UW stumbled across an archive of media relating to Spanish anarchism as well as more general anarcho-syndicalist themes. Includes material on the Angry Brigade, IWW, talks by Chomsky etc… This collection is the work of Stuart Christie, one of the fonders of Anarchist Black Cross. UW is currently reading Christie & Melzer's "Floodgates of Anarchy" […]
John Taylor Caldwell, seaman and anarchist, born 14 July 1911; died 12 January 2007 I have just learned of the recent death – at age 95 – of John Taylor Caldwell, long-time colleague, companion and co-conspiritor of Guy Aldred. John T Caldwell was Aldred's literary executor and dedicated his energies, following Aldred's death in 1963, […]
BBC Scotland have just shown An Anarchist's Story, a drama documentary about Ethel MacDonald – the Bellshill Girl Anarchist – a member of Guy Aldred's United Socialist Movement who became the English-language radio voice of the CNT in Barcelona shortly before the notorious May days.
:: Blog the First :: Traditionally – and emotionally – we are conditioned to believe that there is "power in a union", be it a partnership of two people or a syndicat of thousands. Whether this maxim holds for unions which are nothing more than casual associations of convenience, motivated by greed, habit or apathy, […]