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Next session tomorrow we’re exploring the companion question, “who were Big Flame and what did they care about?” and we’re very excited!. #BigFlame #WorkingClass #Activism #Heritage #Community #DIY #Zines
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We used Bourdieu’s three categories of social, economic, and cultural capital to discuss the barriers working class activists might face today. We finished with a badge and zine making session where we used creativity to express ourselves & our visions for the future!💭
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Katie from @reclaim_project also talked to us about who RECLAIM are, what they do, and led a couple of activities defining working class identity in both the past and present. ✊
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Our fourth Big Flame session explored the question, “who am I and what do I care about?” ❤️🔥. We did a few different things together, including a challenging game to tell the story of your life in images and only ten words… 🖼️
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not long to go now! grab your ticket via the link below.
Our annual fundraiser, Radical Readings, returns on Sunday 24th November at 2PM at Maxwell Hall in Salford. This year’s theme, The Conditions of the Working Class, will feature a rousing mix of old and contemporary readings
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and Celestino Santos Pereira, a Brazilian food delivery worker. Follow the link below to book your spot!.
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Delivering Justice: Towards a History of Food Delivery Workers’ Organising. Wednesday 11th December 6:30PM. Join to discuss food delivery workers’ struggle in Britain when we'll be joined by Alex Marshall, President of the @IWGBunion , Morgan Rhys Powell from @Leeds_Index
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RT @salfordladsclub: We’re not just for the lads! Our Girls Club meets Tuesdays 6:30-8:30 pm, with boxing for all on Wednesdays!.In 1994, w….
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RT @_amiekirby: Trawling for some material for my next Big Flame workshop with the group and had to share this gem.….
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well done Binish!.
Watch the full 'Stick Together, Stand Together' documentary. The documentary follows 18-year-old RECLAIM activist Binish Syed Qureshi as she asks why young and working-class people are shut out from political spaces and how we can change this.
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Stay tuned for further updates from future sessions, and as always please get in touch if you're interested in the project's outcomes or have a connection to Big Flame!
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We also did some work around oral histories and what they can tell us as a vital record. We'll be delving more into these archives in future sessions as we map out interests and start to think about what stories we want to tell in our Summer exhibition next year! ❤️🔥
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WHAT WE DID: Our Library team gave the group a tour of the building, we dropped into the Open Archive Day, and learned a little more about Big Flame with our Project Researcher, Seth. We even went behind the scenes and looked at where we store all of our wonderful archives! 🔎
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The Big Flame Project feels well and truly underway! Check out our Instagram reel recapping our third session from last Saturday ❤️🔥. @RECLAIMproject @HeritageFundUK @HeritageFundNOR . #BigFlame #archives #heritage #youngpeople #community.
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so glad you enjoyed your visit!.
One of my final archival visits for @AllFootsteps today at the excellent @wcmlibrary looking at songbooks. Followed up with Weird as Folk at @ThePortico - great little exhibition & fabulous artworks by Lucy Wright @research_artist
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proud to be sponsoring this event!.
🚀We're launching our first ever annual report of the data we have collated in partnership with academics from @OfficialUoM, @unibirmingham and Ten Boroughs Research Ltd. RSVP: 🗓️5 December | 🕕6pm |📍@MechanicsManch. Sponsored by @CWUnews North West
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RT @UoS_ArtsMedia: 👏 We are supporting our partner organisation @wcmlibrary with its annual fundraiser next month. 'Radical Readings' will….
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glad you enjoyed your visit Cameron!.
❗️ @wcmlibrary’s Open Archive Day! 📚. Feel so lucky to have this place on my doorstep. A treasure trove of radical history; it’s impossible not to leave emboldened and inspired. Loved having the chance to delve into the collections in more detail. 🧵
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hopefully see some of you tomorrow for our Open Archive Day!.
We’re excited to open the library’s doors in celebration of Black History Month, offering an opportunity to explore our archival collection on Black radical history and check out our International Solidarity Poster Exhibition. Saturday 26th October, 10AM-2PM
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