Direct Action (SolFed) #36 2006 Anarcho-syndicalist magazine published by the Solidarity Federation. Articles on reality TV cop shows, education collectives in the Spanish…
London mass strike, 1889 A short account of the mass strike in London which spread from the great docks strike in the East End and peaked on 1 September with up to 300…
The Story of William Cuffay, Black Chartist An excerpt from Peter Fryer's Staying Power: The History of Black People in Britain on William Cuffay, black tailor and leader of the London…
East London rent strikes, 1938-9 On 13 February, 1938, a rent strike began in Stepney, east London. This is an account of tenants' struggles in the area at the time, by Past…
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.
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.
The Chartist Grand National Holiday: The General Strike of 1839 An article by Past Tense on the first attempted general strike called by the Chartist movement for August 1839. It also compares the ideas of the strikes main proponent, William Benbow with other theorists on Mass and General Strikes.
South London Women’s Hospital occupation 1984-85 - Past Tense Past Tense tell the inside story of the work-in and occupation of a women's hospital in South London…
Nine days in May: the 1926 general strike in Southwark Past Tense's edition of this account of the general strike in South London, containing both an…
They can't extinguish the fire! - Past Tense Yet another leaflet about cuts and the student riots, this time by Past Tense.