United Kingdom

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

An image commemorating the Diggers

A shadow of glorious (though strange) good things to come: The Ranters and libertarian communism in the English civil war

An examination of the Ranters, one of the most radical groups to emerge during the…

Public debt makes the state go round

As the general election approaches, the major parties argue over how to deal with the budget deficit. Wine and Cheese examine the global…

A poster produced by the Sheffield Asian Youth Movement

"When they come to attack our people, we will stand our ground and fight!"

The third article in the Fargate Speaker's series on Sheffield radical history.

Anne Knight

Broom Hall Burning

The second article in the Fargate Speaker's series on Sheffield's radical history.

Plaque commemorating Samuel Holberry

Fargate Calling

The first in a series of articles exploring Sheffield's radical history. From the Fargate Speaker, the paper of Sheffield Anarchist Federation.

Eastleigh Railway Works: two texts from Boot 'Em! and a 2010 postscript

Here follow two texts from Boot 'Em!, an anarchist paper - 'for autonomous class struggle' -…

From mobilisation to 'massification'

A text produced during the successful 8-day occupation at Sussex University in March 2010.

Royal Mail deal: a post mortem

After 18 days’ strike action in London in 2009 the Communication Workers’ Union leadership voted for a return to work. As one reader of The…

Refusenik

Cruel Treatment of UK refusenik

Soldier Joe Glenton, who was court martialled on 5 March and jailed for nine months for refusing to fight in Afghanistan, and for speaking out at…

Manchester Class Struggle Forum #3 - National Liberation and Internationalism

The third Manchester Class Struggle Forum will host a discussion on national liberation and…

Vote for change?

The Solidarity Federation look at the upcoming UK general election.

NHS executive pay rises double nurses'

Top managers in England's NHS trusts received average pay rises of nearly 7% in 2008-09, compared with less than 3% granted to nurses.