Sunday Round-Up #26 Apologies for the delay, our admin is still on bank holiday timings! *** Coming up this Week* _GM Living Income Campaign Launch Party_ When 🗓️: Tuesday 13th May, 11:30-2:00PM. Where 📍: Friends Meeting House What: We’re hosting a launch party with guest speakers (including Andy Burnham), live performances to bring the party, as well as lunch and refreshments. Organisers 💪: GM Living Income Campaign _BIBA insurance brokers conference demonstration_ When 🗓️: Wednesday 14th May, 8AM-5PM. Where 📍: MCR Central Convention Centre What: Join us at BIBA (British Insurance Brokers' Association Conference) to demand Brokers stop doing deals with the Fossil fuel Insurers that are destroying our planet. A day of arts & theatrics. Organisers 💪: Extinction Rebellion _Nobody can give you freedom: The real mission of Malcolm X. Book launch + film screening_ When 🗓️: Saturday, May 13th 6.30PM. Where 📍: Anthony Burgess Foundation What: Book launch for Kehinde Andrews’ new book on Malcolm X, Nobody can give you freedom and film preview screening of Michael Ellis documentary. Tickets through Instagram @msji.uk Organisers 💪: Muslim Social Justice Initiative _Miners’ Strike Poetry Workshop with Matt Abbott_ When 🗓️: Thursday, May 15th 6.30PM. Where 📍: Working Class Movement Library, Salford What: Join poet and activist Matt Abbott for a workshop using poems from the 1984-85 miners’ strike. Link through insta @wcmlibrary to book on. Organisers 💪: Working Class Movement Library _Which Communism?_ When 🗓️: Thursday, May 15th 7PM Where 📍: Online What: Online. Join RS21 Manchester and David Camfield to discuss his book "Red Flags: A reckoning with communism for the future left". Register via link on RS21 Manchester socials or at revsoc21.uk/redflags Organisers 💪: Manchester RS21 _Writing Session for activists in prison_ When 🗓️: Sunday, May 18th 2PM Where 📍: Platt Fields Park What: Relaxed letter and poetry writing for political activists imprisoned for support of Palestine and against Climate Change. Bring friends, bring snacks, turn words into acts of solidarity. Organisers 💪: Youth Demand Manchester _Eviction Prep Day_ When 🗓️: Sunday, May 18th 2PM Where 📍: The Onion Levenshulme What: Join the Onion social centre to logistically prepare for a possible eviction by deciding what to keep on site and what to remove. Organisers 💪: The Onion *** Future Events *** _Film night + discussion: feminist urban planning_ When 🗓️: Monday 19th May, 6:30PM Where 📍: The Salutation Pub What: As the fourth event in the Manchester Urban Film Series, this screening and discussion will focus on issues and ideas of feminist urban planning—past and present. We’ll be showing Paradise Circus, a documentary about Birmingham in the 1980. Book ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/film-night-discussion-feminist-urban-planning-tickets-1349751114919?aff=oddtdtcreator Organisers 💪: Manchester Urban Film Series _Demo: Thales Stop Arming Israel Community Demo_ When 🗓️: Monday 19th May, 4-6PM Where 📍: Thales, Cheadle Heath, Oakhurst Drive, Sk3 0XB What: Join a coalition of Palestinian solidarity groups to protest outside the Cheadle Heath Site of Thales, UK arms company. Thales is in partnership with Elbit System. Organisers 💪: Thales Stop Arming Israel _Partisan Meeting: Possible New Home!_ When 🗓️: Tuesday 20th May, 6:30PM Where 📍: Bridge 5 Mill, M4 7HR What: Meeting and viewing of possible new venue, open to all members. Organisers 💪: Partisan _Archival film night: "Wages for Housework & Beyond"_ When 🗓️: Wednesday 21st May, 5-7PM Where 📍: The Salutation Pub What: Join us for a screening of All Work and No Pay and a discussion of the legacies and relevance of 1970s feminist activism and political economy today. Organisers 💪: Political Economy Centre, Manchester University _I Am Greenfield_ When 🗓️: Friday, May 23rd, 6:30PM Where 📍: Tea Hive Chorlton What: Performance and visual art to protect green spaces in Chorlton. music and poetry at Tea Hive in Chorlton. Organisers 💪: Friends of Ryebank Fields _Hulme Eco-Fest_ When 🗓️: Saturday, May 24th,12–6PM Where 📍: Hulme Park What: Festival with an environmental focus. Stalls, music, talks, yoga, gong baths. Organisers 💪: Vegan Organic Network _Abolish Rent - Walking Tour_ When 🗓️: Saturday, May 24th,11AM Where 📍: Picadilly Tram Stop What: Join author and LA Tenants Union co-founder Tracy Rosenthal and Isaac Rose of GMTU for a walking tour of central Manchester. Organisers 💪: Tracy Rosenthal and GMTU _Theatre: Liberation_ When 🗓️: starts, June 27th - July 26th,7:30-9:30 PM Where 📍: Royal Exchange Theatre What: This play traces the private lives of activists who fought to liberate Africa in 1945 at the Fifth Pan-African Congress. Five days in Manchester that changed the political landscape of a continent. This play asks timeless questions about revolution, freedom, and what it means to be an activist. Previews late June, run ends late July Organisers 💪: Royal Exchange Theatre _Online Meeting: Bite Back a Forum on Food, Activism, and Care_ When 🗓️: June 27th 1PM Where 📍: Online What: This forum, featuring 10 international contributions, will explore the relationship between food, activism, and care. The event is free and open to the public. We encourage participation from attendees of all backgrounds. Book: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bite-back-online-forum-on-food-activism-care-tickets-1362698851949?aff=oddtdtcreator Organisers 💪: The Care Lab _CareLaborations: Help shape the future of The Care Lab_ When 🗓️: Friday, July 4th, 5:30PM Where 📍: Hulme Community Garden Centre What: Join us for a friendly gathering to discuss the endings and new beginnings of The Care Lab. Book: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/carelaborations-help-us-shape-the-future-of-the-care-lab-tickets-1349780232009?aff=oddtdtcreator Organisers 💪: The Care Lab _Troublemakers At Work 2025 Conference_ When 🗓️: Saturday, July 26th,10:30-6PM Where 📍: Central Hall, M1 1JQ What: Conference of workers who want to organise in their workplaces and beyond. Organisers 💪: Troublemakers at Work