United Kingdom

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

Manchester Class Struggle Forum #7 - The Significance of the 1984/85 British Coalminers Strike

The next meeting of the Manchester Class Struggle Forum will take place on the…

The trade union question - MWR

McDonalds Workers Resistance on the trade unions and their relevance for McDonalds workers.

McDonalds Workers Resistance FAQs

Workplace group McDonalds Workers Resistance answer frequent questions "'cos some of the questions we get asked are really shit...".

MWR interview with the Japanese organisation Shop Fight, 2003

An interesting reflective interview with McDonalds Workers Resistance as it was winding down in December 2003.

Funnywump - Interview with French Syndicalists, 2004

French syndicalists interview one of the UK McDonalds Workers Resistance group about the political climate, how McDonalds functions and the politics of MWR in January 2004 .

The Tradition of Workers' Control

The tradition of workers' control - Geoffrey Ostergaard

In this book the English anarchist writer Geoffrey Ostergaard sets out to sketch the historical…

"I am not a man or a woman, I am a transexual" - Jamrat Mason speaks at Hackney Pride, 2010

Transcript of a speech given at Hackney Pride 2010. Transman and anarchist…

Sorting out the postal strike - Joe Jacobs

Joe Jacobs investigates the 1971 United Kingdom postal workers strike, which was the country's first national postal strike. Published as…

Never Trust a Politician: Whether Red, Yellow or Blue!

The following text was written and distributed by the Anarchist Federation in Sheffield in response…

BBC staff vote for strike action

BBC staff members have voted in favour of strike action in a dispute over pensions. Bectu and the National Union of Journalists said more than…

Solidarity and the neo-narodniks - Solidarity

Solidarity's polemic aimed at Big Flame, following an exchange around the events of the Fisher Bendix occupation.

The 'social wage' and the Hackney nurseries campaign