The Working Class Will Rise
These articles are an introduction to the militant wing of the workers’ movement – starting from experiences of daily life, rather than academic theories. It begins with the practical question we all face as working class people: how do we improve our lives? We talk about a little theory and a little history, but it […]
Class and Oppression – an injury to one is an injury to all!
Most people face other kinds of exploitation than just class. For example women get paid less, and do far more unpaid work as well. [1][2] Black people are often “last hired, first fired” and face racist bullying and harassment at work. [3] This isn’t just about prejudice or people being mean. It’s economic – some […]
Working Class Direct Action (how we fight the class war)
Direct action is about forcing things to change. We make it too expensive for bosses and landlords to refuse our demands. It works because they are in it to make a profit. Hit that profit, and you have them on the ropes. How do we actually do it? There’ll be a list of tactics in […]
Why we Fight the Class War
Most people work for a wage. [1] And what is it like for us at work? We spend the best years of our lives, the brightest part of our days, doing whatever the bosses and managers tell us. Some people love their job and others hate it, but none of us are in charge. Anything […]
We Fought NHS Cuts to ADHD and Autism Services… and we WON
In 2018 Livewell Southwest, the private company who run mental health services in Plymouth, stopped ALL assessments for adult ADHD and autism. There was no announcement, and the Devon Clinical Commissioning Group helped to cover it up – ignoring questions and refusing Freedom of Information requests. However, in October last year, we finally beat them! […]
ADHD, Capitalism, and Disability Activism
It seems like every couple months, the ADHD community on twitter has another phase debating capitalism and ADHD. How many of our problems are caused by capitalism, and how many are just a medical condition that will never go away? This tends to end badly, with polarisation and over-simplification on all sides. But if we […]
An attack on benefit claimants is an attack on ALL of us!
“I would have quit this job months ago, but I’d be sanctioned by the Jobcentre”. That’s what one person told me after working unpaid overtime every evening that week, on low pay that barely covered bills and rent. It’s a dilemma faced by everyone working in unsafe or illegal conditions. If you are fired then […]
How to Change the World
What does it mean to change the world? Where do we start? How do we get masses of people to wake up and rise up? Sometimes it feels impossible. People vote for parties who openly attack their interests. Most of the time only a handful will join protest marches or do anything more militant. The […]
The Market is not Enough!
Market Anarchism is the idea we can replace capitalism with a reformed “free market”, to better meet human needs. [1] It mostly died out at the end of the 19th century, replaced by Anarchist Communism. [2] Market Anarchism is now gaining momentum again, but the arguments against it are often stuck in the 19th century, […]
Initiative, Reaction and the Class War (pt1)
What is Initiative? Something happened at work and everyone’s pissed off. People would probably join in if there was a strike, or at least a joint complaint. But nobody does anything. People grumble to each other in ones and twos but that’s all it is – no-one knows how to initiate action. How many of […]