#OnThisDay in London anti-war history, 1919: a Strike of conscientious objectors in Wandsworth Prison gets them released Our pamphlet on this prison strike, ‘Mutinous Swine’ can be bought online here: pasttensehistories.bigcartel.com/product/muti...

#OnThisDay in London funereal history: William Curner buried, Brockley, 1888, having been killed by police during their attack on a radical & socialist demonstration in Trafalgar Square on ‘Bloody Sunday’ wp.me/p74yfw-qA

We Remember: Anarchist, printer, our comrade: Albert Meltzer, born today, 1920 wp.me/p74yfw-R

#OnThisDay in London radical history: Anarchist Leah Feldman, veteran of the Russian Revolution is cremated, East London, 1993. wp.me/p74yfw-Qr

#OnThisDay in London radical history, 1917: Workers Socialist Federation activists speaking at an open air meeting are physically attacked for their anti-war stance, Chrisp Street, Limehouse.

#OnThisDay in London squatting history: Vortex jazz club squatted, Stoke Newington, 2007 wp.me/p74yfw-qG

Today in London's festive history: Twelfth Day. Let Them Eat Cake! wp.me/p74yfw-gN

#OnThisDay in London's radical past: Battersea Park adventure playground occupied against demolition & closure wp.me/p74yfw-M

#OnThisDay in London's Rebel History, 1661: Thomas Venner's Fifth Monarchist Insurrection. Fifth monarchists launch attempted revolution for ‘King Jesus and the Heads Upon the Gate’, against the restored Stuart regime, wp.me/p74yfw-V

#OnThisDay in London's Rebel History, 1919: During widespread army mutinies, mostly demanding faster demobilisation, 500 troops strike at Shortlands RASC depot, & march to the central hall at Bromley. More on this week of soldiers’ strikes, riots and mutinies: wp.me/p74yfw-qJ

#OnThisDay in London radical history, 1916: Islington municipal workforce strikes, demanding a payrise - a shilling a weak War Bonus - which they win after a week’s striking.

#OnThisDay in London squatting history, 2004: An old community centre on Fortess Rd in Kentish Town squatted as a social space. It hosts the “anti-copyright cinema” . Evicted March 2004

The government, opposition, etc. They all keep talking about 'benefits cheats'. Yet, they never talk about the country's biggest scroungers - the royals. #NotMyKing #AbolishTheMonarchy

All our reports on the #spycops public inquiry hearings are indexed here campaignopposingpolicesurveillance.com/ucpi-public-...

Just published - our report of the Undercover Policing Inquiry's questioning of Sara, who was deceived into a relationship by #spycops officer James Thomson & subjected to cruelty & lies that he continued for years campaignopposingpolicesurveillance.com/2026/01/05/u...

It's obscene that people are sleeping rough in weather like this. For the next few days we'll donate the proceeds from digital sales of Ad Astra Per Croydon to @sheltercharity.bsky.social It's only £2, so pls consider it even if you've got a copy. And pls repost! colossive.com/product/ad-a...

This podcast in which my colleague @davidwearing.bsky.social and I discuss Trump's imperialism may be of interest: rss.com/podcasts/globa…

#OnThisDay in repressive history, 1795: Scared by radical & anti-war ferment, the British government extends the suspension of the law of Habeas Corpus (usually guaranteeing no imprisonment without trial) for another 6 months to July 1st.

#OnThisDay in conspiratorial history, 2003: A police Raid in Wood Green results in arrests of 6 African men widely publicised to have been making ricin for a terror attack on tube, 2003. Only 2 years later was it admitted there was no ricin. bylinetimes.com/2023/03/30/r...

#OnThisDay in London's repressive past: 1647: Levellers Richard & Mary Overton’s house is raided again. Mary Overton and Thomas Johnson are caught stitching radical pamphlets. Mary is sent to the Bridewell, Johnson to the New Prison.

#OnThisDay in London's rebel past: barricades in the City of London, 1642, as the English Civil War kicks off wp.me/p74yfw-K

'Home Office plans to immediately begin seizing asylum seekers’ mobile phones and sim cards without the need for an arrest have been condemned by a solicitor and anti-torture campaigners.' www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

'All Together Now' - a 1978 anti-racist festival in Deptford organised by the All Lewisham Campaign against Racism and Fascism with the Albany. The latter was set on fire later that year in a suspected far right arson attack. More here transpont.blogspot.com/2026/01/all-...

How the Special Demonstration Squad spied on the 121 Centre from 1981 at the specific request of MI5 : pasttense.co.uk/2025/10/27/s...

