Isaac Rose
Thursday 30 April 2026 18:00 to 19:30
2nd floor Farrell Centre, Newcastle University
Join us for the next lecture in our Intersections series with Isaac Rose.
Isaac works for the Greater Manchester Tenants Union and is author of The Rentier City: Manchester and the Making of the Neoliberal Metropolis
The Rise and Fall of the New Urban Left
From rent cap rebellions to urban entrepreneurialism, understanding 1980s Manchester through the lens of political defeat.
In 1984 Manchester's council was taken over by the left wing of the party, on a platform of jobs and resistance to Thatcher. By 1987 the council was working with government and laying foundation of what would come to be known as the "Manchester model". How did this transformation of perspective come about? In this talk, author Isaac Rose, will explore the efforts of the New Urban Left to define a alternative to Thatcher, and analyse how their political defeat paved the way for urban neoliberalism.