30 | Housmans, 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross, N1 9DX
We are profoundly honored to be hosting the paperback launch for a memoir by one the world’s greatest living artists, the sculptor Liliane Lijn, who will be joined in conversation by leading art writer Jennifer Higgie. Liliane Lijn is an artist who needs little introduction. Her stirring, often ostentatious and always poetic works are dotted throughout the British urban landscape, and overseas. Regular visitors to Housmans will have no doubt seen her recent piece Temenos just up the road from us, near Granary Square.
We will host Liliane May 2nd to launch the paperback edition of her brilliant bildungsroman Liquid Reflections. The book begins in 1958 with the talented and fearless Liliane Lijn leaving her family home and moving to Paris alone to become an artist. Once there, she found an art world filled with the wild energy of creative revolution – peopled and controlled almost entirely by men. In the years that followed, Lijn built a life for herself in the city. She embraced the hectic bohemian spirit of the Left Bank. She befriended artists, painters, poets, gallerists and revolutionaries, as the late Surrealists gave way to a burgeoning Pop Art movement. She had disastrous love affairs with difficult men. She experimented boldly, creating ground-breaking sculptures with light, text and movement. And as her profile steadily grew, she was told again and again that there are no great women artists: ‘There never have been.’
Liquid Reflections is her memoir of these years of experiment and adventure – years when Lijn was constantly in motion, from Paris to New York to Venice to Athens, from paper and canvas to wax and Perspex to oil and water. In love, she became pregnant but rebelled against the idea that a woman could not be both a great artist and a mother. And she sought – and found – radical pleasure in the act of creative expression and in the living, sensuous world around her.
Based on personal diaries from the time, this is a riveting and revelatory account of a singular coming of age: a glittering portrait of the artist as a young woman.
‘I wrote LIQUID REFLECTIONS because I wanted to take my readers on the journey I made to become an artist. It’s the story of an idealistic, inspired young woman who refuses to accept the prejudices of her time. Becoming an artist was also a search for my own identity…’— Liliane Lijn
Liliane will be conversation with the art writer Jennifer Higgie, author of numerous books, her most recent being The Other Side: A Journey into Women, Art and the Spirit World, the first major work of art history to focus on women artists and their engagement with the spirit world.
This is going to be an extremely special event and we are delighted to be hosting it. Please do book a ticket in advance to avoid disappointment on the night.
Liliane and Jennifer will talk for around 45 minutes to an hour, followed by an open discussion with the audience.
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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Dalston Solidarity Cafe
2026-09-12 11:00 - 20:00, 2026-10-10 11:00 - 20:00, 2026-11-14 11:00 - 20:00, 2026-12-12 11:00 - 20:00 | , 31 – 33 Dalston Lane, Hackney, E8 3DF
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
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)

Anarchist Breakfast Club
2026-09-13 11:00, 2026-10-11 11:00, 2026-11-08 11:00 | Hackney Downs Park, , E5 8NP
Hackney Anarchists are back conquering bread 🍞
Every second Sunday of the month find us at the centre of Hackney downs cooking together, sharing food and discussing politics.
Our food is free to share with whomever might need it or want it. Everyone is welcome, no questions asked.
We 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.
This 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.
🍲 Abolish the bourgeoise butter bean! We feed ourselves 🏴

Monthly Drop In
2026-09-17 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-10-15 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-11-19 19:00 - 20:00 | LARC, 62 Fieldgate St, 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. We will be on the top floor of LARC.

Practical squatters evening
2026-09-21 19:00, 2026-10-19 19:00, 2026-11-16 19:00 | , ,
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

Squat Safety
2026-09-25 19:00 | Lesnes estate, Thamesmead,

Reading Group - TBD
2026-09-29 19:00 - 21:00, 2026-10-27 19:00 - 21:00, 2026-11-24 19:00 - 21:00 | Freedom Bookshop, 84b Whitechapel High Street, E1 7QX
We read books covering radical theory, organising in the workplace, and in the community. Everyone welcome. Details on what we are reading for this reading group will be decided closer to the date.

SLS presents RIFFS AGAINST FASCISM
2026-11-14 18:00 | New Cross Inn, 323 New Cross Rd, SE14 6AS
South London Scum is proud to present: Saturday 14th November 2026 RIFFS AGAINST FASCISM featuring the talents of: VICIOUS IRENE (Sweden) https://viciousirene.bandcamp.com/ HIATUS (Belgium) https://ruinnationrecords.bandcamp.com/album/out-of-hand DISCIPLE BC (Bristol) https://disciplebc.bandcamp.com/ COMMONER (London/Norwich) https://commoner666.bandcamp.com/ @ the New Cross Inn, 323 New Cross Rd, London SE14 6AS. 6pm doors, bands on until 11pm. £15 advance tickets // £17 on the door.
