United Kingdom

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

South African human rights Day Assembly

Today has been a particurlarly shit day for me at school and in light of me being lazy about posting the update on Pro Share I thought I could do…

Do we only love unions when they strike? Response to a defence of trade unionism

Steven Johns responds to an article in Freedom newspaper by Ewa Jasiewicz defending trade unionism…

Last Orders For The Local?

Inspired by the destruction of most of the best pubs in our locality and the increasing difficulty in finding a pub with a bearable atmosphere to…

The Missing Piece of the Jigsaw

Greenwich council's latest plans for the riverside from West Greenwich (by the Millenium dome) to Woolwich were published in February. It is no…

Ryanair don’t care international week of action round-up

This week has seen an international week of action against Ryanair. This is a brief collection of…

Education round-up 17/3/12

NUT London Pensions strike. Wilshaw joins Gove with his numeracy problems. Downhills Primary and Montgomery Primary academy struggles.

Locked out workers on Merseyside to demonstrate outside conference

Locked out food workers on Merseyside are on their way to London to protest outside a major food…

Not funny

The anatomy of a joke

Polite Ire takes on 'banter' by analysing what makes a joke funny. Written in the wake of the website 'UniLad' openly advocating rape 'as a joke'…

Solidarity spoof exam paper, 1972

A satirical take on the examination and wider education process by the Solidarity Group.

Another factory on Merseyside ‘locks out’ its workers

Bosses at the Tranfoods plant in Wirral, Merseyside have 'locked out' the workers during negotations…

The Freedom anarchist bookshop volunteering guide

I've started doing the odd day at Freedom for a while as I have some spare time and was handed the standard guide for new fish today.

Anti-nuclear activists blockade Hinkley Point power station

Over 1,000 protestors blockade the entrance to Hinkley Point power station in response to a proposed…