Events

Reading group – The Class Struggle in the Ancient Greek World by G.E.M. de Ste. Croix

Artefact Cafe 1464 Pershore Road, Stirchley, Birmingham, B30 2NT This reading group is free and open to all. We’ll be discussing sections I and II of part one of this important book (up to p.111). Ste. Croix argues that classes…

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West Mids Strategy Meeting

Due to upcoming exciting developments, the West Midlands branch is looking for a new organising focus. We are holding a collaborative discussion to determine the future direction of the branch. Have an idea for a strategy? We are looking to…

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Reading group – ‘Platform Capitalism’ by Nick Srnicek

Artefact Cafe 1464 Pershore Road, Stirchley, Birmingham, B30 2NT   This reading group is free and open to all. This month we’ll be looking at a sector of the economy that’s been in the new a lot lately. From the…

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Reading group – ‘All day long – a portrait of Britain at work’ by Joanna Biggs

Reading group – ‘All day long – a portrait of Britain at work’ by Joanna Biggs

Artefact Cafe 1464 Pershore Road, Stirchley, Birmingham, B30 2NT   From the publisher: “Nearly all of us have to work, but how much do we really know about what other people do all day? What is it like to be…

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Reading group – ‘Lean Out’ by Dawn Foster

Artefact Cafe 1464 Pershore Road, Stirchley, Birmingham, B30 2NT From the publisher: “In her powerful debut work Lean Out, acclaimed journalist Dawn Foster unpicks how the purportedly feminist message of Sandberg’s book neatly exempts patriarchy, capitalism and business from any…

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Reading group: ‘the Uberfication of the University’ by Gary Hall

The next reading group will be on the above book by Gary Hall. You can read it online here: https://manifold.umn.edu/project/the-uberfication-of-the-university A look at the so called sharing economy, the companies driving it and how this relates to the university. This…

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IWW reading group – ‘Working the phones’ by Jamie Woodcock (part 1)

IWW reading group – ‘Working the phones’ by Jamie Woodcock (part 1)

Artefact Cafe 1464 Pershore Road, Stirchley, Birmingham, B30 2NT We will be reading this important book in two parts as it’s around 200 pages long. As ever this event is open to all and we’re always happy to have new…

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IWW Reading Group ‘Non Stop Inertia’ by Ivor Southwood

We will be discussing this short book on Zero Books. The publisher blurbs it like this: “In our culture of short term work, mobile communications and rolling media it seems we are always on the move; but are we really…

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IWW reading group ‘Kill All Normies’ by Angela Nagle

We will be meeting in Artefact Cafe 1464 Pershore Road, Stirchley B30 2NT to discuss this short book, just out on Zero. Author Angela Nagle traces the rise of the ‘alt-right’ from online anti-feminism on 4 chan and elsewhere. Nagle…

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