Sylvia and Silvio at Working Class Movement Library

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Exhibition 'Sylvia and Silvio'

29 March-23 May 2019

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Exhibition 'Sylvia and Silvio' at Working Class Movement Library
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Working Class Movement Library presents a guest exhibition about Sylvia Pankhurst and her companion, Silvio Corio, illustrating the lifelong activities of this couple in spearheading campaigns centred on social justice, human rights and anti-fascism.

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