1926 General Strike : Eastbourne was ready to dare.
Revisiting the General Strike of 1926 – when workers were ready to dare. Charlie Kimber and Judy Cox. It was great to have been invited to a Book Launch (4th […]
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Hounded under Mccarthyism for being Magnificent !!
Ok. Sorted. So it’s #PaulRobeson season here at Peoples Eastbourne and the Engels in Eastbourne Campaign 🚩 Reasons to be hopeful…..certainly, yes! We could be getting that long campaigned for
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Community Soup at The Winter Garden
“We’re in the soup again!” Hey. Is Eastbourne in for a treat with 4 performances over 3 days of this Community Play starting soon. And on at our fantastic heritage
Paul Robeson commemoration at the Winter Garden?
I’ve just got to share this “almost there” NEWS. (Um? Do I speak too soon I shrug?) NO worries as i just can’t go along with “not tempting fate” on
Call Mr Robeson Performed by Tayo Aluko
Paul Robeson was a world renowned bass baritone performer, an actor, an American football player, a Lawyer, and the leading civil rights activist of his day. Here is Tayo Aluko
Tom Mann: Did he ever visit Engels in Eastbourne?
After reading The Communist Manifesto in 1886, Mann became a communist. He was a union activist, being one of the leading figures in the London dock strike of 1889. He
Paul Robeson birthday commemoration-09.04.1898 to 23.01.1976
Peoples Eastbourne is delighted to commemorate the birthday anniversary of Paul Robeson and remember his well loved link to our town. The legendary black American socialist, singer and film star
St Patrick’s Battallion… Los San Patricios
ST PATRICK’S BATALLION 🇮🇪 🇮🇪 Especially for St Patrick’s Day, Peoples Eastbourne are commemorating the brave Irishmen who fought in the St Patrick’s Battallion and died for Mexico during the
Radical History Stall at The View
It was the Radical History Stall at The View Hotel Eastbourne over the weekend (22/23rd November), and it was great meeting new people who were pleased to hear about our
How Eastbourne Got it’s Engels Plaque
This story starts in 1975, before the 1989 fall of the Berlin wall (of course), at the London Embassy for the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). The GDR were surprised