Alan Woodward

Content by or about Alan Woodward (1939-2012), libertarian socialist, writer and activist.

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Poor Boy's Tale - an autobiography by Alan Woodward

Autobiography of this working class revolutionary and radical historian covering the years 1939-1997. The book also charts Alan's progression…

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Life And Times Of Joe Thomas - Alan Woodward

Biography of libertarian socialist and print worker Joe Thomas (1912-1990), published in 2009. Thomas was a member of a number of organisations…

After Cable Street: Joe Jacobs 1940-1977 - Alan Woodward

A biography of working class communist Eastender Joe Jacobs that covers the years after his…

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Book review: After Cable Street – Joe Jacobs 1940 to 1977 - Alan Woodward

Liz Willis reviews a biography of working class London communist Joe Jacobs for Black Flag magazine…

Black Flag 235 (2012)

With workfare in the news at the time, this issue focused on the CWU union's enthusiastic support for its use in Royal Mail, alongside articles…

The NHS is 60 - RaHN

A 64-page booklet produced by the Radical History Network of NE London (RaHN) on the NHS. Marking the latter's 60th anniversary, it draws…

Book review - Poplar; Lessons of a historical struggle

Alan Woodward of the Radical history Network reviews Janine Booth's "Guilty and Proud of it: Poplar…

Gert Arntz - Krise (Crisis), 1931

Ford Visteon Enfield Workers Occupation - Alan Woodward

An eyewitness account of the 2009 Enfield Ford-Visteon factory occupation, written immediately after…