United Kingdom

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

Dissecting the right's "free speech" rhetoric

An analysis of the reactionary co-option of the term "freedom of speech" in the age of Trump and Bolsonaro, and discussion of how best to respond…

Saturday's demo in London

Russia’s “anti-fascist” fascism is not a far-away, exotic reality. It’s here

What they said at the 19 January demonstration in London to support Russian anti-fascists

Article on Courtauld's Red Scar Mill strike in the Lancashire Evening Post.

The Courtaulds Red Scar Mill strike, 1965

A short history of the unofficial strike at Courtauld's Red Scar Mill in Preston, 1965, the first of what would become a long list of significant…

Radical Chains #4

Issue 4 of Radical Chains, cleaned up from the scan made by the Spirit of Revolt archive.

Radical Chains #2

Issue 2 of Radical Chains, cleaned up from the scan made by the Spirit of Revolt archive.

Radical Chains masthead

Radical Chains journal

A partial online archive of Radical Chains, a London-based libertarian communist journal with five issues published 1989-1998.

The Anarchist Reader - George Woodcock

George Woodcock's collection of writings on anarchism from a range of thinkers, including Peter Kropotkin, Max Stirner and Oscar Wilde.

The Crystal Spirit: A Study of George Orwell - George Woodcock

A study/biography of George Orwell by George Woodcock, anarchist friend of Orwell.

George Orwell. Photograph from Vernon Richards' 'George Orwell at Home'.

The Orwell quotes right-wingers never mention

If you’ve ever expressed a political view to the left of Tony Blair, chances are you’ve been met with a response along the lines of: ‘Haven’t you…

Socialist antisemitism and its discontents in England, 1884–98

Satnam Virdee's essay exploring the relationship between English socialists and migrant Jews amid…

Looking forward in anger - AngryWorkers’ review of 2018 and plans for the new year

Comrades, 2019 will be a good one! The political honchos from left to right are in chaos, the crisis…

Brighton SolFed – Practical organising and reflections

Base publication's interview with Brighton Solidarity Federation about their collective organising…