London

Articles on the English city of London.

FOWAAD!, newsletter of the Organisation of Women of Asian and African Descent.

Black women organising - Brixton Black Women's Group

A critical look at the growth, contradictions and eventual demise of Organisation of Women of Asian and African Descent in the late-1970s/early…

The South London Women's Hospital occupation

Occupational hazards

A compilation of writings put together by Past Tense on hospital occupations and work-ins in the UK from the 1970s to the 1990s.

Soldering on: report on working in a 3D-printer manufacturing plant in London

The first part of the article looks at the current hype around automation and post-industrialism…

Press coverage of the Mental Patients Union

The Mental Patients Union, 1973

Historical information about the Mental Patients Union, formed in London in 1973 to oppose psychiatric oppression, compiled by Past Tense.

A crowd defends Kennistoun House, 1960

Rent strike: St Pancras 1960

A detailed history and analysis of the militant St Pancras rent strike of 1960 against council rent increases written in 1972.

Red cap terror at the moussaka line: West London ready-meal workers' report and leaflet

Workplace report for WorkersWildWest no.5 and leaflet for future distribution. Main challenge will…

The junction of High Holborn and Kingsway, circa 1925

The Minerva Café

A short history of the Minerva Cafe, a radical feminist centre in Holborn, London, in the early 20th century, by Nick Heath.

Black Panthers in London: who were they and why should they interest anarchists? - Carlus Hudson

The text of a talk given at the Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh on 17/12/2016. The…

Peter the Painter on his wanted poster

Peter the Painter (Janis Zhaklis) and the siege of Sidney Street

In October 2003 the Latvian press carried a number of articles about the Latvian anarchist Janis…

London's anarchist HQ: 127 Ossulston St, 1894-1927

Originally written for the Freedom building fundraising blog as part off a history series kicking off the campaign, this article looks at the…

BFI strike, 1974

An account of the BFI strike, 1974

A short personal account of a strike at the British Film Institute in 1974 by Jonathan Rosenbaum.

Picket line outside the head office

An account of the British Film Institute strikes, 2002

A short personal account of the strikes at the British Film Institute (BFI) in London in 2002.