Spycops targeted hundreds of campaigns at the bidding of MI5 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

#OnThisDay in London's media history: exiled German socialist/anarchist paper ‘Freiheit’ begins publishing, 1879. wp.me/p74yfw-i

#OnThisDay in London's rebel past: the army sent into Spitalfields, 1768, as silkweavers’ wage struggles against employers lead to increasing violence wp.me/p74yfw-B

#OnThisDay in London's radical history, 1642: As the Civil War looms, rumours fly of an impending Royalist massacre in the City; cannon are taken from the Artillery Yard & set up in Leadenhall Street, in preparation to resist…

#OnThisDay in London's radical history, 1649: The House of Commons draws up Order for the trial of king Charles I for treason, for having “traitorously and maliciously levied war against the present Parliament, and the people therein represented"

#OnThisDay in educational history, 1969: Pupils’ rights agitators the Schools Action Union was formed at a meeting attended by members of the Free Schools Campaign, Secondary School Students Union and various regional groups. More on the Schools Action Union: wp.me/p74yfw-13b

Why does nobody point out that the UK has been dealing with the issue of illegal US invasions since at least the 1950s? Offhand I don't recall any were condemned, and some were actively supported.

In 1887, British forces kidnapped & exiled the King of Opobo in today’s Nigeria. British Palm oil traders had persuaded the government that the tariffs he imposed restricted their profits. It was a milestone in the Scramble for Africa and indirect rule by Britain. alanlester.co.uk/blog/antisla...

'So neither Trump nor Maduro should be supported; insofar as it is possible, we should hope for the Maduro regime to fall completely and Trump’s intervention to end in failure.' greatersurbiton.wordpress.com/2026/01/03/d...

#OnThisDay in London's radical past: the unemployed try to take over Islington Town Hall, 1920 wp.me/p74yfw-y

#OnThisDay in London's history, 1768: during a prolonged struggle with employers over wages, splits deepen among silkweavers, Spitalfields, particularly between hand weavers & those employed on mechanical looms. wp.me/p74yfw-qx

#OnThisDay in London's history: Nazi Lord Haw-Haw is hanged, Wandsworth Prison, 1946. wp.me/p74yfw-gX

#OnThisDay in folk history: An unlucky day to work (or do anything), according to the anglo-saxons. wp.me/p74yfw-qo

Children are going hungry. Budgets are being cut. Meanwhile, the royals are sitting on half a billion of taxpayers' money, living lavish lives. In 2026, it's time to bring down the crown. #NotMyKing #AbolishTheMonarchy #DownWithTheCrown

#OnThisDay in labour history: Mary Macarthur, womens trade Union leader, dies, Golders Green, 1921. wp.me/p74yfw-qt

#OnThisDay in radical history: a New-yeeres Gift from ‘Digger’ theorist Gerrard Winstanley, 1650. wp.me/p74yfw-gQ

#OnThisDay in London radical history, 1913: Motorised cabbies strike against petrol prices they are charged. The strike lasts until 19th March.

Happy Birthday to all those who are assigned January 1st as an administrative birthday, especially those born as displaced refugees.

By the kebab van on the edge of the business park the Deliveroo drivers are making a fire from fallen branches to keep warm. Welcome to the future, 2026 style

#OnThisDay in London radical history, 1891: Anarchist & poet John Evelyn Barlas shoots at the Houses of Parliament, hitting no-one. He’s nicked, and spends most of the rest of his life in mental hospitals madeinperth.org/john-evelyn-...

#OnThisDay in London's religious history: the Salvation Army are pelted with mud and rotten fruit by the Skeleton Army, Whitechapel, 1881. wp.me/p74yfw-fW

#OnThisDay in London's maritime history: the crew of the merchant ship, the Glatton, moored in the Thames, fight off the press gang trying to force sailors into the navy, 1770. wp.me/p74yfw-gJ

#OnThisDay in repressive history, 1819: Last of the ultra-repressive Six Acts passed by Parliament, aimed at squashing radical movements demanding political reform. More on the history of UK Public Order Acts: wp.me/p74yfw-21t

Autonomous Astronauts at MayDay Rooms datacide-magazine.com/autonomous-a.... Great write up by Neil @transpontine.bsky.social

Henry Vincent, Chartist orator and editor of the Western Vindicator, died #OnThisDay 29 December 1878. He was buried at Abney Park Cemetery, on a day that was ‘bitterly cold, the frozen snow lying everywhere upon the grass and paths’. His story is in Chartist Lives www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G3Q7PR7Y

'A third of Reform UK’s council leaders across the country have expressed vaccine-sceptic views, openly questioning public health measures that keep millions safe.' www.theguardian.com/politics/202...