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[Karl Weiss]
MAY DAY will see a record turnout at the Marx Memorial Library’s annual open day, with attendance by left-wing Indian journalist and author Vijay Prashad, the charity has revealed.
Crowds will gather outside the library in Clerkenwell Green, central London, for the capital’s annual International Workers’ Day march and rally.
Mr Prashad will speak from the steps of the building before the march sets off for Trafalgar Square.
One hundred years after 1.7m workers shut the country down in defence of the miners, the struggles that sparked the 1926 General Strike are still with us – and will be honoured on London’s May Day march this year, writes MARY ADOSSIDES
The newly catalogued News International Dispute Archive ensures the history of the Wapping dispute – and the solidarity it inspired – is preserved, accessible and alive for future generations, says MATT DUNNE
From hunting rare pamphlets at book sales to online panels and courses on trade unionism and class politics, the MML continues connecting archive treasures with the movements fighting for a better world, writes director MEIRIAN JUMP
The time is now to start reimagining a bigger future for the library, writes MEIRIAN JUMP