The Battle of Cable Street 90 years on
2026 is not 1936, but anyone serious about confronting the far right and driving them from our communities must learn the lessons of Cable Street.
Workers’ History
Grunwick strike 50 years on — lessons of an epic battle
On Friday 20 August 1976, one worker at the Grunwick Film Processing Laboratories was sacked for allegedly working too slowly. 3 others walked out in protest, and later, another was sacked for going home at the end of her shift!
Wapping dispute 40 years on
On 24 January 1986, print unions went on strike at the News International titles. Press baron Rupert Murdoch was determined to break the unions’ 100% membership (‘closed shop’) by sacking 6,000 print workers and using scab labour.
Black History Month interview: Play celebrates Grunwick strike
‘We Are The Lions, Mr Manager’ is the story of super-exploited workers in London at the Grunwick film processing factory strike of 1976 to 1978 and the inspirational strike leader Jayaben Desai.
1972: dockers face down the Tory government
For the 50th anniversary of the release of the Pentonville Five, we’re reprinting this article written in 2012 by Bristol North Socialist Party member Roger […]
Ten years on from the historic bus strike that shut down London
by Andy Beadle, a former London bus driver and union rep, looking back at the huge London bus strike that hit the city ten years […]
London’s Working Class History — Poplar Council 100 years on
by Nick Chaffey, Socialist Party National Committee “It’s better to break the law than break the poor” This year marks 100 years since the victory […]