United Kingdom

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

Demonstrators at Forts Student Lettngs

The protest against Fortis Student Letting agency continues!

Monday 18 June saw Manchester Solidarity Federation join tenants in a protest outside Fortis Student…

Two white and purple unicorns locking horns on a black background

Two new anarchist feminist projects in Scotland

A quick blog in which I’m very optimistic about the Edinburgh Anarchist Feminist Bookfair, and a new class struggle self-education project in…

Manchester Solidarity Federation Fortis Demonstration

Fortis Student Lettings neglects tenants

On Monday June 4, Manchester Solidarity Federation demonstrated outside the head office of Fortis Student Lettings in Altrincham, near Manchester…

Picturehouse respond with violence to living wage protest

In response to a peaceful demonstration, security guards at a Picturehouse cinema assaulted…

Connollism – Solidarity

Connollism – Solidarity

A review in Solidarity for Workers' Power vol. 7, no. 11 of James Connolly: Selected Writings edited by P. Berresford Ellis and published by…

Photo credit: (Yui Mok/PA)

Sympathy for the Council: Some comments on Andrew O'Hagan's Grenfell Tower article

Some critical commentary on "The Tower", Andrew O'Hagan's essay on the Grenfell disaster.

Solidarity demo called after tenant assaulted at home by dodgy estate agents son

Following the assault of a Brighton Solidarity Federation member by Youngs Estate Agents owner David…

UCU gen sec / basic democratic norms / is this a workers' rights violation?

Union officials walk out - against their own members

Officials of the education union UCU have downed tools and walked out - from their own annual congress.

Cleaners beat the Bank of New York Mellon in just 30 hours

Cleaners organising through the grassroots union United Voices of the World won the London Living…

Owner of Youngs estate agents assaults Brighton housing activist

David Pay, the owner of Youngs estate agent in the Kemptown area of Brighton, assaulted a member of…

Cleaners take on Canary Wharf bank to fight for living wage

Cleaners organised with the United Voices of the World union are set to strike for a living wage at…

The Tesco Dagenham Strike and the Power of Distribution Workers

Warehouse workers strike for a 15% pay increase, but much more is at stake. Report and analysis from…