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 Agency job report, The Economic Crisis.
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)
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This paper looks into the history of the Edinburgh Unemployed Workers Centre (EUWC) and the struggles of anti-authoritarian revolutionary groups in Edinburgh during the 1980s and early 1990s. Grassroots and direct action oriented groups started to organise together in the early 1980s against the various attacks on the working class. They were often based in the EUWC and developed highly sophisticated forms of community resistance which culminated in their crucial role in the Poll Tax rebellion.
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 feminists such as Selma James and Silvia Federici. Issue includes The Social Factory statement from Cleveland Modern Times Group and writing from Silvia Federici among others.
Between a job and a hard place: A non-workers inquiry
An article on the experience of unemployment, first published by Plan C in 2017 and then republished by Notes from Below along with an obituary for the author.
Asylum Seekers in Dover: Part Two - Bigotry in the UK
1998 Black Flag article about asylum seekers, New Labour, the local community in Dover, fascist and anti-fascist protests.
Asylum Seekers in Dover: Part One
An article from Black Flag in 1998 about Roma asylum seekers from Czech Republic.
New Labour: Thinking The Unthinkable - Black Flag
An article from Black about the benefit cuts instigated by the New Labour government.
Liverpool Anarchist #8
Articles on Universal Credit, the 1968 Rent Strike and Social Revolution.
Full Employment Funnies
Two versions of a double sided anti-work flyer published in 1980 and 1981.
The first version of the cartoon was by "Black Currant" who was also the cartoonist for Xtra! magazine. The text on the reverse was by a number of indviduals involved with Rising Free in Islington and the London Workers Group.
The second version of the cartoon was adapted by "Rosanne". The text was reworked for this version also.
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