Marx Memorial Library
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This library contains over 100,000 books, pamphlets and periodicals connected with Marxism and the broad Labour Movement, all housed in an 18th century Grade II listed building.
Specialised collections include: the Bernal Peace Library, International Brigade Spanish Civil War Archives, the James Klugman Collection of Radical and Chartist Literature, and US Labour Movement collection.
There are study facilities and the loan of books is available to members.
Spring and autumn lectures are open to the public.
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Clerkenwell Close, Clerkenwell, London EC1R | 1 minute from Marx Memorial Library
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Sans Walk, Clerkenwell, London EC1R | 2 minutes from Marx Memorial Library
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45 Clerkenwell Road, Clerkenwell, London EC1M | 1 minute from Marx Memorial Library
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Northampton Road, Clerkenwell, London EC1R | 4 minutes from Marx Memorial Library
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