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- 14:58, 3 March 2018 The Glasgow Summer School 1993 (hist) [11,162 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Anarchist Summer School, Glasgow, Scotland.''' '''Review of Anarchist Summer School, May 1993, Glasgow, Scotland''' '''by Ian Heavens and Jack Campin''' The Glasgow anar...")
- 13:03, 3 March 2018 Les Foster (hist) [9,771 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Les Foster, 1919-''' '''Roots and early years.''' Leslie was born in Maryhill 1919. His father and grandfather came from Leith, had a blacksmith’s shop at the corner of...")
- 22:10, 1 March 2018 We Don't Need A Carpark (hist) [6,332 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with " '''We Don’t Need A Carpark.''' John Cooper, John Cooper - tapes and scribed by A Rice 17.7.12 Community Action – Housing ; regentrification, greens into car parks,...")
- 17:58, 28 February 2018 Charlie and Molly Baird (hist) [5,283 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Charlie and Mollie Baird.''' '''BORN INTO POVERTY.''' Charlie Baird was born in the Rottenrow Maternity Hospital Glasgow on 29 November 1915 and was one of 10 children,...")
- 15:32, 28 February 2018 A Fight With The Housing Department (hist) [9,183 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with " '''Community Action – Housing ; Fire bombed close rehousing issue''' Injustice/ normal channels closed / bureaucracy /desperation /solidarity with experienced anarchist st...")
- 15:29, 28 February 2018 George Williamson on Glasgow 1960's Anarchist scene (hist) [6,677 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''George Williamson on the 1960s scene''' Way back in '77, a young guy (AD) on the fringes of Solidarity for Social Revolution,interviewed George Williamson. George had move...")
- 15:24, 28 February 2018 Allan Burnett (hist) [2,945 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Allan Burnett Jan. 12, 1925 - Oct.10, 2007.''' Allan Burnett was born on the 12th of January 1925 and grew up in Glasgow. He was politically active from an early age and a...")
- 15:03, 28 February 2018 Guy Aldred (hist) [26,850 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''GUY ALDRED, 1886-1963.''' '''ORIGINS.''' Though born in London and spending the early years of his life there it was Glasgow that he spent most his adult life and in Glas...")
- 14:57, 28 February 2018 John MacLean (hist) [11,721 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''JOHN MACLEAN, 1879-1923.''' '''EARLY LIFE.''' Born 24th August 1879 in the district of Pollokshaws near Glasgow. His family were forced by the clearances of 1840 to move...")
- 14:52, 28 February 2018 Tom Anderson (hist) [8,193 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''TOM ANDERSON, 1863-1947''' '''EARLY YEARS.''' Tom Anderson was born on the 17th December 1863, at a place called Pollokshaws in Glasgow. His father, a hand-loom weaver ca...")
- 16:24, 26 February 2018 Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Work-in (hist) [32,067 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Work-in, 1971/72''' == Boom & Bust == The end of the 2nd World War, for understandable reasons, saw British shipyards enjoy a period of boom....")
- 16:23, 26 February 2018 Counter Information (hist) [4,760 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "== A Rich Field == Since the start of the industrial revolution Glasgow has always been rich in its production of independent radical newspapers, bulletins, free-sheets etc....")
- 16:15, 26 February 2018 A Public Nuisance (hist) [25,613 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Tales of Adventure & Spirit of Revolt''' ''Glasgow Anarchists 1974 to 1986'' By Jim McFarlane == Squats and Seeds == A Libertarian Socialist group forms<ref>Autumn 1974...")
- 16:13, 26 February 2018 Clydeside Apprentices Strike 1952 (hist) [12,728 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "== The Conference == January 27 1952 saw an event that set the ball rolling for the first major apprentices' strike since 1937, before the second world war. On that Sunday th...")
- 16:12, 26 February 2018 World War 2, Conscientious Objectors (hist) [16,520 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "== No Conscription league == The peace movement during the 2nd World War was far different to the type of movement that formed during the First World War. The 1914-1918 peace...")
- 16:11, 26 February 2018 Clydeside Apprentices' Strike 1937 (hist) [7,082 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "== Wage Rates == Apprentices for some time had felt that they were drastically under paid, and were no more than a form of cheap labour. Apprentices' wages ranged from 8/- to...")
- 16:10, 26 February 2018 The General strike (hist) [20,162 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''General Strike, 1926''' == Origins of the Strike == The roots of the 1926 General Strike go back to before the 1914 - 1918 war. Over the years a struggle had been develop...")
- 16:07, 26 February 2018 Fight for Freedom of Speech on the Green (hist) [9,094 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "== Heart of the City == Glasgow Green lies in the centre of the city, it is the oldest of Glasgow's parks. Its origin lies in the common lands of the Burgh. Since the 1100s t...")
- 16:06, 26 February 2018 The Rent Strike to Bloody Friday (hist) [15,124 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Glasgow's Bloody Friday 1919''' Like all the events in political struggle it is difficult to trace the thread back to what brought it to this stage, Bloody Friday 1919 is...")
