Solidarity Federation

British anarcho-syndicalist federation, member of the International Workers' Association and producer of the magazine Direct Action.

Why did we risk it all? Because we won't go down without a fight.

In August and September 2009, about 250 members of teaching staff at Tower Hamlets College went on strike over compulsory redundancies and cuts to course provision. Catalyst spoke to one of the strikers, Rachel, in the aftermath of the strike, about the up and downs of the battle against the bosses.

While the recent media spin is suggesting that we're 'on our way out of recession', the reality on the ground is that workers are still facing attacks across sectors in the forms of job cuts and community provisions.

Catalyst #22 Winter 2009 - Newspaper of the Solidarity Federation

The new-look Catalyst 8-page tabloid from the Solidarity Federation.

Available as a pdf download. Web version to follow.

For workers' control! - Lessons of recent struggles in the UK

A leaflet compiled by members of the Solidarity Federation to share with workers in struggle - making the case for workers' self-organisation with practical examples from recent disputes. Download a print-ready pdf here.

Recent years have seen promising signs of a working class fightback, after decades of attacks on working class living standards.

Catalyst #21 Summer 2009 - Newsletter of the Solidarity Federation - IWA

Catalyst #21 Summer 2009
Newsletter of the Solidarity Federation - IWA

Manchester College | Return to Lindsey | Immigration checks | Postal strikes

Sweep ISS out of SOAS
Victory at Linamar
Tube staff go off the rails
Know your rights: Immigration checks

Anti-militarism: an anarcho-syndicalist perspective

A discussion document from the Brighton Class Struggle Forum 18/08/09.

What is anarcho-syndicalism?

Spain: Members of the anarcho-syndcialist CNT demonstrate

A basic introductory leaflet produced by the Solidarity Federation, also available as a print-ready pdf.

Anarchism is a revolutionary political current that declares "freedom without socialism is privilege and injustice and socialism without freedom is slavery and brutality."

Syndicalism is the workers’ movement. Deriving from the French word for Trade Unionism (Syndicalisme), it seeks to unite workers on an economic basis to fight for their interests.

Direct Action #47 Summer 2009 Solidarity Federation

Direct Action #47 Summer 2009
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Direct Action #47 Summer 2009