United Kingdom

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

Reclaim ‘Reclaim the Streets’! - Z

The retreat from the specific experience of empowerment to symbolic politics, sentimental solidarity and 'spontaneity' ... We're on the road to…

Reflections on MayDay 2K - Kirk

A pacifist and pro-police contribution to Reflections on Mayday which is reproduced for reference.

Globalisation: Origins - History - Resistance

An anonymous and expansive autonomist marxist contribution to Reflections On Mayday 2000. Excerpts of this were included in the Reflections On…

Reflections on May Day - Eleno

A contribution to Reflections On Mayday 2000. We do not agree with all of this text (notably its "anti-imperialist" support for nationalist struggles) but reproduce it for reference.

Make the Earth a common treasury for all - AB

Solidarity and Self-Organisation are the Weapons of the Working Class

Leaflet distributed by the CWO during the last round of strikes at universities across the UK.

Brexit: The Ruling Class Shoots Itself in the Foot

Brexit finally came into force on 1 January 2021, over 4 years after the referendum of 2016. During these four years the leading bodies of the…

London Workers Group Bulletin #12 May 1982

London Workers Group Bulletin #12 including: Alternative Economic Strategy, Job Reports (print, rail, printers in Poland, farm labouring, dole),…

'Comradely but critical' – Anonymous 1

Reflekshuns from K

Some reflections on the media outrage about Mayday 2000 which includes a useful overview of international activity on the day.

Class Struggle and Gender Trouble

Leaflet distributed by the CWO at protests around the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) happening around the UK last year.

Domestic Violence is a Workplace Issue

The combination of poor working conditions and sexism in our workplaces makes it harder for victims and survivors of abuse to access the…