United Kingdom

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

Where comedy meets sharks: The 10 O'Clock Show

I can't tell whether the 10 O'clock Show is going to be any good in the long run, but I can spot a piece of new Labour bullshitting from a mile…

NUS: What Now?, 1976 - Social Revolution

An article from the 1970s about the National Union of Students which can still be relevant for today.

Anti-cuts fronts: A left wing disease

One of the more entertaining elements of hanging around on the political left is the insistence of the various leftie parties that they are “open…

TrotskiLeaks: How not to engineer a sectarian split

An email exchange between members of the SWP and others in the Brighton Stop the Cuts Coalition (BSCC), where an SWP activist accidentally 'reply…

College students bulletin for January 26th day of action to defend EMA

Bulletin put together by college students and supporters to build for the January 26th national day…

The British Worker - general strike newspaper, 1926

Online archive of The British Worker, the daily newspaper published by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) during the 10 day general strike of 1926.

LSE: what it is and how we fought it

A pamphlet detailing student activism in the 1960s at the London School of Economics, culminating in a campaign of direct action and occupations…

How to deal with the SWP

Some advice for libertarian activists on working in campaigns alongside the Socialist Workers Party.

Working in universities, living with the axe

Part of a leaflet for the November 10 demonstration against education cuts, arguing that the cuts are nothing new or unique to the Tories, but they can still be beaten.

Carry on recruiting! Why the Socialist Workers Party dumped the 'downturn' in a 'dash for growth'

An analysis of the Socialist Workers Party, the most significant grouping in the UK…

Made in Dagenham, directed by Nigel Cole

Its producers claimed inspiration from resistance to injustice, but this film’s sentimental spin is fundamentally flawed.

Heinz beanz is being really meanz

Alfred Stevens of Communist Students on the ongoing dispute at Heinz's factory in Wigan, Greater Manchester.