{"id":142,"date":"2025-09-22T18:09:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T18:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cushion.community-languages.org.uk\/?page_id=142"},"modified":"2025-10-01T16:01:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T16:01:25","slug":"book-launch","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cushion.community-languages.org.uk\/?page_id=142","title":{"rendered":"Book Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/monthlyreview.org\/9781685901028\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-136\" src=\"https:\/\/cushion.community-languages.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/9781685901028.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"338\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cushion.community-languages.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/9781685901028.avif 596w, https:\/\/cushion.community-languages.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/9781685901028-204x300.avif 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><\/a>The book <em>Slavery in the British Empire and its Legacy in the Modern World<\/em> by Steve Cushion will be launched at a number of meetings<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/monthlyreview.org\/9781685901028\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Order the book from Monthly Review Press<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>UCL Institute of the Americas, Online 12 November 2025<\/strong>, 17:30 \u2013 19:00<br \/>\nRegister here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ucl.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/wEDcvQNoR8K0bd3Yll8GpQ#\/registration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/ucl.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/wEDcvQNoR8K0bd3Yll8GpQ#\/registration<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Institute of Historical Research, 17 November 2025, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm, in person<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>The Legacies of African Enslavement and the Case for Reparations<\/em><br \/>\nIHR Seminar Room N304, Third Floor, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU Register here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.ac.uk\/news-events\/events\/legacies-african-enslavement-case-reparations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.history.ac.uk\/news-events\/events\/legacies-african-enslavement-case-reparations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>University of Brighton, Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics and Ethics (CAPPE) One\u2013Day Conference on Reparations and Restitution, 14 November 2025<br \/>\n<\/strong>Grand Parade Main Building (M2), Brighton, BN2 0JY<br \/>\nRegister here: <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketsource.co.uk\/whats-on\/brighton\/grand-parade-main-building\/reparations-restitution\/2025-11-14\/10:00\/t-vvlqlor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.ticketsource.co.uk\/whats-on\/brighton\/grand-parade-main-building\/reparations-restitution\/2025-11-14\/10:00\/t-vvlqlor<\/a><\/li>\n<li>I shall also be speaking at the 22nd annual <strong>Historical Materialism conference, 6-9 November 2025<\/strong> SOAS, University of London<br \/>\n<a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.historicalmaterialism.org\/product\/twenty-second-annual-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.historicalmaterialism.org\/product\/twenty-second-annual-conference\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Previous on-line presentations of matters covered in the book:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Slavery and Big Business<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l9dWnyphwO0&amp;t=4s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l9dWnyphwO0&amp;t=4s<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Church and Reparations<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/jvvGMWvkCQg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/jvvGMWvkCQg<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Drax Family Dynasty &amp; the Business of Slavery<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/7iMppCfho2s\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/7iMppCfho2s<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The book Slavery in the British Empire and its Legacy in the Modern World by Steve Cushion will be launched at a number of meetings Order the book from Monthly&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-142","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cushion.community-languages.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cushion.community-languages.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cushion.community-languages.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cushion.community-languages.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cushion.community-languages.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=142"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/cushion.community-languages.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":156,"href":"https:\/\/cushion.community-languages.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/142\/revisions\/156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cushion.community-languages.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}