Solidarity
Solidarity was an influential libertarian socialist group based in the UK, active in industrial struggles and the anti-nuclear movement.
A review of Joe Jacob's 'Out of the Ghetto' - Al Richardson
A review of the late Joe Jacob's excellent autobiography. Growing up in London's Jewish East End, Joe was variously a Communist Party militant, anti-fascist, Trotskyist, and in his later years a member of the Solidarity libertarian socialist group.
Originally published in Vol. 5, No. 1 of the Trotskyist journal Revolutionary History.
Reprinted in Echanges et Mouvement no 80/81, 1996.
(A chapter from Out of the Ghetto is here; http://libcom.org/library/battle-cable-st-1936-joe-jacobs)
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On the Content of Socialism III - Socialisme Ou Barbarie
French libertarian socialist group Socialisme Ou Barbarie's third part of the Content of Socialism: The workers' struggle against the organization of the capitalist enterprise.
We have tried to show[1] that socialism is nothing other than people's conscious self-organization of their own lives in all domains; that it signifies, therefore, the management of production by the producers themselves on the scale of the workplace as well as on that of the economy as a whole; that it implies the abolition of every ruling apparatus separated from society; that it has to bring ab
Under new management - Fisher-Bendix occupation, 1972
Solidarity's excellent eyewitness account, with background information, of the Fisher-Bendix factory and offices against closure. The workers also implemented certain new aspects of work policy.
The workers at Fisher-Bendix, Kirkby near Liverpool, occupied the entire factory and offices on Wednesday, January 5, 1972. This action by all the workers, manual and non-manual, represents an advanced form of struggle.
On the Content of Socialism II - Socialisme Ou Barbarie
Very detailed article by French libertarian socialist group Socialisme Ou Barbarie on "the development of modern society and what has happened to the working-class movement over the last 100 years" and how they "have compelled us to make a radical revision of the ideas on which that movement has been based."
The Labour Government vs. The Dockers 1945-1951
Solidarity's account and analysis of the "socialist" Labour government's war against dockworkers.
LABOUR GOVERNMENT VS THE DOCKERS 1945-1951
SOLIDARITY PAMPHLET 19 / 5p
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INTRODUCTION TO FIRST REPRINTING ( SPRING 1965 )
Castoriadis, Cornelius, 1922-1997 - John Barker
An obituary and overview of the work of Cornelius Castoriadis, whose early theoretical writings had a strong influence on the UK Solidarity group, among others.
John Barker is an ex-member of Solidarity and the Angry Brigade.
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Cornelius Castoriadis
1922-1997
(By John Barker)
The New Movement - Henri Simon
Influential in its day and expressing the optimism of its times, this text describes the characteristics of the New Movement of class struggle of the 1960s and 70s and its relationship to the Old Movement...
Recollections of my time in Solidarity
A personal reflection on membership of the Solidarity group.
Recollections of my time in Solidarity
I thought I'd try and put down some recollections of my time in Solidarity and what I remember about the organisation. I actually joined in the late 70s and was a member for about four years, during the time that we were producing the magazine Solidarity for Social Revolution.
The Commune: Paris 1871 - Solidarity
P. Guillaume and M. Grainger
Solidarity Pamphlet 35
I. THE COMMUNE... FROM MARX TO TROTSKY.
'Each time we study the history of the Commune we see something new in it, thanks to the experiences gained, in later revolutionary struggles...' Thus wrote Trotsky in 1921, in his preface to a book by Tales[1] which was to become basic reading for a whole generation of French revolutionaries.
Mutinies - Dave Lamb
Solidarity's excellent pamphlet on mutinies in the British armed forces towards the end of World War I.
MUTINIES
