Solidarity Federation
British anarcho-syndicalist federation, member of the International Workers' Association and producer of the magazine Direct Action.
Foundation trusts: a guide for NHS workers
An examination of NHS reforms, what they mean and how health workers can resist them.
We all know that the NHS is undergoing a period of 'reform', but what is actually happening? And what does this mean for those of us who work within the NHS?
NHS Notional Health Service - The great health and social care swindle
An in-depth look at NHS, the state it is in and what we can do about it.
Most of us at some point in our lives will use Health and Social care services, be they NHS, Local Authority, or private sector. Many of us also will be only too aware of the major funding crisis that exists, threatening many of the basic services we have taken for granted in the past.
Derailed: how the trains are in deep crisis
This article examines the current state of the railways, rail workers resistance and how we got there.
Anybody who has tried to organise a strike knows just how draconian Britain's anti-union laws are. First there is the nonsense of the compulsory postal ballot, conducted to a strict set of procedures to avoid a legal challenge.
Learning to live, teaching to fail
This article first appeared in Direct Action No12, Autumn, 1999, the quarterly magazine of the Solidarity Federation analysing the formation of the modern school and arguing for a libertarian alternative.
The modern school is a crucial instrument for maintaining and justifying continued hierarchy and privilege in today's society. But that doesn't mean we should reject the idea of schools as centres of learning.
Anarcho-syndicalism in Puerto Real from shipyard resistance to community control
An account of resistance to shipyard closures in Puerto Real, Spain, that lead to community wide involvement, with the anarcho-syndicalist union CNT playing both a prominent and decisive role.
A short history of British anarcho-syndicalism
Short pamphlet by the Solidarity Federation on the history of anarcho-syndicalism in the UK.
A short history of British anarcho-syndicalism
Origins and ideas of anarcho-syndicalism
Education Worker 2008 issue 2
Education Worker is the free bulletin of the Education Workers Network, part of the Solidarity Federation.
Catalyst #17
Solidarity Federation freesheet, produced June 08
Direct action gets the goods again, this time in London
An underpaying, exploitative restuarant boss in London was forced to pay a foreign kitchen porter his owed wages and also holiday pay when a picket arrived outside his restaurant, backed up by threats of legal action.
Cesare Copeta, an Italian national working seasonally in London, was employed by The Food Room, owners of The French Table restaurant in Surrey and the Tom Ilic restaurant in Battersea, which has been spotted listed in Time Out's Top 50 London restaurants.
Brighton Solidarity issue 1
Issue 1 of Brighton Solidarity Federation Newsletter Brighton Solidarity
Articles on privatisation, France in revolt and a local round-up.
