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SUMMARY:Bristol Radical History Festival 2020
DESCRIPTION:When: Saturday 16th May 2020\, 10-4.30pm \nWhere: M Shed\, Princes Wharf\, Wapping Road\, Bristol BS1 4RN \nPrice: Free! \nBristol Radical History Group (BRHG) have organised a full programme of events for their 2020 Radical History Festival\, in collaboration with hosts at M Shed. \nThemes\nThe 2020 Festival has two main Themes\, where once again we will reveal hidden histories\, debate and agitate for a future of better pasts: \n– State and private surveillance of labour and social movements (1792 to now) \n– Hidden histories of post-war mainland Britain (1945-51) \nState and private surveillance of labour and social movements (1792 to now)\nWhen environmental campaigners exposed Mark Kennedy as an undercover police officer (or spycop) in October 2010\, after a seven-year posting\, outrage ensued over the fact he had coerced a number of female activists into relationships\, and taken part in criminal actions. \nNumerous other spycops were (and are being) exposed after this\, forcing the Government to set up the Undercover Policing Inquiry into the activities of its undercover operations through the Special Demonstration Squad (SDS) and the National Public Order Intelligence Unit (NPOIU) since 1968. \nThe cover-up\, and whitewash\, was underway\, utilising multiple arms of the British state. But as we will show in this theme\, surveillance activities by both the British state and private/corporate entities have been ongoing for centuries\, often working together\, hand in glove. \nFrom fears in the aftermath of the French revolution in the 1790s\, republicanism and the struggles for democracy to resistance to World War One and the increasing political and economic power of the working class in the 1960s\, the British state through spying has attempted to neutralise\, suppress and stymie progressive movements and groups. And they didn’t stop yesterday…hello Special Branch! \nSpeakers will include the Undercover Research Group. \nHidden histories of post-war mainland Britain (1945-51)\nPost World War II we find a Britain with its treasuries exhausted after paying for the War; a diminishing world power supported by colonies it could no longer afford to maintain\, nor contain! Its citizens were determined not to be short-changed again\, as they were after WWI\, in a post-WWII settlement they had fought so hard for\, after a conflict in which so many had lost their lives. \nMoney for this reconstruction and social investment could only come from the US\, the only global power to emerge unscathed from WWII. What would the rising US Empire demand in return from the diminishing British Empire? \nWe’ll share peoples’ stories of the push for social reforms\, labour activism\, civil rights and experience of national service within a diminishing empire under austerity; and look too at the break-up of the colonial Empire and Britain’s treatment of its former subjects. \nBlack Power & undercover policing in the 1970s\nNow aded to the line-up: Winston Trew of the Oval 4 & Rosie Wild on ‘Black Power & undercover policing’ in 1970s. \nIt’s Not All Talks\nSo\, you’ll know it’s not just going to be talks\, discussions and workshops! \nOnce again expect: \n\nwalks\nfilms\nsinging and performances\nexhibitions\nstalls with books and merchandise from local and national groups\n\nNot to be missed – go up to Level 2 to see the Feminist Archive’s Women’s Liberation exhibition. \nAll the events at M Shed are free with no booking required – all are welcome! \nM Shed \nThis will be the 4th Bristol Radical History Festival\, which once again is hosted by M Shed\, Bristol’s social history museum located on the historic harbourside. \nOther Events\nThere are several tie-in events: \nMonday 6th April\, 8pm at Cube Cinema – The Dirty War on the NHS: Director John Pilger’s searing critique on the history of the NHS from 1948 to the present. £5/4 – Tickets/info here. \nFriday 15th May\, 8pm at Cube Cinema – Gadael Tir / Leave Land\, the story of a thousand years of land rights and protest in Wales (in English). £10/8 – Tickets/info here. \nProgramme \nThe programme of events will be updated regularly at the Bristol Radical History Festival site. \nShare this:FacebookTwitterTumblrEmailMoreLinkedInRedditPinterestPocketPrint
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LOCATION:M Shed\, Princes Wharf\, Wapping Road\, Bristol\, BS1 4RN
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