Black Flag

Black Flag - UK, 1970-present
Black Flag is a class struggle anarchist magazine which was founded in 1970 by Stuart Christie and Albert Meltzer. Originally the "organ of the Anarchist Black Cross" prisoner support group it was best known in the late 1970s and early 1980s when its frequency reached fortnightly and covered international struggles, the Angry Brigade and the CNT in Spain amongst other things.

INTRODUCTION BY BLACK FLAG:

We recently observed a very fruitful discussion on race and class on the internet, particularly around "black" anarchism, special oppressions and the desirability of separate organisation.

A year of our lives - 20 years since the great coal strike of 1984-1985

First, perhaps you could say something about yourself and the organisation you are part of?

Nick Heath reflects on his experiences in the UK anarchist movement since the 1960s, and the lessons on organisation and politics he finds valid for anarchists today.

The Dawning of a New Era

This article was translated and abridged from Le Monde Libertaire for Black Flag #211 in 1997. Vitrolles is a town in France whose council was won in elections a few months prior by the fascist Front National. It was the fourth city run by the FN at the time - the others were Toulon, Orange and Marignane.

VITROLLES: THE LOGIC OF THE URNS

This controversial article was a reflection of how the author saw things at the time. It was published in Black Flag in 1997. It's fair to say that his views have changed since then and events have moved on.

What is anarcho-syndicalism? - libertarian reformism, vanguardism or revolutionary unionism?

A review by Black Flag of Stuart Christie's book on the Spanish FAI - Iberian Anarchist Federation from the time of the Spanish Civil War.

Trotskyist Lies on Anarchism