Black Flag
Introduction to 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.
Links on libcom.org
Black Flag archive
Albert Meltzer archive
Stuart Christie archive
Links elsewhere
Black Flag website - not very up-to-date
Black Flag on Wikipedia
Race, class and organisation - Workers Solidarity Federation
An interesting analysis of race, anarchism and class from South African organisation the Workers Solidarity Federation from 1998.
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 - Dave Douglass
Dave Douglass looks back on the great miners strike, twenty years on. Recalling information about the strike, the reasons behind it, the Tories' and Labour's attacks on the working class and finally how the strike was lost.
A year of our lives - 20 years since the great coal strike of 1984-1985
Interview with southern African anarchists, 2006
A detailed and interesting interview between Black Flag magazine and members of the South African Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Federation covering their organisation, and the situation for workers in South Africa at present.
First, perhaps you could say something about yourself and the organisation you are part of?
The UK anarchist movement - Looking back and forward
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.
Dawning of a new era
The Dawning of a New Era
Vitrolles - the logic of the ballot box
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
What is anarcho-syndicalism? - libertarian reformism, vanguardism or revolutionary unionism?
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?
We the Anarchists! (Review)
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: Felix Morrow on Spain
Article from Black Flag debunking myths of the libertarian Spanish Revolution from American Trotskyist Felix Morrow.
Trotskyist Lies on Anarchism
The Wee Man is Dead: An obituary of Robert Lynn
The Wee Man is Dead!
Robert Lynn has snuffed it. In the heart of Glasgow - the Calton - hundreds of people are genuinely mourning the loss of one of its best loved sons.
Anarchism, Heterosexism and Secular Religions
A critical response to a letter about "gay issues" in the anarcho-syndicalist union CNT's newspaper.
Anarchism, heterosexism and secular religions
Holidays in Albania - Part 2, 1997
An eyewitness record of Albania during March, covering the confrontation between Berisha, the political parties and the rebels.
The following article was one of two written by collaborators of "Alpha", a weekly Greek anarchist paper and published in issue 89, 7 April 1997. The first one is a report on the experiences of E.P. in the Albanian south between 20 - 25 March, plus two characteristic dialogues.
Holidays in Albania - Part 1, 1997
An account by EP of the Albanian south between 20 - 25 March during the uprising, plus two characteristic dialogues.
This is the first of two articles written by two collaborators of "Alpha", a weekly Greek anarchist paper and published in issue 89, 7 April 1997
A Review of Kropotkin's "The Conquest of Bread"
THE CONQUEST OF BREAD
Gary Hayter
Review of "The Enemy is Middle Class"
A review of Andy Anderson's "The Enemy is Middle Class"/
Shoot to Kill
This article is from Black Flag in 1999. It analyses the British state's use of shoot to kill.
Review: All Power to the Imagination
This review was submitted at the end of 1999 to Black Flag.
Chile: Anatomy of an economic miracle, 1970-1986
Article debunking myths about Chilean dictator General Pinochet's supposed "economic miracle."
From Black Flag 216, published in 1999.
Anatomy of an Economic Miracle
An open letter to the IWA from SAC, 1998
An open letter from a member of the Malmö local of the SAC to members of the IWA about their relations as well as anarcho-syndicalism more generally.
An open letter to all members of the IWA.
