United Kingdom

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

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.

EDL Liverpool report

The far right make a hames of things. Again! A February 2012 update on the antics of the English Defence League and British National Party.

Jack Common

Common's luck - a film on Jack Common by John Mapplebeck

Jack Common wrote brilliant novels, film scripts and essays of radical social comment, all rooted in…

Trade union factionalism and rank-and-file organising

Over the past year, it's become increasingly evident that the branch of the civil servants' union…

Constitution of the Union of the Physically Impaired Against Segregation

This constitution is is not just a record of the procedural form of a radical organisation but also a powerful political statement about both disability and the organisation of society more generally. British disability theory and activism has many of its roots in this organisation, and its constitution, written in 1974, contains insight and analysis that is useful to this day.

Obituary of Class War - Radical Chains

Radical Chains on the demise and legacy of the UK anarchist organisation Class War Federation.