United Kingdom

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

It was worse than we first thought, but never mind

George Osborne has only just realised how bad the deficit actually was. To be fair he has only been in government for two years, so never mind…

The Hartley, south London.

Wage theft victory in South London

A pub worker and South London SF have together won 6 weeks in stolen wages after a campaign of direct action and threatening pickets of a London…

When nurses fought back

As nurses prepare to ballot for industrial action, and start to gain confidence, here is a look at when nurses in Britain were militant. They…

Has Health & Safety gone mad?

The government appears to be hell bent on making huge changes in health and safety in the workplace. Is it justified?

Trade Union Bureaucracy & Class Treachery

Following on from the article about 'partnership working'. Here is a brief look at the trade unions, issues around competing class forces, and…

Partnership working is a con

A brief look at my own experience of trade unions working in 'partnership' with employers.

Ruling class could do with maths lessons

The ConDem court jester and all round buffoon Danny Alexander, and tax thief Philip Green, have today made glaring errors in their multi-million…

Occupy everything! Students across the UK go into occupation for national day of action...

NCAFC called a national day of action for November 23rd, a week ahead of the…

Solidarity protest outside primary school

Service users in support of #N30

There's been a lot of talk lately about how unfair the public sector strikes are on service users. This assumes that service users don't support…

Black Flag 234 (late 2011)

A bit belatedly, Black Flag would like to announce the free online release of issue 233 of the magazine, along with our customary teaser article…

Black Flag 233 (early 2011)

One of our more eclectic issues, in the May issue of 2011 we picked up on the student protests and interviewed the recently reformed Atari…

Does the new EDL/BFP merger mean the end for the BNP?

As the EDL/BFP merger of fascists gathers pace, does it spell the end for the decaying carcass of…