Practical History

An attempt to rethink the separation between animal liberationist and communist politics. (Published 1999).

Account of a participant involved in the No War But The Class War group at the time of the first Gulf War.

Leaflet distributed at a Reclaim The Streets party in South London in June 1998, to place the event in context, and explain the radical history…

Leaflet distributed before and during the Reclaim the Streets party in Brixton, South London in June 1998, looking at how streets and car culture effect the lives of children.

Detailed account of the impact of the 1991 Gulf War on the health service in Britain, including anti-war leaflets produced by health workers and a brief account of the impact of the war on health in Iraq.

This response to the graffitiing of official monuments in London on May Day 2000 looks at the…

Reflections on the May Day 2000 actions in London and the development of the anti-capitalist movement.

Leaflets distributed at a talk on Henry Frick's art collection, reflecting on the 1892 Homestead strike, and the origins of the wealth of the industrialists whose collections founded many of Britain's major art galleries.

Report of a 2001 action at the Tate Britain Gallery in London, against a William Blake exhibition…

A potted timeline of radical history of Luton and the surrounding areas produced for the Free the Spirit festival organised by the Exodus…

A summary of the The Red Menace newsletter, published in London from 1989-1990 by a group of individuals as a contribution to the movement for a stateless, moneyless and classless world human community – communism. Published online, November 2000.

This text describes the mass insurgency in Ireland leading up to the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre, and looks at how the British state has applied the lessons from Ireland against the working class in Britain. It was first published in early 1991 in the aftermath of the Trafalgar Square poll tax riot and circulated as a 4 page A4 leaflet amongst the anti-poll tax movement ; later it was republished in Clash, the…