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In the late 1990s, plans to outsource track maintenance on the London Underground were being pushed through by the government. Workers at one depot responded by forming a new workplace group,...
A short history of the Minerva Cafe, a radical feminist centre in Holborn, London, in the early 20th century, by Nick Heath.
A contemporary spoof of The Sun newspaper containing a "Tintin" cartoon about the Wapping printers dispute of 1986.
Workin 9 to 5/
What a way to make a livin’/
Barely gettin by/
It’s all takin’/
And no givin’/
They just use your mind/
And they never give you credit/
It’s enough to drive you/
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