Marxist. Trade Unionist. Socialist-feminist. Author. Poet. Speaker. Tutor. RMT ex-Exec. Workers' Liberty. Autie. Bi. PUFC fan.
Flim of talks, performances and more
Janine Booth performing at the online Punk for the Homeless gig on 6 April 2020. Poems: – Disaffected Middle-aged Women – The Girl from Clapham – Why Can’t You Just Be Normal? – Thoughts and Prayers – This Place – … Read More
Janine is making a series of two-minute videos explaining aspects of democracy and representation in the RMT trade union. Click here to view the full playlist, and these links for individual videos: How RMT makes its policy What is an … Read More
Speaking at an online meeting of rail workers in September, Janine Booth tells the story of the period after the end of the Second World War when black people came to Britain but met opposition from some white workers, until … Read More
Janine explains the need for, and the content of, the Labour Party Autism and Neurodiversity Manifesto.
Janine chats with Pippa from Five Leaves about writing, politics, motivation, lockdown, poetry and much more. Warning: may contain poetry and book extracts!
Five Leaves bookshop, publisher of Janine’s biography of Minnie Lansbury, interviews Janine about writing, lockdown, politics, motivation and lots more. Warning: may contain book extracts and poetry.
Finally getting round to posting this video from four years ago. It is one of my favourite of my poems!
Janine speaks to an online audience of rail workers about the fight against job cuts. Fellow RMT activist John Pencott also speaks.
Five Leaves Bookshop hosts Janine reading her poem, Stay the Fuck Home, which features in the anthology, Coronaverses: poems from the pandemic.
Janine addresses the protest in support of Osime Brown outside the Home Office on Friday 4 September – includes the poems Free Osime Brown and Bearing Down. Please sign Osime’s petition here.
Janine Booth performing at the online Punk for the Homeless gig on 6 April 2020. Poems: Disaffected Middle-aged Women – The Girl from Clapham – Why Can’t You Just Be Normal? – Thoughts and Prayers – This Place – Stonewall … Read More
Janine’s poetic turn at the 2020 online celebration ofthe 1911 Llanelli railway strike.
Janine Booth interviews musician Rhoda Dakar, who talks about Two-Tone, policing, the centrality of class and much much more! Read the full text of the interview here. Rhoda was in The Bodysnatchers and The Special AKA, and performed in “Free … Read More
Janine’s video contribution to We Shall Overcome’s Isolation Festival, held online on 11 April 2020, featuring the poems: Disaffected Middle-Aged Women Clap for Carers Wherefore Art Thou, Capitalism? Unskilled Thoughts and Prayers
More than twenty poets read their contributions to the anthology Coronaverses: poems from the pandemic. Buy the book here.
PJ aka the Repeat Beat Poet, is a hip hop and spoken word artist, and an activist. He spoke to Janine Booth, a trade unionist, Workers’ Liberty activist, and poet about George Floyd Protest, police, fighting racism, and more. Questions … Read More
Janine Booth performs poetry for the National Education Union’s ‘Everything is possible – celebrating working women everywhere’ online event on 30 May 2020.
Janine’s video making the case for free trade unions, accompanied (with permission) by Billy Bragg.
Janine speaks as part of a panel on Covid-19, democratic ownership and the future of the economy in May 2020. – organised by Another Europe Is Possible. Video plus text of speech below. Thank you for inviting me and … Read More
