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    Nov 20, 2024
    We will no longer be posting from this account. You can stay in touch with us on Blue Sky (@wcmlibrary.bsky.social) and Instagram/Facebook (@wcmlibrary) or sign up to our newsletter, which you can find at the bottom of our homepage. wcml.org.uk
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    Dec 14, 2018
    Manchester's new statue of Emmeline Pankhust shows her wearing her prison brooch - you can see this original, which belonged to suffragette Lillian Forrester, in our hall display #Vote100
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    Aug 18, 2020
    Here's another pic of our Radical Sounds curator @MPeakeOfficial in The Tshirt - you can get hold of your very own tshirt via wcml.org.uk/RadicalSounds
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    Jan 6, 2022
    75 years ago this month, Clement Attlee’s Labour government brought the entire coal mining industry into public ownership - wcml.org.uk/timeline/natio…
    Image from a Manchester Council of Labour 1947 May Day demonstration flyer in the WCML collection
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    Sep 15, 2020
    Our Lancashire Women Against Pit Closures banner looks terrific hanging @WiganMuseum - great to see both sides of it, do go take a look
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    Aug 4, 2023
    The Working Class Movement Library is hiring a Library and Archive Assistant! Applications close on 19/08/23, please email your CV and covering letter to [email protected] Follow the link to apply. wcml.org.uk/about-us/about…
    banner has a yellow background with black text which says, "we are hiring, library and archive assistant" with the library's logo in the bottom right of the image
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    Sep 14, 2021
    New on our blog, volunteer Annie writes about digitising our precious collection of newspapers written for workers, by workers, in the 1920s & '30s - the Pit and Factory Papers wcml.org.uk/blog
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    May 1, 2022
    May Day greetings from the Working Class Movement Library. Image taken from a copy of the Young International in the library's collection #InternationalWorkersDay
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    Mar 8, 2021
    She may not yet have a statue like her mum* but Manchester does remember a woman who contributed not only to Votes for Women but also to Internationalism, Anti-fascism, Anti-colonialism & British Socialism wcml.org.uk/Sylvia-Pankhur… #IWD2021 *Go to @sylviastatue to contribute
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    Aug 18, 2020
    More info about the Radical Sounds you can expect when you join us for our online fundraiser curated by Maxine Peake on Bank Holiday Monday 31 August 7pm - wcml.org.uk/RadicalSounds (also where to get the tshirt 😄)
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    Nov 20, 2020
    'Inspiring Women and Women Who Are Inspiring’ is the first episode of our new podcast 'Begin The World Over Again', created by composer and sound artist @TonalMusicCo and @JacksonHM. Find it on @applepodcasts @spotifypodcasts + more #radicaltimes
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    Oct 12, 2020
    Here's our first pic of the great new look to the Crescent pedestrian crossing between the Library and @salfordmuseum and @SalfordUni, to cheer up a very soggy Monday
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    Feb 15, 2021
    We're very happy to launch today an online version of @CPBritain's centenary exhibition - wcml.org.uk/CPBcentenaryex…
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    Aug 11, 2020
    Woo hoo, so excited to be able to announce our Radical Sounds fundraiser which will premiere live on Bank Holiday Monday 31 August at 7pm, curated by our lovely friend @MPeakeOfficial - more at wcml.org.uk/RadicalSounds