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Liverpool Anarchist #10

Latest issue of the Liverpool Anarchist with articles on the Manchester and Kirkby rent strikes, Birkenhead Teaching Assistants and a revolutionary vision for housing.

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A local monthly newsletter covering local organising, radical history and direct action in the city of Liverpool. Our content is committed to being anti-state, communist and against all oppression.

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Stoned by the Mersey: Opposing the Blackshirts in Liverpool

History article from issue 13 of Anti-Fascist Action's Fighting Talk magazine.

The 1912 Leeds Anarchist Conference

Submitted by Rory Reid on Oct 23 2018 13:43

Carrying on a regional tradition common in the 1890s and early 1900s(for example in Scotland), anarchists met for what was the first known UK wide conference in 1912.

We here reproduce a text by Joseph Buckman who appears to be a historian of working class struggles and immigration especially of the jews.

The effects of the Hillsborough disaster and police cover up

Submitted by Reddebrek on Dec 6 2017 11:08

The frontpage on the left is the infamous smear paper

Steve Kelly is the brother of one of the 96 Liverpool FC fans crushed to death in 1989 in Hillsborough, this is his account of how the police treated the families of the victims and the impact of the coverup and media smears.

Liverpool 1981 - An Eye Witness Account of the Toxteth Riots

Submitted by Reddebrek on Nov 12 2017 12:23

A personal account of the racist policing which sparked riots in the Toxteth area of Liverpool in 1981.

Liverpool versus Oswald Mosley, 1937

Submitted by Steven. on Mar 13 2017 10:26

A short account of the time in 1937 when fascist leader Oswald Mosley attempted to address the people of Liverpool, and was promptly hospitalised when they threw stones at him.

A worker gets paid after organising

A migrant former room attendant's account of successfully demanding her owed wages via Solidarity Federation.

Radical education in Liverpool

Submitted by AnarchoDoom on Jan 15 2017 21:48

A very brief look at some examples of radical schooling in Liverpool during the 20th century. A version of this article appeared in The Blast, a non-regular publication of Liverpool Class Action.