A guest exhibition exploring the ongoing power of Pablo Picasso’s iconic 1937 painting Guernica through a display of 21st century reworkings from across the globe. Exhibitions are open Wednesdays to Fridays 1-5pm, and the first Saturday of the month 10am-4pm. Working Class Movement Library, 51 Crescent, Salford, M54WX https://www.wcml.org.uk/
Annual commemoration for the men and women from the North-West who supported the Republican cause in the Spanish Civil War; 11.30am–1.30pm at Manchester Central Library, St Peter’s Square, Manchester M2 5PD. Contact Dolores Long: doloreslong@fastmail.fm
Basque Children of ‘37 8PM Bolton Socialist Club, Wood Street, Bolton.
Simon Martinez of the Basque Children of ‘37 Association talks on the experience of the child refugees at Bolton Socialist club. www.boltonsocialistclub.org.uk/index.php
2 pm. The curator of the Guernica exhibition, Nicola Ashmore,gives an illustrated talk exploring Guernica and its remakings as a call to action, pushing back at those in power who choose to act to the detriment of civilians.
The guest exhibition exploring the ongoing power of Pablo Picasso’s iconic 1937 painting Guernica through a display of 21st century reworkings from across the globe.
Football & the Spanish Civil War. Speakers include:
Sid Lowe, The Guardian's Spanish football correspondent and author of Catholicism, War and the Foundation of Francoism: The Juventud de Acción Popular in Spain, 1932-1937 and Fear and Loathing in La Liga: Barcelona, Real Madrid, and the World's Greatest Sports Rivalry
