Sylvia Pankhurst, Bow Road. Photo: Public Domain
Commemorating International Women’s Day, Katherine Connelly discusses the contribution of Sylvia Pankhurst and the East London Suffragettes to the struggle for women’s liberation at a Counterfire meeting in Preston
Katherine Connelly is the author of Sylvia Pankhurst: Suffragette, Socialist and Scourge of Empire and edited collection of Sylvia’s writings in the US, A Suffragette in America: Reflections on Prisoners, Pickets and Political Change.
Join Revolution! May Day weekender in London
The world is changing fast. From tariffs and trade wars to the continuing genocide in Gaza to Starmer’s austerity 2.0.
Revolution! on Saturday 3 – Sunday 4 May brings together leading activists and authors to discuss the key questions of the moment and chart a strategy for the left.
Katherine Connelly
Kate Connelly is a writer and historian. She led school student strikes in the British anti-war movement in 2003, co-ordinated the Emily Wilding Davison Memorial Campaign in 2013 and is a leading member of Counterfire. She wrote the acclaimed biography, 'Sylvia Pankhurst: Suffragette, Socialist and Scourge of Empire' and recently edited and introduced 'A Suffragette in America: Reflections on Prisoners, Pickets and Political Change'.