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The Future in our Past: UK Book Tour

Join us at these launch events for The Future in our Past: The General Strike, 1926/2026 by Callum Cant and Matthew Lee. 

30 March 2026

The Future in our Past UK Book Tour

The Future in our Past: The General Strike, 1926/2026 is out 28 April in the UK! On the centenary of the 1926 General Strike, this is social history at its most immediate and relevant. 

Join us at the following events to hear the authors discuss the lessons the General Strike holds for labour movements today.

23rd April — London — Brady arts & community centre: Tickets forthcoming

24th April — Cambridge — Cambridge Literary Festival: Chaired by journalist and editor Sian Kevill. Book here.

28th April — Glasgow — Unity Books: Hosted by Glasgow Trades Union Council. Book here.

29 April —Edinburgh — Lighthouse Bookshop: Callum Cant in conversation with Cailean Gallagher, editor of the Scottish Left Review. Book here.

2nd May — Barnsley: Celebrate the centenary with Unite the union. Tickets forthcoming.

4th May — Chesterfield — Chesterfield May Day Gala: Tickets forthcoming

5th May — Manchester — The Canal Side Room: Hosted by Greater Manchester rs21 and Partisan Collective. Book here

6th May — Nottingham — Five Leaves Bookshop: Book here.

16th May — Bristol — M Shed: In collaboration with Bristol Radical History Group. Tickets forthcoming.

21st May — Essex — Wivenhoe Books: Book here.

22nd May — Bury St Edmunds: In collaboration with West Suffolk Trades Council. Tickets forthcoming. 

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