United Kingdom

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

Cancerous computers

Following the clearing in 2004 of IBM in a lawsuit alleging they knew about carcinogens found in their computer chip factories, a new scientific…

Previous bookfair poster

London's anarchist bookfair: the aftermath

The London anarchist bookfair is the biggest annual event for libertarians in the UK. This year was the first since one of the major organisers…

Private health centres fall flat

Rob Ray interviews a leading health watchdog on the rollout of Independent Sector Treatment Centres, which have faced strong criticism as…

Update: European car-industry, 2005

The Glasgow MWR group in 2000

Lessons of MWR - Interview with former McDonalds Workers Resistance member, 2006

libcom.org interviews one of the founder members of the workplace group McDonalds Workers Resistance…

McDonald’s Workers’ Resistance - reflections, 2004

The founding Glasgow branch reflect on their time in MWR as it basically winds itself down.

NHS to start advertising

The government has announced plans to introduce marketing into the NHS alongside a pay-per-patient funding system that would see hospitals…

Anarchism and sex

The Anarchist Federation outline anarchist views and debates on sex and sexuality.

Interview with an anarchist dominatrix

For two years Mistress Venus was a professional dominatrix in central London. She’s also an anarchist communist. So, we at Organise! thought we’d…

Anarchist communism in Britain, 1870-1991

The AF outlines the history of anarchist communism in the UK from the Socialist League in the 1800s through the Anti-Parliamentary Communist…

Exeter wildcat post strike, 2001

Exeter postal workers to vote on Christmas strike

Devon post workers are to vote tomorrow (Friday) on whether to take industrial action over the Christmas period in an ongoing row over flexible…

The UK anarchist movement - Looking back and forward

Nick Heath reflects on his experiences in the UK anarchist movement since the 1960s, and the lessons on organisation and politics he finds valid for anarchists today.