Exterminate all the Brutes! The origins of welfare as a means of social control Article from Black Flag #217 (1999).
Liverpool Anarchist #16 Latest issue of the Liverpool Anarchist with articles about the £20 benefits cut, a university strike, conscientious objectors in Walton Jail and…
The Food Stamps Explosion Timothy Reynolds' 1980 book-length masters thesis exploring the food stamps (now known as SNAP) program from the perspective of class composition…
Edinburgh's Other Tattoo - Ellis D. Hayes The story of Bowed Joseph Smith, notorious cobbler and rabble rouser in Edinburgh in the 1780s. Bowed Joseph is said to have returned to support…
Three strikes and you're out - building claimants' counter power News and analysis from comrades in Edinburgh, detailing the 3 Strikes and You're Out policy, since adopted by many Anti-JSA Groups. (Subversion article from 1996 on resistance to bullying benefit office officials.)
Why the abuse of benefits claimants is hurting ALL workers An article from Plymouth Solidarity Federation, looking at the current benefits regime and giving…
London Workers Group Bulletin #13 February 1983 An issue of the LWG bulletin from 1983. Contents include NHS Dispute, ASLEF strike, Work or Dole?, Correspondence, Unemployed Groups, Press…
Curing The English Disease In 1976, the Labour Prime Minister James Callaghan declared that the "English disease" of indiscipline and labour militancy was undermining the profitability of UK capital. Curing the "English disease" became the raison d’etre of the ruling class. Article on New Labour and plans for resistance from Black Flag #220 (2001)
Communities of resistance unite! The Edinburgh Unemployed Workers Centre (1980-1994) This paper looks into the history of the Edinburgh Unemployed Workers Centre (EUWC) and the…
The social factory / falling wall review #5 - Cleveland Modern Times Group Falling Wall Review #5, UK, 1976. Rare pamphlet from Falling Wall Press, publisher of Marxist…
