A recent graduate of Leeds University, Kaynan, like Tom Maguire, is an East Leeds working class socialist of Irish descent, who has made a particular study of the career of Tom Maguire. Kaynan will explore the development of Maguire’s trade union and political career, his role in the seamstresses’ strike of 1869 and the successful gas workers’ struggle of 1870 and his part in the formation of the forerunner of the modern day Labour Party. Points of interest to Kaynan include:
- How did a working class poet f’rom Leeds change British politics?
- What does a 19th Century socialist teach us about Labour organisation today?
- Why 30,000 workers took to Leeds streets in 1890
The talk will be in Room 3, Swarthmore Centre, Woodhouse Square, LS3 1AD Map teas and coffees will be provided.
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