United Kingdom

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

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.

Higher education cuts: Sussex University on the front line

An article on the situation in higher education generally and at Sussex University in particular.

Why bother voting?

An overview of the coming election from the Anarchist Federation.

We can't go on like this, they can't change anything

A short piece on why none of the parties are able to offer real change.

General election 2010: Anti-manifesto

A brief overview of what the various parties offer in the run-up to this election.