United Kingdom

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

Riot police in Hackney - photo by Henry Langston from viceland.com

Anarchists respond to the London riots - Solidarity Federation

With media sources blaming “anarchy” for the unfolding violence in London and across England, the…

London riots: Fight there on Mare Street

Rioting is continuing in Hackney after hundreds of people ripped through shops, attacked buses and took on Met police earlier in the day.

Carpet Right in flames on Landsdown Road, via @Shmeelitche

Tottenham fights back against police brutality

Hundreds gathered on the streets of Tottenham, North London, after the police killed local man, Mark Duggan. Barricades were set up and police…

picture of Lindsey OIl Refinery

Lindsey: Total’s counter-attack ends in defeat - Mouvement Communiste

The second part of Mouvement Communiste's analysis of the Lindsey engineering construction strikes…

Political compass: anarchism and conservatism are diametrically opposed

‘Anarchists are like Tories’ and other fairy tales

Anarchism has been getting a lot of attention lately, including some oft-peddled but easily refuted myths.

‘Something out of the ordinary’

College worker Siobhan Evans reflects on a hard-fought struggle against redundancies in her workplace.

The city, social control and the local state

Subversion on the UK state's approach to poverty and the breakdown in "community" values against the background of the inner-city riots of the 80s.

Let's stop assuming the police are on our side

Let's stop assuming the police are on our side

From mass arrests to surveillance, confidence in the Metropolitan police is at an all-time low.

Justice: Different for right and left

A notable thing about the start of this week, other than the Norway shooting, has been the sheer obviousness of double standards in the British…

Miller, Bob, 1953-2011

An obituary for Bob Miller (who posted as Knightrose on libcom) by his friend and comrade Nick Heath.

Hackney school teachers to strike

Teachers at Cardinal Pole school in East London are set to strike this week over suspected victimisation of a union rep.

Industrial Workers of the World migrant cleaners Guildhall strike: an example to follow

A participant's report on Friday's strike and picket by cleaners at Guildhall (City of London), in…