United Kingdom

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

The grand bluff: private profits, social risks

In this 2008 feature for Freedom, published shortly after the first major bank bailout as the recession began to bite, Iain McKay explains the…

UNISON members in Derbyshire on strike last year over pay

Local government unions submit derisory pay claim

UNISON, Unite and the GMB request a cost of living pay rise for council workers for 2009-10 of just 0.9%.

Steven on strike in July 2008

Cost of living pay increase struggles interview, 2008

An interview between Freedom newspaper and Steven Johns, libcom editor, local government worker and…

Broken windows at the EDO/ITT factory, where computers and filing cabinets were flung from the first floor

Brighton arms factory 'decommissioned' in Gaza protest

9 people have gained entry to the ITT/EDO MBM arms factory in Brighton, where they are believed to…

A climatic disorder? Class, coal and climate change - John Cunningham

At last November’s NUM convened conference, trade unionists and Climate Campers were invited to…

"No Poll Tax Here": DAM pamphlet against Poll Tax

This is a short pamphlet put out by the DAM in around 1988, as interest was growing in England and Wales against the Poll Tax, which was already well advanced in Scotland.

Small Axe by Verbal Terrorists

Geordie hip-hop crew the Verbal Terrorists’ Small Axe brings forthright radical messages to agitate, educate and entertain. Tom Jennings goes with the flow.

Pharmaceutical workers struggle in Wembley

Workers at the Chemilines pharmaceuticals firm in Wembley, north west London, are stepping up their campaign for decent pay and dignity at work.

Britain heading for 'unemployment bloodbath'

Britain faces an unemployment "bloodbath" in the new year with many tens of thousands of jobs axed in the public and private sectors.

Work-to-rule on Leeds bins

Refuse collectors and street cleaners in Leeds will be taking industrial action over the Christmas period.

Creationism in the science classroom - 29% of science teachers say 'yes'

More than a quarter of science teachers polled by Ipsos MORI think creationism should be taught in…

Resistance to job cuts at the University of Salford gathers steam

Around 150 job losses have been forecast by opponents as part of large cuts across the university,…