The Raven #36: Class Struggle and Social Protest

A Donald Rooum "Wildcat" cartoon in which the cat leaps in the air shouting "All bosses out!" whilst pointing at a caricature of a white bald male boss in a fancy car which is being carried by two workers.

Anarchist journal published by Freedom Press in 1997. This issue is themed around class struggle - its contents are of extremely variable quality.

Author

Harold Sculthorpe

Contents

Introduction
The Relevance of Class in Class War - David Douglass
I - Unemployment: ideological construct or economic reality? - Derek Pattison
II - Learning or Labour? - Derek Pattison
The 7,000 mile picket line: Liverpool dockers two years on - Guy Cheverton
Managing the Unemployed - Albert Shore
Greve Generale: surprised again by the mass-strike - Norman Stock
I - History of Conflict in Puerto Real - Brian Bamford
II - A conversation with Pepe Gomez in September 1996 - Brian Bamford
III - Street-wise South of the Sierras - Brian Bamford
Class Struggle, or Acting for Ourselves - Donald Rooum
Class Struggle - No Struggle - Jean Pollard
Some Thoughts on Class Struggle - Peter Neville
In the Womb of the Old - John Rety
I - Anarchy at the Peace Camps - Kate Witcham
II - From Protest to Prison in three easy steps - Kate Witcham
A Personal Experience of Direct Action - Mick Cropper
Runway Two - Julian Fitzgerald
Postscript
Review of Culture and Anarchism - John Pilgrim
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Cover image by Donald Rooum. This issue edited by Harold Sculthorpe.

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