Do All Organizing Roads Lead to Bernie? A Response to Eric Blanc’s Interview on Dead Pundit Society From a West Virginia Teacher and Strike Leader West Virginia teacher and strike organizer Michael Mochaidean argues against an…
Not a single wheel can turn: Further thoughts on organising and mobilising in the “gig” economy A report on Deliveroo riders in Manchester taking their second day of strike action…
Teachers' Strike in Oakland The seven-day strike in Oakland was part of a series of recent teachers' strikes in the U.S.
1958 Notting Hill race riots Ron Ramdin's history on the 1958 Notting Hill 'race riots', which saw mass racial violence last for several days over a wide area of West London…
Chapter 5: Sinking The Flagship The aim of the Anti-Poll Tax campaign was to make the tax unworkable. If enough people refused to pay, then the Poll Tax couldn't be enforced. The courts would be blocked; the bailiffs would be turned away; wage arrestment would prove too complicated; and the final solution — prison — would prove politically disastrous for any Labour council (and in any case was unenforceable because there was no room for large…
Isizwe (journal of the United Democratic Front) Isizwe (The Nation) was the journal published by the United Democratic Front to stimulate discussion and debate on topics including workerism,…
1958 Nottingham race riots Ron Ramdin's short history on the 1958 Nottingham race riots, in which over a thousand white people took part in mass racist violence against…
Chapter 1: A Hated Tax The Poll Tax was a flat rate tax. It was not based on ability to pay. Everyone over eighteen was liable. Rich and poor paid the same. The millionaire paid the same as the toilet attendant. The lawyer paid the same as the shop assistant. The Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her multi-millionaire husband paid the same as their gardener. The tax, officially called the Community Charge, was dubbed the Poll Tax…
