Where Marx and Engels wrote their Communist Manifesto, Manchester has been a very politically active city. With Hulme’s turbulent past and the romanticised vision of the 1960/70s and the misconstrued perception of what it was and how it was viewed; it has fuelled this passion and general consensus of animosity towards those times. It’s made clear that the people of Hulme are very passionate about where they are from, I think it’s important to celebrate that. In the past 5 to 10 years with the resurgence in interest of grassroots politics and activism this has offered an optimistic future for radical bookshops.