Direct Action Movement (DAM)

Content by or about UK based Anarcho-Syndicalist organisation founded in 1979. DAM has its origins in the Syndicalist Workers Federation. DAM became the Solidarity Federation in 1994.

"organise - and win! Fight for our class"

Direct Action #73 (mid 1991)

An issue of this anarcho-syndicalist newspaper including: Liverpool: why Militant was not the answer, poll tax victory, RMT strikes, fighting…

"war games: we're not playing" - photo of two knights in chain mail fighting with axes and shields

Direct Action #66 (September 1990)

An issue of this anarcho-syndicalist newspaper, including: Gulf War, North sea oil workers wildcat strikes, Poland chronology of recent events,…

"Bin the bills" a photo of a leg operating a lever on a kitchen bin.

Direct Action #64 (July 1990)

An issue of DAM's anarcho-syndicalist newspaper, incluidng: poll tax, DAM conference report, Not A Lot Going On (NALGO), CNT congress, DAM…

Direct Action #57 cover

Direct Action #57 (May 1989)

An issue of this anarcho-syndicalist newspaper, including: dockers and deregulation, train crashes, ID cards, European Market, syndicalism in…

Cover of Direct Action 34 1986

Direct Action #34 (November 1986)

An issue of this anarcho-syndicalist newspaper including: Public Order Bill, Wapping, nuclear power, Antoine Turmo obituary, Restart interviews,…

A photo of Margaret Thatcher, hand aloft, with the caption "Taking Liberties"

Direct Action #52 (October 1988)

An issue of this anarcho-syndicalist newspaper including: postal strike, Lewisham against the poll tax, occupation of Hackney Libraries, protests…

Direct Action #25 1985 cover

Direct Action #25 (May 1985)

An issue of this anarcho-syndicalist paper including: trade unions and the political levy to the Labour Party, miners organise internationally,…

Reads "Nobody wants to work" except "work" is crossed out and reads "be fucking exploited anymore"

Liverpool Anarchist #24

Contains articles on the shortcomings of anti-Tory politics, a local environmental campaign, a history of the Liverpool Anarchist Group and an…

Ainriail Visits England: Video & Speaking Tour

An account of a speaking tour of England by Belfast Anarchists in 1986. Published in Ainriail #6 January 1987.

Direct Action Movement becomes Solidarity Federation

An article from 1994 responding to the Direct Action Movement's change of name to the Solidarity Federation, published in the Workers Solidarity Movement magazine Red and Black Revolution.

Direct Action #46 (February 1988)

Issue #46 of Direct Action, with articles on NHS disputes, unofficial strikes at Ford, Linda Bellos overseeing "left Labour" cuts in Lambeth,…

Direct Action: Paper of the Direct Action Movement (1980s)

A partial archive of Direct Action, an anarcho-syndicalist paper produced by the Direct Action…