Racial discrimination in employment? The Bristol bus boycott of 1963
Submitted by Steven. on Aug 11 2017 11:49
A student dissertation with lots of information about the 1963 boycott of Bristol's buses against the ban on recruiting workers of colour enforced by the TGWU union and the state-owned Bristol Omnibus Company.
Black and white on the buses: the 1963 colour bar dispute in Bristol
Submitted by Steven. on Aug 11 2017 10:17
A detailed pamphlet by Madge Dresser on the Bristol bus boycott, when a mass campaign defeated the TGWU union's bar on black and Asian people working in bus crews.
Hospital workers continue striking for fairer pay
Submitted by Ramona on Aug 11 2017 09:56
Workers at St Barts hospital trust in London are set to continue one of the largest ever hospital strikes in the UK.
LGBT refugee wins legal battle to stay in UK
Submitted by libcom on Aug 11 2017 08:43
Aderonke Apata was accused of faking her sexuality, but has now won her 13 year battle for asylum.
The 1975 Spaghetti House siege: making the rhetoric real - Jenny Bourne
Submitted by Ed on Aug 9 2017 21:32
A history of the Spaghetti House siege of 1975, when three armed black liberation activists intent on a small-scale robbery ended up holding nine waiters hostage for five days. The piece also looks at the life of Wesley Dick (Shujaa Moshesh), one of the ‘gunmen’ protagonists, and is interspersed with his poems on black politics, imprisonment and world events.
Neo-Nazi secret meeting in Holborn cancelled
Submitted by Anonymous on Aug 8 2017 18:03
A secret neo-Nazi meeting due to be held this Wednesday has been stopped after the venue cancelled the booking
Help us report on the class struggle
Submitted by libcom on Aug 8 2017 11:36
libcom.org is looking for volunteers to help us rejuvenate our news reporting, making it a better resource for all of us trying to organise and fight for a better world.
West London Amazon Flex worker's report
Submitted by AngryWorkersWorld on Aug 7 2017 11:03
Self-employed worker's report about the ups and downs of driving for Amazon.
UK: A Promising Hospital Strike
Submitted by Fredo Corvo on Aug 6 2017 20:35
Since the Spring of this year in several London hospitals about 750 cleaners, security personnel and porters have been in dispute with their employer, Serco. They are part of the lowest paid workers in the U.K.
Labour Advice Bureau – Workers’ Dreadnought
Here is a sarcastic piece from Sylvia Pankhurst’s Workers’ Dreadnought paper in 1922, it was reprinted as follows in 1961 by the UK-based libertarian socialist group Solidarity in their Solidarity for Workers’ Power journal (vol.1, no. 8).
