Resistance in the archive: with Nijjor Manush & MayDay Rooms

In this workshop with Fatima Rajina and Hajera Begum from Nijjor Manush, we will investigate anti-racist resistance and advocacy from local communities through archival material from MayDay Rooms and Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives. What social and political hardships have communities faced in Tower Hamlets since the 1970s? What lessons can be learnt from their radical histories? And how do we apply these teachings to contemporary struggles? Join us in exploring grassroots activism and strategies of resistance. MayDay Rooms is an archive, resource and safe haven for social movements, experimental and marginal cultures and their histories. Nijjor Manush is an independent campaigning group that aims to educate, empower and organise Bengalis and Bangladeshis in the UK.