Flared jeans and dungarees: Thatcherite history meets freaky feminism
This post is about Dominic Sandbrook, the historian who last year presented the BBC series The 70s[1. BBC (2013); http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01ghscj] and writes a column for the Daily Mail[2. Mail...
Women at the Front Lines
An Email-Conversation with Professor Mervat F. Hatem from the Department of Political Science, Howard University on the Role of Women in the Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Egypt. UF: In your most recent article in current issue of the Middle East Report 268 you...
Cartooning and Activism: Humour is a Weapon
Environmental and social justice campaigners have a reputation for being po faced moralists who lecture people about the woes of the world, and it's partly deserved, and partly because, well, how do you approach these themes without defaulting into that tone? Well,...
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As you'll see from our blog posts, we've got a wide ranging appetite for contributions to movements@manchester. Authors might address:Quick sketches of movement-related current affairs;Reviews of articles, books or seminars with relevance to understanding social...
Mexican Education Reform: The struggle of Mexican teachers.
The Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) governed Mexico for nearly 70 years until 2000. In 2012 PRI returned to power under the leadership of President Enrique Peña Nieto. Shortly after taking the office, Peña presented a series of structural reforms amongst...
Raphael Schlembach’s Publications
Related Raphael Schlembach Raphael Schlembach is a lecturer in criminology at the University of Brighton. He received his PhD from the University of Manchester in 2010, where he was supervised by Nick Crossley and Nick Thoburn. His primary...
Luke Yates’ Publications
Related Luke Yates I currently work as a Hallsworth Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology. My research is about the sociology and politics of consumption and eating, daily practices, household living arrangements, and social...
Colin Barker’s Publications
Related Colin Barker I’m a retired lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University, currently enjoying ‘honorary’ status. Since the early 1960s, I have been a member of the Socialist Workers Party, formerly the International Socialists. Since...
Protest Talks 1: Let’s Start a Pussy Riot
Time: 2-5pm, 25th October Place: 3.204 University Place, Oxford Road, Manchester M19 2JJ All welcome. Please register via Eventbrite. Curators of new book Let's Start a Pussy Riot will be discussing the group and the wider implications of their actions in an...
Kevin Gillan’s Publications
Related Kevin Gillan Kevin Gillan is a lecturer in sociology at the University of Manchester and Editor in Chief at the journal Social Movement Studies. He has interests that overlap between social movements scholarship and economic...
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