Radical printshop collectives of the 1970s and 80s (video) - Jess Baines
This half-hour lecture by former radical printshop worker and LSE lecturer Jess Baines investigates the largely forgotten history of the radical design and print collectives of the 1970s and 80s.
Despite the Sun (video)
Submitted by wojtek on Jul 3 2013 18:10
In January 1986, Rupert Murdoch moved his printing operation, News International, publishers of the Sun and the Sunday Times, from Fleet St to Wapping in East London. Over 5,000 print workers, clerical staff, cleaners and secretaries were sacked in one day.
Save Mute magazine!
Submitted by libcom on Sep 28 2012 16:55
Mute magazine produce high-quality, thought provoking radical content online and in print, and are one of the few of their kind able to actually pay their writers. After a 100% budget cut from the Arts Council, their future is in the balance, and they are appealing for donations to keep them in print. Read their appeal below...
Your paper needs contributions
Submitted by working class s... on Aug 17 2012 18:50
Have you thought about writing for Freedom?
Invitation to a public meeting on Freedom Press
Submitted by Rob Ray on Aug 2 2012 07:37
To whom it may concern,
As you may or may not have already heard, Freedom Press is in some difficulty, both financial and in terms of volunteer labour – basically we need you.
Freedom must be saved
Submitted by working class s... on Jul 19 2012 00:52
The potential closure of an iconic publication such as ‘Freedom’ is an absolute travesty, and would be in whatever circumstances that it may have arisen. However, the reasons for which it found itself in such a perilous financial state makes me feel sick to the pit of my stomach.
Worker co-operatives and democracy - Bernard Marszalek
Bernard Marszalek discusses the dynamics and contradictions of worker co-operatives under capitalism.
Printers Playtime
Workers Playtime is a defunct workerist journal that last came out in May 1985, just after the end of the miners' strike. This pamphlet is a collection of Playtime articles. Together, they trace the changing character of the class struggle in the UK printing industry. It ends with a short piece about Wapping, and extracts from the unofficial strike bulletin Picket.
The Pope and his phoney outrage
Submitted by working class s... on Nov 17 2011 13:07
The Pope is said to be outraged at a new Benetton advert. It is a shame that he is not as outraged by child abuse.
A short history of the London Workers Group, 1977-1985
Submitted by History is Made... on Oct 19 2011 20:52
A short history of the London Workers Group, which existed from 1977 to 1985, written by Dave Morris, a former member, in 2006.
