Liz Willis

Content by or about Liz Willis (21.10.47-10.11.19) - member of the Solidarity group and radical historian.

black and white photo of a young Liz Willis

cover of After Cable Street book by Alan Woodward

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…

Mary Wollstonecraft, oil on canvas by John Opie, c. 1797; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

Mary Wollstonecraft: Two sexes, yet one truth - Liz Willis

Mary Wollstonecraft had few illusions: women's emancipation would be as difficult to live up to as…

What is Libertarian History? Part 2: History Turned on its Head by Class - Liz Willis

From Black Flag issue 233.

What is Libertarian History? Part 1: The History of History Itself - Liz Willis

From Black Flag, Issue 232, 2010/11, pp.28-29.

Invergordon mutineer book

Invergordon mutineer by Len Wincott review - Joe Jacobs

Joe Jacobs of Solidarity reviews a book written by a leading Invergordon mutineer about the strike…

Daily Herald front-page about the mutiny

Invergordon 1931, shipshape and mutiny fashion: how they fought the pay cuts - Liz Willis

A history of the 1931 mutiny of the British Royal Navy in Invergordon, following…

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…

Women in the Spanish revolution - Liz Wills

Liz Willis writes on the conditions and role of women in and around the Spanish Civil War and revolution of 1936-1939. Originally published by…