United Kingdom

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

Gerry Conlon walks free in 1989

After the Guildford Four - The Red Menace

Article examining the case of the Guildford 4 following their release in October 1989, and placing it in a broader context of state repression.

The ambulance dispute, 1989 - The Red Menace

Article attempting to link up the 1989-1990 London ambulance workers' dispute with that of council, construction and hospital workers.

More misery now! - The Red Menace

Article looking at the impact of the 1989 public transport workers' strikes in London and elsewhere.

Up against the prole tax - The Red Menace

Article examining successful methods of resistance, following the introduction of the Poll Tax in Scotland in April 1989.

Education: the future of an illusion

Article looking at 1989 attacks by the government on the higher education system in the UK.

Acid comment: the moral panic about acid house parties - The Red Menace

Article looking at the media hysteria surrounding the Acid House music subculture of the late 1980s.

organic food

Goldacre: 'Argument is about capitalism, not food '

Ben Goldacre points to the analogies between the 'organic' food argument and the BigPharma vs homeopathy/'alternative medicine' - mainly that all…

Lewisham Bridge School Heritage listing upheld

Parents occupying Lewisham Bridge Primary School in south-east London are a step closer to keeping the school open after the English Heritage…

I blame the parents!

Popular media coverage often lays the blame for youth problems at the feet of parents. New report shows that contrary to received opinion,…

Vestas occupiers sacked

On Tuesday night, eleven of the twenty-five Vestas wind turbine workers occupying their plant against closure were fired without offer of…

South London stress - Practical History

Leaflet distributed at a Reclaim The Streets party in South London in June 1998, to place the event in context, and explain the radical history…

Image from flickr/croma - protest for Tottenham Three

Tottenham 3 denied "right to appeal" - The Red Menace

Analysis of the state's response to the death of a police officer in anti-police riots.