United Kingdom

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

Report back from the Right to Work conference

Last Saturday saw the second Right to Work conference take place in Manchester City Centre. Held across two venues; the Methodist Central Hall on…

Tom Cantwell ( back left) with Charles Mowbray ( centre) and others

Cantwell, Thomas Edward, 1864-1906

A short biography of Tom Cantwell, anarchist active in the Socialist League and with Freedom

Subversion – the party’s over!

The dissolution statement of UK libertarian communist group Subversion, looking at their activity over the previous 10 years.

Capitalism and its revolutionary destruction - Wildcat

Wildcat's "manifesto", their attempt to explain their world view in one short pamphlet. Published in…

Monument or movement?

Arguably the text that started it all for Subversion. Written in 1972 when some of us were still members of the SPGB. We used this as the lead article in a magazine we called Critical Theory and Revolutionary Practice. A bit pompous perhaps, the title changed eventually to Libertarian Communism.

John Rety 1930-2010

I'm sad to announce that John Rety, ex editor of Freedom and poetry editor for the Morning Star, died last night after a heart attack.

Dockers and Reclaim the Streets vs police, London 1996

There’s no justice, just us! Subversion

The March for Social Justice in London, supporting the Liverpool Dockers, saw another explosion of violence against the police. In opposition to…

Dole bondage? Up yours! An account of Wales against the JSA

Originally a pamphlet written by a comrade who resigned from Wales Against the JSA. It chronicles the rise of the left in WAJSA and the consequent decline of that campaign. From Subversion #22 (1997)

Job Seekers Allowance - only doing your job?

Letter received, addressing JSA workers and challenging their reasons for implementing the JSA. From Subversion #22 (1997)

Green communism: responses and our reply

The article in Subversion #21, Green Communism, provoked a flurry of correspondence. Much of it attacked from a primitivist viewpoint. Here are two of the letters for publication. One was from Green Anarchist, the second was from ”JW”. Then, of course, comes Our Reply. From Subversion #22 (1997)

Life of a Daily Mail hack

A blog detailing the abuse suffered by reporters at the Daily Mail was quickly removed this week when it was picked up on by the Guardian and a number of media-watching blogs. Reproduced here are the missing blog posts detailing life in the newsroom under conservative tyrant Paul Dacre.

For those of you thinking about getting a job...part two

Second part of a discussion begun in Subversion # 21 about the type of work revolutionaries should do. From Subversion #22 (1997)