SWF publications

syndicalist
Posts: 1222 Joined: 15-04-06
Submitted by syndicalist on 25 October, 2007 - 00:41.

Hey there comrades....

I'm looking for copies (even photocopied) of the SWF pamphlet "Workers Control" and "The Bomb, Direct Action and the State".

Also wondering if there are any copes or bound volumes of "Direct Action" (SWF) still about?

Also any industrial bulletins issued by the SWF or the National Rank & File Movement I'd also be interested in.

I can either be PMed or emailed at wsany@hotmail.com

Thanks!

JH
Posts: 330 Joined: 11-02-07
25 October, 2007 - 09:50

Before my time - but there's an old thread here that might be relevant.

JDMF wrote:
did a job as a mule trasporting huge bundle of old Direct Action mags from manchester to edinburgh (had a work trip there conveniently) and has a chance to read through some of them on the way in train.

This bundle had almost all issues of Direct Action from late 40's onwards!!! Very interesting read - for instance issue in 68 eight said "class against class in france, revolution one step away"wink

I didn't know this, but apparently the magazine of the british section of IWA has always been called Direct Action, whether it was done under Anarchist Federation of Britain, Syndicalist workers federation, direct action movement, or currently Solidarity Federation.

I liked the tabloid format the best though wink

Edinburgh sol fed comms are planning to scan each and every issue of the old mags, turn them to PDF's and put them online. Will be quite an interesting piece of british anarchist history there.

syndicalist
Posts: 1222 Joined: 15-04-06
27 October, 2007 - 13:56

Ok, thanks JH.

Does anyone on here know if the scanning project progressed?

capricorn
Posts: 204 Joined: 03-05-07
27 October, 2007 - 21:47

I got both of them plus "The British General Strike 1926" and "The Social General Strike" both by Tom Brown if you want a copy of those too. I thought I had a copy of "How Labour Governed 1945-1951" but can't find it. Contact me if you've not got them via someone else.

syndicalist
Posts: 1222 Joined: 15-04-06
27 October, 2007 - 23:23

Cool. I have the other pamphlets, just "Workers Control" and "The Bomb, Direct Action and the State" are missing.

I'll PM you.