Reflections on the Student Movement in the UK
Submitted by Internationalis... on Aug 6 2019 13:51
In 2010 the announcement by the Coalition government that university tuition fees would be tripled sparked a wave of student protest. Remaining largely within the confines of the campus, the movement exhausted itself and failed to spread to other sectors. Nine years later, what’s left?
12 May Trades Union Congress demonstration report
Submitted by Serge Forward on May 14 2018 09:19
The Anarchist Communist Group comments on the recent TUC demonstration in London.
Who really owns the city?
The Edinburgh council politics of Disneyfication of the city centre is in front of us. We see it in the never ending festival nightmare that haunts the whole city, and invades the city centre. Some people might even like it, performers take over the city centre, every street and location is filled with comedy, music and art, but often behind a curtain of light entertainment there is a different picture.
Yesterday’s pig heads, Corbyn-mania, Brexit or business as usual: Tragedy and comedy in the UK - A short report
Submitted by AngryWorkersWorld on Jun 20 2016 18:22
Dear fellow travellers, for an international meeting of like-minded rebels we wrote a short report about the situation in the UK. We had little time recently to systematically follow and discuss the wider developments, therefore it ended up as a bit of a selective cut-and-paste job - but people outside of the UK might still find it interesting.
Why are junior doctors in the UK so pissed off?
Submitted by Steven. on Oct 22 2015 22:32
After marching around the country last weekend, junior doctors in the UK are to be balloted on strike action against changes to their contracts. We interview an anarchist junior doctor about what the changes are, and what workers are doing about it.
The real movement we need
Submitted by Phil on Sep 30 2015 20:01
Some thoughts on building mass movements and organising, in relation to the Labour Party
5 reasons to steer clear of the Labour Party bandwagon
Submitted by Phil on Sep 14 2015 16:32
After a campaign that seemed to drag on endlessly in the wake of the general election, Jeremy Corbyn has won the Labour Party leadership by a landslide. The most immediate consequence of this has been a surge in membership. Here are some reasons not to get caught up in the tide.
Arguments AGAINST Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party
We seem to be in a period when the Labour Party will, again, start pretending that it can protect people from the ravages of a crisis-ridden capitalist system.
This is a place to collect arguments and articles about the futility of such a project.
If a strike turns you into a Tory, you probably were one anyway
Submitted by Phil on Aug 5 2015 16:11
In the Guardian, Jonathan Jones laments that workers standing up for themselves is getting in the way of him looking at art. Here are five reasons why he’s talking out of his arse and you should support the strikers.
Taking on the #TradeUnionBill
Submitted by Phil on Jul 17 2015 15:21
Expanding on my previous post on the subject, an in depth look at the provisions of the Tory government’s proposed Trade Union Bill and how it can be challenged.
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