Occupy and win: a manual for fighting hospital closures A pamphlet produced in 1984 by London Health Emergency which is a guide for hospital workers on how …
Unwaged fightback - A history of Islington Action Group of the Unwaged - 1980-86 The history of an unwaged workers' group in 1980s London, its efforts to establish and run a centre…
Anarcho-syndicalism, racism and struggle Interesting account of an anarcho-syndicalist and member of the Direct Action Movement about being an ethnic "minority" in Britain and how to oppose racism, from around 1983.
1989: The Risley prisoners' uprising In 1989 prisoners at Risley Remand Centre celebrated 1 May in style by taking over a wing of the notoriously squalid, brutal prison and spending…
We want to riot, not to work: The 1981 Brixton uprisings Pamphlet reflecting on the 1981 anti-police riots in Brixton by the Riot Not To Work Collective…
The Gwangju uprising, 1980 The history of the week-long uprising of the South Korean town of Kwangju against the regime of the West-backed dictator General Chun Doo-Hwan…
1985-2001: A short history of Anti-Fascist Action (AFA) A brief history of Anti-Fascist Action (AFA), which fought a secret war against the far right in…
1988: The Halabja Massacre The history of the Saddam Hussein's poison gas attack, with the complicity of the West, in the working class stronghold of Halabja.
1989: Australian pilots strike An account of the 1989 strike of the highly democratic and self-managed Australian Federation of Air Pilots union, which was the biggest industrial struggle of the period.
1988-1989: P&O seafarers' strike The history of P&O shipping workers who struck against wage and job cuts for 16 months. The company tried to break the strike, the government…
1987: Puerto Real shipyard strike The history of a large strike of shipyard workers in Spain against closure. An important feature of this strike was not just the high level of…
