United Kingdom

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

Government union busting and the PCS response

The PCS union is facing concerted union busting activity from the government. However, despite its rhetoric it has fallen into a retreat that…

Pay Up Craig Tallents

Picket at the Leicester Square School of English

A re-blog from our friends at the Trade Onion detailing a joint IWW/ALB picket that occurred at the Leicester Square School of English last…

What the Evening Standard's definition of London tells us about the capital

Some thoughts on the Evening Standard's coverage of this week's bus workers' strike.

The struggle at Leicester Square School of English: The story so far

Having already occupied their school, staff at the Leicester Square School of English are organising…

Angry Language Brigade on front cover of the EL Gazette

As part of a successful campaign to help a fellow EFL teacher recover thousands in stolen wages, the…

Cartoons from the 2014 Warwick University Occupation

Warwick University students to continue campaign against brutality

After police and security attacked a Free Education sit in on Dec 3rd 2014, students at Warwick…

The Carr Report: The Report of the Independent Review of the Law Governing Industrial Disputes

Independent Government Inquiry, commissioned by Department for Business Innovation…

The call centre diaries, part 2: performance review

The second installment of this ongoing series details boss/worker relations at Manpower's National Recruitment Centre before and during a period…

Clapton Ultras supporting Clapton FC at The Old Spotted Dog Ground

Fascists want to shut down the Clapton Ultras

Far-right groups are trying to shut down the anti-fascist Clapton Ultras, following a largely successful campaign at Bristol-based non-league…

Five points in New York, 1827 painted by George Catlin

Origins of the police - David Whitehouse

Excellent text examining the creation of the first police forces, which took place in England and the US in just a few decades in the mid-19th…

British and German troops fraternise, Boxing Day 1914

The Christmas truce, 1914 - Steven Johns

A short history of the widespread but unofficial truce between British and German troops on the Western front over Christmas, 1914 during World…