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Next tour: Friday 18 October 2024 (International Anti-Slavery Day) Starts: 11am from Victoria Station wallmap. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite.         Manchester has hit the news big style! Simon Hattenstone in the the Guardian … Continue reading →

Next tour: no dates yet. Meet: People’s History Museum, Bridge Street. Booking: 25 September 1838: the Manchester Political Union sponsored a huge political rally at Kersal Moor, Salford. The bosses closed their factories for the day. A crowd of a quarter of … Continue reading →

Next tour: Saturday 29 June 2024. Meet: Emmeline Pankhurst Statue, 2pm. Booking: Please press here to book with eventbrite. *** What ever happened to Leon Trotsky? Well he never came to Manchester, but Marx and Engels did, and “Orator” Hunt, … Continue reading →

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Next tours: No public dates yet. Meet: Central Library, St Peter’s Square. Bring: A copy of Clause IV, if you can prise it from Tony Blair’s hands. More apt than Mao’s Little Red Book. How apt that the People’s History Museum … Continue reading →

Next tour, free to register: Thursday 28 November 2024. (Engels’ 204th birthday)  Meet: Friedrich Engels Statue, outside HOME, 2 Tony Wilson Place, Gaythorn, 11am. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. *** Follow in the footsteps of Karl Marx, … Continue reading →

Next tour: No more public dates yet. Meet: Visitor Centre, Piccadilly Gardens. Bring: An open mind and an endless font of curiosity. End: Cobden’s House. Calling all history and politics teachers. Book privately: this walk is ideal for your “A” Level students! … Continue reading →