United Kingdom

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

Wildcat London bus action, complete with blockades

A short piece in the Evening Standard yesterday mentioned a wildcat bus action in North London yesterday. This is the only place I could find any mention of it on the internet. Anyone know any thing else?

Is SYRIZA a workers’ government in waiting?

Barry Biddulph disagrees with British Trotskyist group Workers Power and their view of the viability of a 'workers government' initiated by the…

Love don't pay the rent: Comments on Cameron's speech

Collective Action offer some initial and cursory remarks on David Cameron's speech today in which…

Education round-up 23 June 2012: teacher strike ballot

NUT strike ballot, performance management & teachers' payscale, Gove and O-levels

BNP organiser, election candidate and paedophile Ian Si'Ree

BNP murderer and paedophile convicted

One British National Party member has been jailed for the murder of a delivery driver and his father, a BNP organiser and candidate, becomes the…

Some quick thoughts on Scottish independence

For most people outside Scotland, myself included, the debate over Scottish independence has been largely peripheral. I've come across it…

The problem with the Pay Up campaign

On the back of a demonstration at Sainsbury's headquarters, Pay Up has recently emerged as the latest UK Uncut-style activist campaign. Its aim…

We dont need no education: a short update

I have not blogged in ages and so I thought I would post a small update on whats been happening and what the future holds for this blog in light…

Iain Duncan Smith breaks strikes and tortures kittens

Benefits withdrawn to punish low-waged workers for striking

The "right to strike" in the UK comes under further attack today, as Iain Duncan Smith announces…

An interview with new British organization, Collective Action

On 1 May 2012, a new anarchist communist organization called Collective Action was launched in the…

Wrong to work cat

20 theses on workfare

Blog post in which I pass off 140-character bursts from Twitter as enigmatic libertarian communist analysis.

Reflections on the IWW (UK) National Strategy Conference – “organising the unorganised and the abandoned”

A report and reflection on the (relatively) recent strategy conference from a UK IWW member.