United Kingdom

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

A woman is arrested during the Battle of Cable Street

Pepper to throw at fascists: the forgotten women of Cable Street

As we commemorate the Battle of Cable Street, it's important to recognise the role women played –…

On Sojourner Truth Organisation: some thoughts

We were asked to write about how we relate to the 1970s American revolutionary group, Sojourner Truth Organisation (STO). Amongst other things,…

Freedom Press: A general pre-bookfair update

Freedom's been up to a fair bit this year, so ahead of the London Anarchist Bookfair on October 29th I thought I'd do an update on how the Press…

Illustration of a Luddite

Who were the Luddites?

A brief overview of the Luddite movement: militant textile workers in the UK who fought against job losses and deskilling brought about by the…

Lionel Walden, Cardiff steelworks at night (1893)

Demonology of the working class

An investigation into the demonic, Marxian view of the proletariat over time.

An immigration raid

Snitches, stings, and leaks: how “Immigration Enforcement” works - Corporate Watch

A detailed report into the functioning of the immigration enforcement system in the UK, following…

Black Flag vol 05 #05 (1978)

The State was still jumpy in 1978 in the wake of the 1970-72 Angry Brigade bombings, and intense "anti-terror" activity was continuing to cause…

Police attack strikers on bloody Sunday

The Dublin lockout, 1913 - John Dorney

A short history of Ireland’s most significant industrial dispute: the mass lockout of 20,000 workers by 400 employers in Dublin from August 1913…

Senegalese troops who fought for the French as prisoners of war in Europe

The whitewashing of French forces in the liberation of Paris - Steven Johns

A short account of how American and British commanders ensured that the liberation of Paris was…

Revolutionaries Behind Closed Doors

Capitalism intrudes on the daily life of a mental health worker.

Trafalgar Square Riots of 1848

This page reports how disgruntled workers took over a planned peaceful protest and set off a week of rioting in central London. It names more…

Ashton-under-Lyne rising of 1848

This account of the events of 14 August 1848, when an armed Chartist “National Guard” shot dead a police officer in the town of Ashton-under-Lyne…