News
Mangrove Nine Screening
Screening at the Karibu Education Centre on 8th November, 7pm.
George Padmore Blue Plaque Unveiling & Reception
Tuesday 28th June, 1:00pm at 22 Cranleigh St, Camden, NW1 2BD. One of the most influential political thinkers of the 20th century is to be commemorated this summer with a heritage plaque in North London. Cranleigh Street in Camden will be the site of the capital’s latest blue plaque, where George Padmore lived at no. 22 from 1941 to 1957 with his partner and collaborator, Dorothy Pizer. The address was a big part of the political landscape of pre- and post-war London, becoming a focal point for anti-colonial activists from around the world.
David Abdulah on 'Politics and People's Power after Obama'
The first John La Rose Memorial Lecture on Saturday 20th March 2010, 2.00pm Followed by discussion forums, 4.00-6.00pm, Logan Hall, Institute of Education, Bedford Row, London WC1. For further details contact the George Padmore Institute, 76 Stroud Green Road, London N4 3EN 020 7272 4889/8915. email: info@georgepadmoreinstitute.org; www:georgepadmoreinstitute.org
GPI archives now fully accessible
We are pleased to announce that we have secured reading space at the Islington Local History Centre for anyone unable to physically access the GPI. We can transfer records to the Centre which is situated in the Finsbury Library, 245 St John Street, EC1V 4NB. The Centre is fully wheelchair accessible and has a disabled toilet. Please contact the GPI to book this service and to discuss your needs, on 020 7272 8915. We are grateful to the Islington Local History Centre for this valuable partnership.
Exciting news from the Heritage Lottery Fund
The Dream to Change the World Project gets the go ahead. Press statement fromTrustees of the George Padmore Institute, 15 March 2010
Young People and new ethnicities - Sunday 7th Feb 3-5.30pm
GPI Generation Celebrates Roxy Harris’ New Ethnicities and Language Use - a study of self-representations of the patterns of language use of a group of adolescents of mainly South Asian descent in West London. The study contributes to an analysis of the nature of ethnicity amongst Britain’s visible minorities.
Ngugi wa Thiong'o event Sunday 1st November at the GPI
Ngugi will be reading from and discussing his latest novel 'Wizard of the Crow' (2006). Set in the fictional Free Republic of Aburiria, 'Wizard of the Crow' dramatises with searing humour and piercing observation a battle for control of the souls of the Aburirian people. Fashioning the stories of the powerful and the ordinary into a dazzling mosaic, Ngugi reveals humanity in all its surprising intricacy.
Building Britannia - life experience with Britain published 28 Dec 2009
New from NEW BEACON BOOKS and George Padmore institute. Building Britannia is now available from New Beacon Books and all good booksellers.
The OWTU condemns threat to democracy
Friends Please see attached information on the arrest of David Abdullah - General Secretary of the OWTU and leader of FITUN - and other protesters on the Peoples Democracy demonstration against the introduction of Property Tax in Trinidad and Tobago. We have worked with David over many years on many international campaigns. The George Padmore Institute has invited David to give the inaugural "John La Rose Annual Memorial Lecture series" on 20th March at Logan hall University of London.
International PEN presents: Free the Word!
News re PEN festival
The George Padmore Institute Condemns Police Attack on Peaceful Protesters
GPI statement on police response to peaceful protest outside Trinidad & Tobago Parliament in December 2009.
New Appointment at the GPI
Welcome
Caribbean Studies at London Met threatened
Campaign to halt closure of Caribbean Studies Undergraduate Course.
New Project Archivist post - applications d/l 14th May
New archivist post for Dream to Change the World project.