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"My Journey to and Life in Britain"

MY JOURNEY TO AND LIFE IN BRITAIN My name is Sarwan Singh. I came to this country in 1960. I have lived all my life in Handsworth and worked in Birmingham. I am a member and office bearer of Indian ...

A Legacy of Anti-Fasicm

Image: Civil Liberties in Britain, (extract) 1965. Jewish activists would continue to play a significant role in Birmingham throughout the twentieth century. This is an article by Maurice Ludmer, in ...

Abolition of Slavery: The Birmingham Antislavery Society's Opening Statement.

This document identifies the original members of the Birmingham Anti Slavery Society and provides an ‘opening statement’ of their aims and objectives. It is noticeable here that in 1826 the society subscribed ...

Birmingham and the Grunwick Dispute 1976-1978

SETTING THE SCENE ‘Grunwick’ was an industrial dispute centred on Cricklewood, north London but which had national significance. Political and campaign groups from around Britain rallied to the support ...

Birmingham Broadside November 1977

BIRMINGHAM’S SOLIDARITY Birmingham Broadside November 1977 MS 1591 Paul Mackney Collection This image reflects both traditional and emerging aspects of the local labour movement. The report of the ...

Birmingham International Marxist Group

Birmingham International Marxist Group [IMG] MS 1591 Paul Mackney Collection Despite advocating a mass picket in support of the ‘Grunwick’ strikers, the IMG’s credentials as a mobilizer of the industrial ...

Gay Liberation Front

The 1970s saw the emergence of the Birmingham Gay Liberation Front, the rise of feminism and the beginnings of a ‘gay scene’ in the city, although much effort went into more practical matters like the ...

Ida B. Wells in Birmingham

Submitted by Paul Walker of Highgate Baptist Church Ida B Wells (1861-1930), well-known in the USA, where a great deal has been written about her contribution to civil rights, is not well known ...

Independent Labour Party Minutes

This is a page from the 1914-1921 minute books of the Birmingham Branch of the Independent Labour Party, which was chaired for most of the First World War by the Edgbaston artist Joseph Southall. Under ...

Indian Workers' Association GB [IMG]

Indian Workers’ Association GB (Birmingham Branch) MS 2141 IWA The IWA combined Marxist politics with a concern for the plight of Asians and other immigrants in Britain and had a close, if sometimes ...

Jessica Huntley

Jessica Huntley, publisher, cultural and political activist: "My mother was a very positive person. She taught me that no one was better than I was. Some of our young people are doing very well. Somehow ...

My journey to and Life in Britain

My Expectations of coming to Britain; My expectations were that I could find a job and earn some money, and come back to my country and live a better life. Farming in Punjab was just working hard and ...

My journey to and Life in Britain

I joined Indian Workers Association in late sixties and was a trade union shop steward. I am very proud of the Indian Workers Association because of the help and advice that I received from the comrades. ...

Political Demonstrations in the Parks

During the 1920s and 1930s, the Parks Committee minutes contain detailed information about the type of organisations applying to use Birmingham’s parks for meetings and demonstrations. The issue of whether ...

Samaj in'a Babylon

Samaj in’a Babylon MS 1591 Paul Mackney Collection As well as ‘traditional’ socialist newspapers and magazines, support for the ‘Grunwick’ strikers also came from within ethnic minorities. Samaj ...

Socialist Challenge 'Labour Special Patrol Group'

Socialist Challenge ‘Labour Special Patrol Group’ MS 1591 Paul Mackney Collection As the dispute proceeded, serious confrontations occurred between the police and pickets. This image cleverly links ...

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