Marxist. Trade Unionist. Socialist-feminist. Author. Poet. Speaker. Tutor. RMT ex-Exec. Workers' Liberty. Autie. Bi. PUFC fan.
Janine Booth and Sammy Nour (Some-Antics) are among the performers at Leicester's laid-back, fun Friday evening! Buy your ticket here. Last Friday at Leicester's LCB All ages welcome (under 14s must be accompanied by an adult) Food + Drink available ... Read More
Join us for the online launch of the Spring 2026 issue of Asylum, the radical mental health magazine. Janine is the magazine's poetry editor. This year, the magazine is celebrating its fortieth anniversary. It provides a platform to voice and ... Read More
The Class Lines and Red Rhymes juggernaut arrives in Doncaster, appearing at the regular Well Spoken! event. Anthology editor Janine Booth will be joined by contributor Joe Zux in performing a variety of poems from the book, together with some ... Read More
Four months after her previous appearance, Janine once again puts in a turn for Soteria in the Pub! Spend the afternoon in great company, with entertaining and thought-provoking contributions, and all for the very worthy cause of supporting Soteria London, ... Read More
Class Lines and Red Rhymes hits the beating heart of the We Shall Overcome movement - The Station Hotel in Ashton-under-Lyne. Janine Booth and Joe Zux will read contributions to our anthology of left-wing poems, plus some stuff of their ... Read More
An evening of poetry from contributors to the new Left Cultures poetry anthology, Class Lines and Red Rhymes, in the Red Room in the Victoria Institute in Arundel, West Sussex.
Attila the Stockbroker, Janine Booth and Henry Normal hit Hastings!
Harlow's finest, the Newtown Neurotics, reunited with their 80s gigging companion Attila the Stockbroker, Radio 4 legend Henry Normal and the fiery Janine Booth for an afternoon of powerful poetry and passionate punk at the pulsating Prince Albert! Henry, Janine ... Read More
An evening of poetry from contributors to the new Left Cultures poetry anthology Class Lines and Red Rhymes.
The Class Lines and Red Rhymes juggernaut arrives in Shoreham-by-Sea, in Sussex, taking over the seaside town's regular poetry night, Outspoken Words.
An evening of poetry from contributors to the new Left Cultures poetry anthology Class Lines and Red Rhymes. The new poetry anthology Class Lines and Red Rhymes features 25 left-wing poems from old names and new, with striking illustrations throughout. ... Read More
After winning March's contest, Janine competes against other winners of last year's monthly Some-Antics slam competition for the title of 2025 winner!
Railworkers 200: Two centuries of class struggle on Britain's railways 2025 marks the bicentenary of the first passenger-carrying, locomotive-hauled railway journey, from Stockton to Darlington. It was the birth of the modern railway. While the rail industry and rail enthusiasts ... Read More
Join us online to launch the new issue of the radical mental health magazine, Asylum. As in previous launches, contributors to the latest issues will talk about their articles, and of course, there will be poems! Asylum magazine launch, Winter ... Read More
📢 Tubeworker / Off the Rails online meeting 📢
🗓 Thursday 18 December
🕰️ 15:00-16:30
An evening of poetry from contributors to the new Left Cultures poetry anthology, Class Lines and Red Rhymes. Plus (limited) open mic. The new poetry anthology Class Lines and Red Rhymes features 25+ left-wing poems from old names and new, ... Read More
Come to the author event in the village where Janine lives! Kirby Muxloe's new bookshop hosts Janine talking about her new book, Railworkers 200.
Janine talks through the history of railworkers, their lives and struggles, in this bicentenary year of the modern railway.
2025 is the 200th anniversary of the modern railway. That is two centuries of hard labour from railway workers, laying the tracks, building the trains and stations, digging the tunnels, maintaining and repairing the infrastructure, driving the locomotives, operating the ... Read More
Janine will be speaking at this online event about two centuries of railworkers, their lives and struggles.
Two months after her previous appearance, Janine once again puts in a turn for Soteria in the Pub! Spend the afternoon in great company, with entertaining and thought-provoking contributions, and all for the very worthy cause of supporting Soteria London, ... Read More
The legendary Survivors’ Poetry is back in-person and kicking! Join us for a celebration of the power of poetry and song. To unite, to liberate, to heal. Tales from the dark side and stories to uplift, always from the heart! ... Read More
Two years after her storming previous appearance, Janine is the guest poet at the South Downs Poetry Festival's Arts Junction event. In the upstairs Red Room of the Victoria Institute, Tarrant Street, Arundel, BN18 9DG. More information and tickets here. ... Read More
One union for all educators: Why? and How? Janine will be speaking at this online meeting for educators and education union activists. Also speaking will be Rachel Ferraby, support staff representative on the National Executive of the National Education Union. ... Read More