Around the union A round-up of IWW activity. Originally appeared in the Industrial Worker #1585 (November 1995)
Spaniards in the valleys - Martin Selby Interesting book written by Nicolas Dueñas, writing as Martin Selby, with recollections of the coalmining communities in the Welsh valleys at the…
The Mold riots: The summer of ‘69 The story of the 1869 riots in Mold, Wales. Following a trial in which miners were convicted of assaulting their manager, soldiers fired on angry…
The mysterious death of Alwyn Skinner (1912-1938) A short account of the life and mysterious death of Alwyn Skinner, International Brigade volunteer
1831: the Merthyr Rising and Dic Penderyn An account of an brief uprising in South Wales in 1831 and the fate of Richard Lewis, known as Dic Penderyn. The uprising was the largest…
The NHS pay freeze and the end of Agenda for Change This article looks at these changes and the ways in which successive years of 0% or 1% pay rises in the NHS have undermined the national Agenda…
A voice from the aliens: about the anti-alien resolution of the Cardiff Trade Union Congress No One Is Illegal's 2006 reprint of the first known leaflet against immigration…
Carbon Black - Ian Bone An article by the lovely Ian Bone about residents of Port Tennant, Swansea organising against pollution in their neighbourhood. Taken from…
South Wales miners strike xmas cards Set of 4 Xmas cards produced by Rhymney Valley Miners Support Group in South Wales during the strike of 1984-85. Images on the outside and…
One more sleep til the Bristol Mayor elections! Check out the runners and riders here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9Z9VisprWI&feature=plcp
Agrarian class structure and economic development in pre-industrial Europe - Robert Brenner Robert Brenner's influential essay on the origins of capitalism, arguing that the…
