United Kingdom

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

Southall Black Sisters interview - Black Flag

Southall Black Sisters are a black women's group that were formed in the late 70s and are still going strong today. They have campaigned…

Stuart Christie interviewed for Black Flag in 2010

Interview: Ade Dimmick talks to the famed author, agitator – and Black Flag founding member – Stuart Christie for the magazine’s 40th anniversary…

Behind The Headlines In Dover - Black Flag

Article from Black Flag #218 1999.

Social Cleansing & the End of Council Housing - Black Flag

Article from Black Flag #218 1999.

די דעפּאָרטאַציאָן

[right]איינע פון די זיעגע אין דעם קאַמף צו מאַכען אונזער זאָגענאַנטע „פרייע רעפּובליק“ פאַר אַן אמת’ע סאָוועטען רעפּובליק, איז געווען די בעפרייאונג פון די 12 חברים וועלכע זיינען געווען פערהאַלטען אין…

The Deportation

In the struggle to make our so-called "free republic" into a truly soviet republic, one victory was the release of the 12 comrades who were arrested on Ellis Island and to be deported…

Privatisation and Gentrification, Reaction and Resistance, in Hackney's 'Regeneration State' – Black Flag

Article on gentrification in the London Borough of Hackney, from Black Flag #222…

Drugs and Guns – Black Flag

Article on drug related violence in North West London and the Nation of Islam’s community based response. From Black Flag #218 1999.

Football: The hate that dares not speak its name! - Perry Groves

An article about homophobia in football from Black Flag #218 1999.

I Was Tony Blair's Lapdog: Interview with Nick Cohen - Black Flag

An interview with journalist Nick Cohen from Black Flag #218, 1999. It is worth noting that Nick Cohen's initial scepticism about the New Labour project did not prevent him supporting the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and signing the Euston Manifesto in 2006.

Anarchist Black Cross news - Black Flag

Prisoner news and support from Black Flag #213 1998.

Home News - Black Flag

UK news from Black Flag #213 1998. Includes - Green Anarchist / GandALF trial, the killing of IRA member Diarmud O'Neill in London, protests against dole bullies in Edinburgh, killing of Loyalist "King Rat" Billy Wright and an account of day of direct action against an opencast mine.