The July 1913 issue of Freedom features a lengthy article hooked on a major strike of agricultural workers in Ormskirk
Radical Reprint: The Land and the Labourer
Tag: 1910s
Syndicalism – a working-class conception of socialism
Taking a look into the archives of Freedom in November 1912 as a wave of militant, non-hierarchical trade unionism reached its high water mark.
Tom Mann and the industrial union movement
A legendary trade unionist and communist of his era, Mann (1856-1941) was by turns an inspirational and frustrating figure for the syndicalist and anarchist movements in Britain. This is the first of an upcoming monthly series looking back on working class struggle in the early 1910s in the run-up to World War One, through articles
Recent Articles
SolFed picket burger bastards
Staff were kept in the dark about 110 redundancies and “worked for nothing” in January, say activists ~ Stanton Cree ~ Solidarity Federation in Manchester yesterday (13 February) held a picket outside local burger restaurant Super Awesome Deluxe, following the sudden closure of all Almost Famous burger restaurants across Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester.
Anarchists have teeth—do anarchist collectives?
Building collective power reduces pressure on individuals and makes us less dependent on charismatic personalities ~ Nora Ziegler ~ Anarchists of different ages, genders and backgrounds pride themselves on being tough, brave, competent, compassionate, skilled, patient, sharp, committed, creative, radical—and there really are some outstanding individuals out there!
Peckham protests luxury towers plan
As private investment in high-end flats continues, housing groups report record overcrowding in social housing ~ Blade Runner ~ Despite the cold and rain, 150 people gathered in Peckham Square on Saturday (8 February) to protest redevelopment plans for Peckham town centre, and show their solidarity against another aggressive gentrification project.
Anarchist News Review: Bookfairs, Climate protest, Far right in Germany and UK
We’re joined by legal eagle Andy Meinke to talk about the news of the week, and muse upon what work the anarchist movement can be doing to rebuild our strength in the face of downheartening events.
Make Climate Politics Antifascist
Confronting the far right means solidarity with climate refugees ~ James Horton ~ In late January, the Climate and Nature (CaN) Bill failed to pass at the House of Commons.
