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Craft and protest have been long linked. From the beautifully embroidered suffragette and trade union banners, to the provocative Craftivist Collective. And it's something that women have always been at the centre of. On Saturday 2nd April we'll be at The Mill in...

There were jubilant scenes outside Willesden Court yesterday as the Heathrow 13 received suspended sentences for their part in last year's environmental protest, rather than the jail time they'd been told to expect. The 13 included two women from East London - Sheila...

Were you part of the Women's Lib movement in East London in the 60s to 80s? Was your mother or grandmother part of the radical East End community, along side the likes of Sylvia Pankhurst, Milly Witkop and Muriel Lester? Are you related to any of the women involved in...

Are you passionate about social change and celebrating women's place in history? Would you like to join our team of oral history volunteers to help collect stories from East London women activists? Following the success of our first training course earlier this month...

I visited the Bishopsgate Institute twice. I was looking mainly for Women Pacifists in East London in the WW1 period. The people who work there are extremely helpful and documents were very quickly retrieved. Their catalogue is easy to access and although one can see...

As I was originally writing on issues of police violence and deaths in police custody, as well as black activism in East London, I decided to visit the Black Cultural Archives in Brixton. I searched on their website for the texts I would need, made a list and then...