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Postponed: Sparrows Nest fundraiser for Sumac / Rainbow Archive

NOTE event is POSTPONED due to the unprecedented scale and depth of the work in processing Sumac’s Rainbow archives.

Sumac Centre Library covers a range of topics from anarchism, animal rights, political and social theory, race, gender and class, environment and ecology, activism, to journalism and history and more.

Sparrows Nest Banner

The Sparrows Nest have adopted our huge wealth of pre-digital campaign resources from the 1980s & 90s. They will be storing our archives safely. Once catalogued many items will publically available and all will be maintained in perpetuity.

Support this project

We need to raise £400 for the next part of our archiving work.

Join us at this fundraising event at Sumac Centre when it is rescheduled, probably in September.

  • Exhibition of highlights from the archive
  • Quiz: 40+ years of radical history
  • Duplicates from the archive freely available
  • People’s Kitchen Meal
  • Forest Fields Social Club Bar

If you can, please DONATE via https://sumac.org.uk/get-involved/donate/

For the Public Catalogue search for “Rainbow Centre” and Rainbow archives detailed listing.

Rainbow Listings 1986 (Sparrows Nest Archive)

For the Public Catalogue search for “Rainbow Centre” and Rainbow archives detailed listing.

More information on the Sumac Library, including it’s Rainbow Centre pre-history, may be seen at https://sumac.org.uk/get-involved/library-bookshop/

Rainbow Listings 1986 (Sparrows Nest Archive)

Sparrows Nest Fundraiser for Sumac / Rainbow Archive

The Sumac Centre has its own small library, which people are free to browse when the Centre is open.

The library covers a range of topics from anarchism, animal rights, political and social theory, race, gender and class, environment and ecology, activism, to journalism and history and more.

We also welcome offers of help in helping to keep the Library (& book stall) organised.

Sumac also hosts the Veggies Book Stall, available whenever the Centre is open. Their are books and journals for reference and for sale covering green, human rights, animal issues, anti-war, co-operation and social justice. Some are available via Veggies online store.

We have started a catalogue of books in the library and another of journals and other archives.

We are working with the Sparrows Nest Library. They are adopting our huge wealth of pre-digital campaign resources from the 1980s & 90s. They hope to make our archives publically available, or at least catalogued.

For the Public Catalogue search for “Rainbow Centre” and Rainbow archives detailed listing.

See also “Raiubow Centre” at the Internet Archive 

 

Support this project

We need to raise £400 for the next part of our archiving work. If you can help with a small donation please DONATE via https://sumac.org.uk/get-involved/donate/

More information on the Sumac Library, including it’s Rainbow Centre pre-history, may be seen at https://sumac.org.uk/get-involved/library-bookshop/

Rainbow Listings 1986 (Sparrows Nest Archive)

Sumac Library and Bookstall + Rainbow Archive

The Sumac Centre has its own small library, which people are free to browse when the Centre is open.

The library covers a range of topics from anarchism, animal rights, political and social theory, race, gender and class, environment and ecology, activism, to journalism and history and more.

We also welcome offers of help in helping to keep the Library (& book stall) organised.

Sumac also hosts the Veggies Book Stall, available whenever the Centre is open. Their are books and journals for reference and for sale covering green, human rights, animal issues, anti-war, co-operation and social justice. Some are available via Veggies online store.

We have started a catalogue of books in the library and another of journals and other archives.

We are working with the Sparrows Nest Library. They are adopting our huge wealth of pre-digital campaign resources from the 1980s & 90s. They hope to make our archives publically available, or at least catalogued.

For the Public Catalogue search for “Rainbow Centre” and Rainbow archives detailed listing.

See also “Raiubow Centre” at the Internet Archive 

 

Support this project

We need to raise £400 for the next part of our archiving work. If you can help with a small donation please DONATE via https://sumac.org.uk/get-involved/donate/

More information on the Sumac Library, including it’s Rainbow Centre pre-history, may be seen at https://sumac.org.uk/get-involved/library-bookshop/

All Hands on Deck, Climate Activism the Way Ahead

A book launch presenting “All Hands on Deck, Climate Activism the Way Ahead” by Jan Goodey.
For more than 30 years, I’ve been on the front lines of direct-action environmentalism and anti-capitalism in the UK. I’ve helped shut down offensive companies for the day and been part of successful protest camps to save Britain’s ancient woodlands. But it’s not enough. Climate breakdown continues unabated; the gap between haves and have-nots is growing.

We welcome legendary activist Jan Goodey to the shop to help celebrate the launch of his essential new book All Hands On Deck: Climate Activism and the way ahead, out now from PM Press. A member of Just Stop Oil, and among those imprisoned for his climate actions, Jan is a seasoned and courageous activist. For more than 30 years, he has been on the front lines of direct-action environmentalism and anti-capitalism in the UK. Jan has helped shut down offensive companies and been part of successful protest camps to save Britain’s ancient woodlands. But, as he argues in his new pamphlet, it’s not enough. Climate breakdown continues unabated; the gap between haves and have-nots is growing.

This is a free event, but advance booking here on Eventbrite helps prepare the evening and ensure sufficient #SamosasForSocialChange!

“All Hands on Deck, Climate Activism the Way Ahead” is published by PM Press . It is from Veggies online shop, at Sumac Centre and from  Active  Distribution.

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