Poll tax rebellion - Danny Burns
Submitted by Steven. on Apr 10 2013 22:30
Full scanned version of the definitive grassroots history of the mass working class movement which defeated Margaret Thatcher's poll tax. 17 million people refused to pay the tax, which defeated it and brought Maggie's time as Prime Minister to a premature end.
This book tells the gripping inside story of the biggest mass movement in British history, which at its peak involved over 17 million people.
The poll tax rebellion in Haringey
Submitted by Steven. on Dec 8 2012 17:05
Great pamphlet about the successful fight against the poll tax in Haringey, north London. Produced by Haringey Solidarity Group in 1999, this pamphlet gives an excellent snapshot of the struggle in one London Borough.
Digitised by libcom.org in December 2012
Beating the poll tax - Anarchist Communist Federation
Beating the Poll Tax was a widely distributed booklet that encouraged and analysed the rise of mass revolt against the Community Charge in 1989/90 as it was happening.
It was first published by the Anarchist Communist Federation in March 1990 under the Tories, following 'The Poll Tax and How to Fight It' in October 1988. Scanned in and published online for the first time on the Anarchist Federation website in March 2006.
BEATING THE POLL TAX
Hackney’s anarchic nineties
Submitted by wojtek on Jan 8 2012 14:32
A summary of anarchist activities in the Hackney area in the late eighties and throughout the nineties.
Rough and Ready
The last ten years and beyond
In the past twenty or so years Hackney has acquired what’s possibly the largest concentration of Anarcho types in the UK.
Video of Poll Tax riots, 1990
Footage of the 1990 Poll Tax Riots as well as interviews with participants.
Marx and the Anti-Poll Tax Movement - G. Barr
Submitted by blebber on Nov 2 2011 14:34
The poll tax was not an act of pure madness but was an attempt to deal with the intractable problems of the public goods crisis that afflicted the developed world. The response by the labour movement is examined in the light of the ideas developed about the state. The internal politics of the anti-poll tax movement and the changes provoked by the poll tax and its failure are then discussed.
INTRODUCTION
In the first part of this paper I will focus on the nature of the state in Marxist thinking. I will move on to look at the crisis in the welfare state. The paper will argue that poll tax was not an act of pure madness but it was an attempt to deal with the intractable problems of the public goods crisis that has afflicted the developed world.
Council workers - it's time to fight
Subversion article from 1990 or 1991 about cuts in local government, workers' struggles against them and the unions' complicity in the cuts.
All over the country small groups of public sector workers have been striking, occupying council buildings, demonstrating and protesting against the impact of cuts in their workplaces.
Down with Poll Tax, Down with all taxes!
Libertarian/council communist group Subversion on the anti-poll tax struggle.
The Poll Tax may be unfair, even on capitalist terms, but that is not the reason we oppose it. We oppose it for the same reason we oppose increases in rent, mortgages and electricity, etc. We oppose it because it is an increase in our cost of living and an attack on our living standards.
Up against the prole tax - The Red Menace
Submitted by Spassmaschine on Aug 10 2009 14:04
Article examining successful methods of resistance, following the introduction of the Poll Tax in Scotland in April 1989.
Poll tax
More of the same!
Submitted by Spassmaschine on Jul 26 2009 09:20
Leaflet attempting to link an action against council cuts to the movement against the poll tax.
This lobby of the council is a demonstration of our anger at the attacks the Labour group carries out on us. It is good for people here to see others who are fighting back. It lets us see that we are not alone.
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