United Kingdom

Content about events and struggles in what is now the United Kingdom.

Colin Ward - Housing an anarchist approach 1976

Housing an anarchist approach - Colin Ward

Collection of essays on housing and the built environment from 20th century British anarchist and town planner, Colin Ward. First published by…

Activists squat £100m development after eviction of homeless protest camp

A homeless camp set up in Brighton on April 5th to protest against a Public Space Protection Order …

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…

Universal Basic Income demand: ain't working for workers' liberation

Parts of the radical left see the Universal Basic Income (UBI) demand as a potential vehicle to a) …

Muting the SWAN: a radical alternative to Trotskyist social work

Critique of the Social Work Action Network, a group aiming to bring social workers and other…

Fig 1: 'It is at Warren Row, Wargrave, Berks'. Publicizing the RSG

Danger! Official Secret: the Spies for Peace: Discretion and Disclosure in the Committee of 100 - Sam Carroll

Article by Sam Carroll, published in 'History Workshop Journal', Volume 69, Issue 1…

Rebel Roo (issue 6, April 2017)

"Everywhere we’ve organised and fought, we’ve won."

I’m a Deliveroo rider. Collective action is the only way we’ll get a fair deal - Callum Cant

A re-print of a recent Guardian Comment is Free piece written by a Deliveroo rider…

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.

Gay Left: A Socialist Journal Produced by Gay Men

A complete online archive of Gay Left, published in the UK from 1975-1980. Alongside useful content on gay politics from this period, the journal…

Front page of Freedom (September 1887)

Freedom (September 1887)

The September 1887 edition of Freedom

Front page of Freedom (August 1887)

Freedom (August 1887)

The August 1887 edition of Freedom