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 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.
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.
New Labour: Thinking The Unthinkable - Black Flag
An article from Black about the benefit cuts instigated by the New Labour government.
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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