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Spain and the world newspaper

Partial archive of Spain and the World, an anarchist newspaper published by Freedom Press in London throughout the course of the Spanish civil war.

WorkersWildWest #4 - Out now!

Submitted by AngryWorkersWorld on Jul 5 2016 18:32

Issue no.4 of our working class paper for Greenford, Southall, Park Royal area in West London - We distribute 2,000 copies, mainly in front of bigger work-places, but also housing estates and job centres. For workers' self-organisation and an internationalist position.

Who were the Luddites?

Submitted by Steven. on Jul 5 2016 16:22

A brief overview of the Luddite movement: militant textile workers in the UK who fought against job losses and deskilling brought about by the industrialisation of the industry.

The matchgirls strike, 1888 - John Simkin

Submitted by Steven. on Jul 5 2016 11:28

A short account of the successful strike in 1888 by thousands of unorganised female workers at the Bryant & May match factory in London.

Undercover police within the social movements

Submitted by rat on Jul 4 2016 15:28

A brief look at the infiltration into political groups by the Special Demonstration Squad (SDS), an undercover unit of the British police's Special Branch. The SDS used relationships with women activists to help give credibility to their false identities which were often created with use of dead children's names.

Manifesto - Gay Liberation Front

GLF members in Sussex on Remembrance Day, 1973

The manifesto of the UK organisation the Gay Liberation Front, written in 1971 in London and revised in 1978.

Mémoires - Guy Debord and Asger Jorn

An influential art book by Guy Debord and Asger Jorn, first published in December 1958 by the Copenhagen SI, with a second issue in 1959. Renowned for its sandpaper cover which inspired, among others, the design for the 1980 debut album of the English post-punk band The Durruti Column, 'The Return of the Durutti Column'.