Radical New Cross: Protest and Dissent 1875

RADICAL NEW CROSS: PROTEST AND DISSENT 1875 – 2015

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“may they light such a candle as shall never be put out”

Rev Arthur Tooth of New Cross, 1880.

A series of free events celebrating the radical past, present and future of New Cross. 12th – 15th November 2015. #RadicalNewCross Goldsmiths, University of London. New Cross, SE14. The St James Hatcham Building, Deptford Town Hall, 310 New Cross Road, The Field New Cross data tourists – Saturday, 14th November From the imprisonment of the parish priest of St. James Hatcham for radical teachings in the 1870s, to the Battle of Lewisham between the National Front and anti-Fascist groups a 100 years later, New Cross has long been a hotbed of radical new ideas, protest and dissent. This spirit of challenging established thinking, creativity and direct action is part of the fabric of Goldsmiths and we are putting on a range of free public events to kindle discussions around some of the most important issues of our time.

Join us for a series of interactive events reflecting themes like the commons, protest and what it means to be human now. We are opening up some unique historical buildings including the newly refurbished Victorian St James Hatcham Building and the historic Deptford Town Hall. Events include exhibitions, data walks, lectures, workshops, installations, panel discussions and a feast.

Radical New Cross is part of the national Being Human festival of the humanities 2015 in partnership with Parliament Week and with events in collaboration with The Field, X Marks the Spot and the Women’s Art Library.

Find out more and register at www.gold.ac.uk/radical-new-cross #RadicalNewCross Programme

Thursday, 12th radical politics. With Friday, 13th November November 2015 the unprecedented 2015 expansion of state 7pm – 8.30pm 1pm – 6pm power in the name of St James Hatcham ONLINE security, the ongoing Building global financial crisis, Reddit AMA with TALK and the decline of Dr Will Davies Post Anarchism: What Marxist and social Dr Will Davies, Director is the relevance of democratic projects, of the Political Economy anarchism for politics it is time to reconsider Research Centre at today? anarchism as a form of Goldsmiths, is taking politics. Professor Saul Newman part in a massive online gives a public lecture Saul Newman is a discussion on reddit coinciding with the Professor of Political where he will answer launch of his new book, Theory and Head of the questions from redditors Post Anarchism, and Department of Politics from the world over. will be joined by author at Goldsmiths. His new Will Davies is the Federico Campagna book, Post Anarchism, author of The Limits of who will respond to his was published by Polity Neoliberalism, which talk. Press in 2015. traced how the ideas While many have Free! Book your place at of Chicago School dismissed anarchism, gold.ac.uk/radical-new- economists transformed its critique of authority cross how markets are and its insistence on regulated by law, equality and liberty and how the ideas of places it at the forefront Harvard Business School of contemporary strategists transformed Image: Courtesy of the Black Deptford Town Hall after the Cultural Archives 1977 Battle of Lewisham.

