United Kingdom

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

Marching Altogether

Marching altogether? Football fans taking a stand against racism

An article written by a co-founder of Leeds Fans United Against Racism and Fascism about their…

Attack on electricians' contracts wobbles as Balfour Beatty folds

Sparks are celebrating a major breakthrough in their battle to stop a co-ordinated attempt by some…

Tesco's secret workfare

Furious shoppers are threatening to boycott Tesco after their use of forced labour schemes came to light yesterday.

Human resources. Image by Arts Against Cuts.

The new social workhouse? Workfare, the labour market, prison

Workfare isn’t just an austerity measure, it’s part of a longer term restructuring of the labour…

Clara painted by Herbert Cole

Cole, Clara Gilbert, 1868-1956

A short biography of Clara Gilbert Cole, anti-militarist and anarchist.

Migration regime and crisis - Notes for a workshop at the No Borders convergence, London, February 2012

The workshop hopes to encourage a political debate about the relation between…

Classroom recomposition: Agencies, OFSTED, and academies

A short blog entry looking at the plight of a particular group of agency workers in a prominent…

On the trade unions and “boring from within”

Phil Dickens critiques the 'boring from within' union strategy advocated by various left groups.

Match girls' strike, London 1888

The English working class - Tom Nairn

"The passage of the early English working class from revolt to political integration is often explained solely by Britain's ascendancy as the…

Compositional power

Turbulence chats with 2 members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) about solidarity unionism, and gets their perspective on winning,…

A breakaway group on Black Lion street, having escaped the Town Hall kettle

What happened in Brighton? - N24 student walkout

The following aims to provide some basic materials for people who were involved or interested in the events of N24 (during the student movement…

Albert Young

A revolutionary youth - Harold Edwards

Harold Edwards' reminiscences of his life as an Anarchist and Wobbly in early 20th century London.