La grève des écoliers de Stepney
Un compte rendu court à propos de la grève par 800 élèves à Stepney, dans l’est de Londres le 27 mai 1971, qui a réussi à obtenir le retour d’un professeur qui avait été licencié pour avoir publié un livre de poésies écrites par les enfants.
1912: a year of strikes in the East End of London
Submitted by Steven. on Aug 25 2017 14:58
An account by John Rennie of the strikes which swept East London in 1912: particularly on the docks and amongst Jewish tailors.
East London rent strikes, 1938-9
Submitted by Steven. on Jun 26 2017 20:07
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 Tense.
Peter the Painter (Janis Zhaklis) and the siege of Sidney Street
Submitted by Steven. on Dec 15 2016 22:31
In October 2003 the Latvian press carried a number of articles about the Latvian anarchist Janis Zhaklis. These were largely based on the work of Philip Ruff who, after twenty years of research into the Siege of Sidney Street has identified Zhaklis as the most famous Latvian in London: Peter the Painter. His hunt through the archives continues but before the full story is published we thought it worth posting this article to whet your appetites. Pauls Bankovskis, who wrote this piece is a well-known journalist and novelist. His 2002 novel, Mister Latvia, was based on some of the characters involved with the events around Sidney Street.
62 Fieldgate Street: yesterday, today and tomorrow - Mark Kauri
Submitted by Steven. on Jan 5 2016 18:35
A look at the history of the building in East London where the London Action Resource Centre is based.
The Stepney schoolchildren's strike, 1971
Submitted by Steven. on Oct 19 2015 09:49
A short account of a strike of 800 pupils in Stepney, east London on May 27, 1971, which successfully won reinstatement of a teacher who was sacked for publishing a book of pupils' poetry.
Battle of Cable Street, 1936, photo gallery
Submitted by Ed on May 12 2015 22:26
Photo gallery from the 1936 Battle of Cable Street, which saw over 100,000 working-class residents in London's East End oppose a march by Oswald Mosely's British Union of Fascists, forcing them to abandon it entirely.
Brick Lane 1978: the events and their significance - Kenneth Leech
Submitted by libcom on Apr 27 2014 18:01
Scanned PDF booklet about the events in Brick Lane, in London's East End, in 1978, where Bengali youths and anti-racists clashed with the National Front, amid a surge in racist violence.
Stop the EDL in Tower Hamlets - Part II (7 September, 2013)
Submitted by libcom on Sep 4 2013 21:14
The English Defence League have announced plans to march to Altab Ali Park* for a rally on 7th September. This is clearly an arrogant and incendiary declaration even by their own (sub) standards. London Anti-fascists, part of The Anti-Fascist Network are calling on every militant anti-fascist to join them on the streets on Saturday with the good people of Tower Hamlets in ensuring that the EDL do not set foot in the area and are effectively opposed!
Social cleansing in Tower Hamlets: interview with Balfron Tower evictee - James Butler
Submitted by Steven. on Aug 20 2013 16:22
James Butler interviews Sara, a single-parent in Tower Hamlets, East London, which illustrates the impossible situation especially social housing tenants are being put in, squeezed on both sides by government cuts and gentrification.
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