Cowley Books presents two talks in May by Gabriel Kuhn on 'Gustav Landauer & Early German Anarchism' and by David Berry on Daniel Guerin entitled '"Workers of the World Embrace!" Homophobia in the French Extreme Left.'
The Cowley Club bookshop is putting two author's talks on in May under the collective title 'European Anarchist Currents'.
‘Gustav Landauer & Early German Anarchism’
A Book talk by Gabriel Kuhn – 7pm, 4th May.
Author of ‘Sober Living For The Revolution’ & ‘Soccer vs. The State’
"Landauer is the most important agitator of the radical and revolutionary movement in
the entire country." This is how Gustav Landauer is described in a German police file
from 1893. Twenty-six years later, Landauer would die at the hands of reactionary
soldiers who overthrew the Bavarian Council Republic, a three-week attempt to realise libertarian socialism amidst the turmoil of post-World War I Germany.
‘"Workers Of The World, Embrace!" Homophobia In The French Extreme Left’
A Book talk by David Berry - 7pm, 11th May.
Author of ‘The History of the French Anarchist Movement 1917-1945’
As the French revolutionary Daniel Guérin (1904-1988) once remarked, the European
labour movement’s record with regard to homosexuality has not, on the whole, been
positive. ... Guérin is a rare example of a marxist revolutionary and a bisexual who dared to address these problems rigorously and very publicly at a time when to do so was to invite opprobrium from all quarters — including most of his supposed comrades.
Cowley Bookshop Talks, 12 London Road, Brighton, BN1 4JA.
Free & open to the public.
‘Gustav Landauer & Early German Anarchism’
A Book talk by Gabriel Kuhn – 7pm, 4th May.
Author of ‘Sober Living For The Revolution’ & ‘Soccer vs. The State’
"Landauer is the most important agitator of the radical and revolutionary movement in
the entire country." This is how Gustav Landauer is described in a German police file
from 1893. Twenty-six years later, Landauer would die at the hands of reactionary
soldiers who overthrew the Bavarian Council Republic, a three-week attempt to realise libertarian socialism amidst the turmoil of post-World War I Germany.
‘"Workers Of The World, Embrace!" Homophobia In The French Extreme Left’
A Book talk by David Berry - 7pm, 11th May.
Author of ‘The History of the French Anarchist Movement 1917-1945’
As the French revolutionary Daniel Guérin (1904-1988) once remarked, the European
labour movement’s record with regard to homosexuality has not, on the whole, been
positive. ... Guérin is a rare example of a marxist revolutionary and a bisexual who dared to address these problems rigorously and very publicly at a time when to do so was to invite opprobrium from all quarters — including most of his supposed comrades.
Cowley Bookshop Talks, 12 London Road, Brighton, BN1 4JA.
Free & open to the public.
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