No God, No Devil. No Heaven, No Hell - Dan Chatterton, The Scorcher (1894)
Submitted by Red Marriott on Mar 30 2010 22:26
Chatterton's call for an end to religion, the abolition of Monarchy, Parliament, "the entire monetary system" and for "Building the Commune, in the Freedom of Co-operative Community". For those ruling class members who object, the option is offered of "a nine foot drop". Vive La Commune.
Published in January 1894 in Chatterton's self-published paper, The Atheistic Communistic Scorcher, as the front page of no. 36.
For more information on Chatterton, his life and The Scorcher, see; http://libcom.org/libray/-dan-chatterton-scorcher-london-communist-atheist
The abolition of the queen, lords and commons - Dan Chatterton, The Scorcher
Submitted by Red Marriott on Mar 30 2010 22:10
Addressed to the Prime Minister of the day - Chatterton's Communist programme for overthrowing the ruling class; abolition of Royalty, Houses of Lords and Commons; disbanding of Army, Navy and Police forces and an end to Imperialist rule abroad; to be achieved, if necessary, by bloody guerilla war; the establishment of a People's Commune implementing one hour's work a day for all..
Published in the 1890s in Chatterton's self-published paper, The Atheistic Communistic Scorcher, as the front page of no. 31.
For more information on Chatterton, his life and The Scorcher, see; http://libcom.org/libray/-dan-chatterton-scorcher-london-communist-atheist
Keeping Occupied - Living on the Ocean Estate in Stepney Green
An interesting personal account of squatting on an estate in Tower Hamlets, east London.
I’m writing this at the request of another L&S member who pointed out that lots of what I have been doing over the last few months is political and worth recording.
Cantwell, Thomas Edward, 1864-1906
Submitted by Battlescarred on Feb 6 2010 17:22
A short biography of Tom Cantwell, anarchist active in the Socialist League and with Freedom
"Cantwell was neither a great writer nor speaker, yet he did both well whenever he made the attempt. His specialty was spade work. He often comes to my mind when I listen to the excuses of those who think they cannot be useful without genius.
First buses London strike injunction
Submitted by AIW on Jan 12 2010 11:12
After the banning of the British Airways cabin crew strike, now First bus workers have also been banned from striking by the courts.
While we do not agree with everything he says, Martin Mayer, Chair, United Left, commented on the decision:
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It may be tempting to blame your Union when strikes are ruled "illegal" by a judge, as in the case of First London re their proposed strike for 6th January (today).
Letter from a London street cleaner
An account of working life for a London street sweeper hired through a temp agency.
I started working for a temp agency which hires street sweepers, waste loaders, street sweep-truck drivers. I work on a street sweeping truck, I sweep stuff from the pavement into the vacuum-brush of the truck.
Marx on the piss; a London pub crawl with Karl Marx in the late 1850s - Wilhelm Liebknecht
Submitted by Red Marriott on Dec 18 2009 17:12
An account by Liebknecht of a smashing drunken evening in London town, written some 40 years after the event...
One evening, Edgar Bauer, acquainted with Marx from their Berlin time and then not yet his personal enemy […], had come to town from his hermitage in Highgate for the purpose of “making a beer trip.” The problem was to “take something” in every saloon between Oxford Street and Hampstead Road – making the something a very difficult task, even by confining yourself to a minimum, considering the enor
Housing and cleaners' struggles in London in the 1960s-70s - May Hobbs
Submitted by Red Marriott on Dec 7 2009 19:40
In two chapters from her autobiographical account Born To Struggle, May describes her struggles against landlords, employees and council and union bureaucrats. As a result of her experiences working as a night cleaner, she set up the rank'n'file group Cleaners Action and led a cleaners' strike at the Ministry of Defence offices.
LANDLORDS AND TENANTS
Paper Boys - one man's accounts of picketing at Wapping
Submitted by Steven. on Nov 24 2009 11:29
One man's very personal account of the often violent picketing during the News International strike at Wapping in 1985-6.
PREFACE
They said we were greedy printers but we showed them all.
Since the Winter of Discontent, when the Soft Cops were no longer able to control the workers their role for Capital has been on the decline and that of Hard Cop on the increase.
Bus strikes in East London
Submitted by Django on Nov 9 2009 19:13
Bus drivers and engineers in East London walked out today in a 24-hour action which stopped around 750 buses and either froze or disrupted 58 routes.
The East London Bus Company employs 2,600 workers, of which all but 200 are members of the Unite Union. The union balloted its members after the company imposed a pay freeze on its staff, claiming the recession had forced their hand. The vote was in favour of strike action by 84%.
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