Black Flag

Black Flag - UK, 1970-present
Black Flag is a class struggle anarchist magazine which was founded in 1970 by Stuart Christie and Albert Meltzer. Originally the "organ of the Anarchist Black Cross" prisoner support group it was best known in the late 1970s and early 1980s when its frequency reached fortnightly and covered international struggles, the Angry Brigade and the CNT in Spain amongst other things.

INTRODUCTION BY BLACK FLAG:

We recently observed a very fruitful discussion on race and class on the internet, particularly around "black" anarchism, special oppressions and the desirability of separate organisation.

A year of our lives - 20 years since the great coal strike of 1984-1985

First, perhaps you could say something about yourself and the organisation you are part of?

Nick Heath reflects on his experiences in the UK anarchist movement since the 1960s, and the lessons on organisation and politics he finds valid for anarchists today.

The Dawning of a New Era

This article was translated and abridged from Le Monde Libertaire for Black Flag #211 in 1997. Vitrolles is a town in France whose council was won in elections a few months prior by the fascist Front National. It was the fourth city run by the FN at the time - the others were Toulon, Orange and Marignane.

VITROLLES: THE LOGIC OF THE URNS

This controversial article was a reflection of how the author saw things at the time. It was published in Black Flag in 1997. It's fair to say that his views have changed since then and events have moved on.

What is anarcho-syndicalism? - libertarian reformism, vanguardism or revolutionary unionism?

A review by Black Flag of Stuart Christie's book on the Spanish FAI - Iberian Anarchist Federation from the time of the Spanish Civil War.

Trotskyist Lies on Anarchism

The Wee Man is Dead!

Robert Lynn has snuffed it. In the heart of Glasgow - the Calton - hundreds of people are genuinely mourning the loss of one of its best loved sons.

Anarchism, heterosexism and secular religions

The following article was one of two written by collaborators of "Alpha", a weekly Greek anarchist paper and published in issue 89, 7 April 1997. The first one is a report on the experiences of E.P. in the Albanian south between 20 - 25 March, plus two characteristic dialogues.

This is the first of two articles written by two collaborators of "Alpha", a weekly Greek anarchist paper and published in issue 89, 7 April 1997

THE CONQUEST OF BREAD
Gary Hayter

A review of Andy Anderson's "The Enemy is Middle Class"/

This article is from Black Flag in 1999. It analyses the British state's use of shoot to kill.

This review was submitted at the end of 1999 to Black Flag.

From Black Flag 216, published in 1999.

Anatomy of an Economic Miracle

An open letter to all members of the IWA