1960s

cover of Direct Action (SWF): Vol 7 #08 (52) August 1966 - headline "Smash The Wage Freeze" and "Blacklist Exposed"

Direct Action (SWF): Vol 7 #08 (62) Aug 1966

Direct Action from August 1966 including: Labour government wage freeze, Blacklist of Seamen exposed, strikebreaking in the North East, Ireland,…

cover of Direct Action (SWF): Vol 7 #04 (58) April 1966

Direct Action (SWF): Vol 7 #05 (59) May 1966

May 1966 issue of Direct Action, including: wage negotiations in Sweden and the UK, 40 years since the General Strike, Canadian co-ops critiqued,…

Cover of Direct Action v7 #4 1966

Direct Action (SWF): Vol 7 #04 (58) April 1966

April 1966 of Direct Action including: how we can end war, workplace struggles round up, Belgian miners shot, Glasgow rank and file workers…

Direct Action (SWF): Vol 6 #07 front page

Direct Action (SWF): Vol 6 #07 (49) July 1965

July 1965 issue of Direct Action, including: militant protests by Bolivian miners, CND Learns Nothing, Vietnam, lessons from London airport…

Cover of Direct Action v6 #6 1965

Direct Action (SWF): Vol 6 #06 (48) June 1965

June 1965 issue of Direct Action, includig: Labour Party doesn't nationalise steel industry, uprising in Dominica, workplace struggles round up,…

cover of Direct Action v6 #5 - headline "wage freeze must be broken" and "ASO demonstratons in Madrid and Bilbao"

Direct Action (SWF): Vol 6 #05 (47) May 1965

May 1965 issue of Direct Action, including: opposition to Labour government's wages freeze, demonstrations in Franco's Spain, USA civil rights…

Cover of Direct Action v6 #4 1965 showing headlines "Wilson's Nuclear Fall-Out", "Seaman fight union's back door agreement" etc.

Direct Action (SWF): Vol 6 #04 (46) Apr 1965

April 1965 issue of Direct Action, including: Labour Party loves nuclear bombs, Seamen's union, Edinburgh biscuit factory workers, trade unionist…

Cover of Direct Action v6 #3 1965 - mast head and lead story on fighting "racialism"

Direct Action (SWF): Vol 6 #03 (45) Mar 1965

March 1965 issue of Direct Action, including: "Racialism must be fought now" - noting the racism of the press, government and thousands of votes…

Cover of Feb 1965 issue of Direct Action - headline "Profits of Destruction"

Direct Action (SWF): Vol 6 #02 (44) Feb 1965

February 1965 issue of Direct Action, including: Concord and aviation industry, dockers, South Africa, CCTV in Liverpool, USA United Auto Workers…

Cover of Direct Action v5 #1 1965 headline "Wage Freeze On The Way"

Direct Action (SWF): Vol 6 #01 (43) Jan 1965

January 1965 issue of Direct Action, including: Labour govt freezes wages, workplace agitation updates, tenants struggles in Kent, International…

black and white photo of women working on a production line - a large machine is behind them

What is automation? - Tom Brown

Syndicalist Workers Federation article from 1964 contrasting the spectre of automation vs the reality of shopfloor "efficiencies" via time and…

cover of Direct Action v5 #12 1964

Direct Action (SWF): Vol 5 #12 (42) Dec 1964

December 1964 issue of Direct Action including: automation, ballot rigging in Seaman's Union, apprentices strike, workplace struggles roundup,…