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The Marx Memorial Library’s ambitious 90th year programme
Director MEIRIAN JUMP looks at the year ahead for a unique left-wing resource for workers’ education in the heart of London
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THIS year marks 90 years since the foundation of the Marx Memorial Library and Workers School (MML), a unique socialist library, research and education centre based in London’s historic Clerkenwell.
The MML was established in 1933 by trade unionists, socialists and communists in reaction to the rise of fascism in Europe, commemorating the anniversary of Marx’s death in 1883.
Our internationally significant archive collections on socialist history — including Hands off Russia campaigns, the Spanish civil war and the 1984-5 miners’ strike — still inspire and inform today.
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The time is now to start reimagining a bigger future for the library, writes MEIRIAN JUMP
The Marx Memorial Library is a treasure trove of labour movement archives and tradition of working-class education, writes MEIRIAN JUMP
Looking ahead to the centenary in 2033, MML director MEIRIAN JUMP reports on the ambitious plans to renovate and open up the historic institution as a ‘shopfront for Marxism’ in the heart of central London
MEIRIAN JUMP reports from the weekend’s international conference to mark the 90th anniversary of the founding of Marx Memorial Library and Workers School
