Syndicalist Workers Federation (SWF)

Content on Libcom by and about the Syndicalist Workers Federation, a UK based anarcho-syndicalist organisation formed in 1950 by members of the dissolved Anarchist Federation of Britain. The SWF became the Direct Action Movement in 1979.

"It may be bitter for you, but it's mild for us" - caption of a photo of Harold Wilson drinking beer. Headline "useful work?"

Direct Action (SWF): #11 1976

An issue of Direct Action including: Government blames workers for unemployment, Marxism and unions, review of Liz Willis' pamphlet on women in…

Headline: "Who controls?"

Direct Action (SWF): #10 1975

An issue of anarcho-syndicalist magazine Direct Action from 1975 including: Leyland shopstewards power grab, labour relations in Russia, taxation…

Shows an Arthur Moyse cartoon with a queue of people in an umployment office: "Mass Workless: Each packet carries a government health warning"

Direct Action (SWF): #09 1975

Direct Action from 1975 including: 2 million unemployed, workers occupy Villiers Norton in Wolverhampton, Workers Solidarity organising in…

Headline - Pay As Your Learn

Direct Action (SWF): #08 1975

An issue of Direct Action from 1975 including: European Common Market, pollution & toxic waste, review of Colin Ward's "Tenants Take Over",…

Headline "The Day May Come" and a cartoon by Arthur Moyse showing a variety of ruling class characters being upended by a worker with a May Day banner

Direct Action (SWF): #07 1975

Direct Action from 1975 including: London docks strike, May Day, London Rubber Company sues rivals, review of Socialist Union publication on…

Headline "fewer hands make more money"

Direct Action (SWF): #06 1975

1975 issue of Direct Action including: Ulster, Tameside refuse workers, letter from Dave Douglass on miners.

Headline: Sold Out?

Direct Action (SWF): #04 1974

Direct Action from 1974 including: Fisher-Bendix dispute, Shrewsbury two, housing, nationalisation, letters.

Headline: "workers control or - controlling the workers"

Direct Action (SWF): #03 1974

Direct Action from 1974 including: bus workers challenge racism, health, letters on review of Dave Lamb's pamplet "The Lump" in the previous…

Headline "Homeless and Jobless: Stop the Speculators!"

Direct Action (SWF): #02 1974

1974 issue of Direct Action including: review of "The Lump" by Dave Lamb, homelessness, British Leyland, nature/family/sex, arms trade, Dublin…

Headline "Fight repression now"

Direct Action (SWF): #01 1974

An issue of Direct Action from early 1974 including: May Day, North West textile workers, Norton-Villiers-Triumph, the lump and the union, etc.

Headlines "Class against Class in France: One step from revolution", "May Day in London".

Direct Action (SWF): Vol 9 #06 (84) June 1968

Direct Action June 1968 including: Mark Hendy on Paris May 1968, 24 hour engineering shutdown, Newcastle busmen strike, Enoch Powell by Laurens…

Headlines "Against all exploitation... Black And White - Unite!"

Direct Action (SWF): Vol 9 #05 (83) May 1968

May 1968 Direct Action including: Enoch Powell, racism in US and UK, Labour's wage freeze, Ireland, AEI strikes.