how we understand Across the weekend political leadership. 310 New Cross Road His recent book, The EXHIBITION Happiness Industry, outlines a critical history Empowered Printwork: of attempts to measure Women’s Art Library and optimise our residency exhibition emotions, from Jeremy Printmaker and street Bentham in the late artist Aida Wilde joins 18th century through archivist and artist to the latest practices Ego Ahaiwe to show a in ‘neuro-marketing’ new poster produced and twitter ‘sentiment specially for Radical New analysis’. Cross and inspired by a Join the discussion from collection of hundreds 1pm at of posters from the www.reddit.com/r/ women’s movements of science the 1970s and 80s. This exhibition of empowered printwork is the result of a two week residency at the Women’s Art Library and will be shown alongside copies of rarely seen archive material. Free and open to all. Saturday, 14th Studio members will definition of ‘data’ from November 2015 discuss the process and the Embroidered Digital motivations behind the Commons project, 11am – 1pm device, its development a collective artwork Local area and the challenges initiated by artist Ele WALKING TOUR and difficulties faced in Carpenter to contribute New Cross data tourists making it. Participants to current debates on are thought of as collective making in Join us for an interactive genuine collaborators, code, textiles and digital walking tour of New giving the Studio a culture. As part of the Cross. Participants valuable insight into workshop, designer will be given a unique their methods and Rose Sinclair will lead device developed by the approaches. a discussion on Dorcas Goldsmiths Interaction societies of the 1950- Research Studio (Design) Free! Book your place at 60s, which brought to try out on the streets gold.ac.uk/radical-new- together Caribbean and public spaces of cross women through textiles New Cross. Not only and acted as networks will participants get to 1.15pm – 4pm for social and economic use a device developed St James Hatcham change. The untold by the Studio, they Building oral stories of Dorcas will help define what WORKSHOP society members it is and how it can be will be told through used. The 40-minute an accompanying tour will begin at Textile networks installation. Goldsmiths’ St James This open workshop will Hatcham Building before bring together crafters, Free! Book your place at heading back for a hackers, makers and gold.ac.uk/radical-new- round-table discussion. members of the public cross During these sessions to collectively sew the objects (in)sight BANK collective panel discussion 14th November Women’s Art Library residency exhibition. 14th-15th November, 310 New Cross Road Saturday, 14th 6pm-10pm exchange ideas and November 2015 Commoning in Deptford forge relationships. Town Hall Discussions will focus on 4.30pm – 6pm READINGS, forms of ‘commoning’ Prof. Stuart Hall Building DISCUSSIONS AND and ‘enclosures’ in the PANEL DISCUSSION EATING New Cross prompted by the reading short texts objects(in)sight – on a range of subjects People’s Kitchen Radical New Cross from education, land special Goldsmiths’ historic use and the politics of Deptford Town Hall will A panel discussion food. The event will help host an evening of open on archive material generate discussions reading and discussions documenting the New about the history on the possibilities of Cross artist group BANK. and politics of New commoning in New Part of Goldsmiths’ Cross, Goldsmiths and Cross, organised around successful objects (in) Deptford Town Hall. the preparation and sight events series, Meeting at The Field eating of food. Bread panellists will discuss (385 Queen’s Rd, SE14 and spreads will be a wealth of material 5HD) at 6pm for food prepared and eaten documenting the activity preparation and moving by community groups, of the infamous BANK to Deptford Town Hall historians, academics art collective, charting at 8pm for eating and and local people to the organisation’s discussions. explore the politics of dissident journey access, place and eating through the boom of the Free! Book your place at together. Participants gold.ac.uk/radical-new- 1990s London will prepare food cross art scene. at The Field before Free and open to all. moving to Deptford Town Hall to eat, read, Sunday, 15th November 2015 1pm – 4pm St James Hatcham Building WORKSHOP Not the measure of us: Black Women, New Cross, ‘New’ Human This workshop invites active participation to explore questions and research concerning ‘Being Human’, starting with notions of ‘radical New Cross’. You will be invited to bring along a small example of black radical memorabilia and some words/ thoughts/ ideas to create a collective installation. We plan to move through conversations and exchanges that

Post Anarchism public lecture. reconfirm our humanity. Thursday, 12th November A collaboration between 4.30pm – 6pm events including first- Joan Anim-Addo at the St James Hatcham hand accounts in order Centre for Caribbean Building to construct a ‘people’s and Diaspora Studies PANEL DISCUSSION history’ of radicalism and artists Lauren and dissent in the area. Craig and Ego Ahaiwe A range of activities The Battle of Lewisham: Sowinski, this workshop including various united against fascism captures ideas that we creative responses will explore and will make On 13th August 1977, an encourage visitors to available online at both attempt by the National reflect on and document X Marks the Spot and Front to march from New their own experiences. the Centre for Caribbean Cross to Lewisham was The event will bring and Diaspora Studies. halted by a patchwork together academics, of groups in a display activists and Londoners Booking: of solidarity against to discuss the history [email protected] fascism and racism. and legacy of ‘radical’ This event will explore New Cross and and debate the history Lewisham. and context of anti- racist and anti-fascist Free! Book your place at gold.ac.uk/radical-new- resistance and protest cross in and around Lewisham in the twentieth century. From the Battle of Cable Street in 1936 to the Battle of Lewisham 40 years later, we will explore key themes and Map

A Goldsmiths is a 5 St James Hatcham minute walk from New Building Cross Gate and New Cross national rail / B Overground stations. Deptford Town Hall The St James Hatcham C building is a large 310 New Cross Road Victorian church D building located at the The Field, 385 Queen’s end of St James’ off New Rd, SE14 5HD Cross Road. Deptford Town Hall and 310 New E Cross Road are located Prof. Stuart Hall Building moments away. E Shardeloes Road

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New Cross New Cross Road New Cross Gate Contributing Goldsmiths Departments Art, Centre for Caribbean and Diaspora Studies, Design, History, Politics, Library Special Collections, Visual Cultures. Collaborators X Marks the Spot and The Field Partner organisations

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