- 16:05, 26 February 2018 First World War Peace Movement (hist) [7,334 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "== Glasgow == At the beginning of the war Glasgow was the leading militant city, the major centre of mass support for the anti-war movement. John MacLean grew to be a giant b...")
- 16:04, 26 February 2018 The Clyde Workers' Committee (hist) [8,450 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "== The Spark: The Forming of the LWC == In 1915 during a prolonged period of considerable economic hardship for most industrial workers, Clydeside engineering employers refus...")
- 15:58, 26 February 2018 The Rent Strike (hist) [5,899 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "== Causes == The first world war saw considerable change to the structure of Glasgow's working class. Youth employment was common with boys as young as 11 years of age employ...")
- 15:57, 26 February 2018 Women's Peace Crusade (hist) [4,436 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Women's Peace Crusade June 1916 == The Launch == Because ant-war feelings were running high in Glasgow it was only natural that Glasgow became the militant centre of the ant...")
- 15:56, 26 February 2018 The Singer Strike (hist) [7,044 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''The Singer Strike, 1911''' == The Beginning == In 1867/8 from its American base, the Singer Sewing Machine Co. expanded into Scotland. It first opened a small sewing mach...")
- 15:55, 26 February 2018 The World's First Ca'canny Strike (hist) [4,816 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "The World's First Ca'canny Strike 1889 == Social Conditions == The 1889 dock strike took place during a time of extreme poverty among the working class with the dock workers...")
- 15:55, 26 February 2018 Scottish Anarchism (hist) [3,316 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "== Scottish Anarchism == Anarchism in Scotland has been surprisingly strong, given the numerically small anarchist movement in the U.K. George Woodcock doesn't cover it in <r...")
- 15:54, 26 February 2018 The Scottish Labour Party (hist) [1,887 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''The Scottish Labour Party, 19th May 1888''' 27 men met in Glasgow under the chairmanship of John Murdoch to organise a Labour Party in Scotland. The aims of the meeting we...")
- 15:53, 26 February 2018 The Birth of Glasgow's Anarchism (hist) [28,793 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "== The British Birth == It is difficult to pinpoint the start of British Anarchism. It would seem that there were no Anarchist Groups before 1880, though there are records of...")
- 15:52, 26 February 2018 The Sma' Shot Strike, 1856 (hist) [1,711 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "== The problem == In the 19th century the intricate patterns of the Paisley weavers work was held together by an unseen strong thread called the Sma' Shot. This secret stitch...")
- 15:51, 26 February 2018 1820 Insurrection (hist) [18,901 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "== Conditions == The late 1700s through to the 1800s saw brutal repression of the reform groups. Execution and transportation being the norm for dissent. Bad harvests, chroni...")
- 15:49, 26 February 2018 The Cotton Spinners' Strike (hist) [2,952 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Cotton Spinners' Strike, 1837''' == Depression and Strike == 1830 saw a sharp depression grip the West of Scotland. By 1837 the weaving industry was attempting to push th...")
- 15:47, 26 February 2018 The Weavers' Strike (hist) [4,266 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Glasgow's Weavers’ Strike, 1787''' == Background == Glasgow’s population at this period was around 60,000. Weaving was the main occupation in Glasgow and surrounding...")
- 15:46, 26 February 2018 Glasgow, City of Rebellion (hist) [6,590 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "== Introduction == From the days of Wallace, Scotland has always had a revolutionary movement. At one time fighting for religious liberty, at another for political equality,...")
- 16:51, 24 February 2018 Glasgow the name (hist) [3,775 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "== Introduction == Glasgow can trace it history back to at least the 4th century, it was at that time a certain St. Ninian stopped by the Molendinar Burn, where the Cathedral...")
- 16:49, 24 February 2018 John Farquhar McLay (hist) [10,586 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''John Farquhar McLay, 10 October 1934 – 24 MARCH 2011''' John Farquhar McLay, known as Farquhar to his friends, was born in the Gorbals district of Glasgow on the 10 Octo...")
- 16:47, 24 February 2018 David Carruthers (hist) [2,272 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''David Robinson Carruthers, born February 10 1953, died December 11 2008''' DAVID CARRUTHERS died Peacefully, at home, on Thursday, 11th December, 2008, Dave lost his 18 mo...")
- 16:45, 24 February 2018 Rita Milton (hist) [3,197 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Rita Milton, 1924–2011.''' == Glasgow Born == Rita Milton, who has died aged 87, is remembered in Glasgow and London as a delightful anarchist with a brilliant sense of...")
- 16:44, 24 February 2018 John Taylor Caldwell (hist) [10,045 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''John Taylor Caldwell, 1911–2007''' == The Link == With the death of John Taylor Caldwell aged 95 we have lost the last significant link with an anarchist anti-parliamen...")
- 16:43, 24 February 2018 Robert (Bobby) Lynn (hist) [6,710 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Robert (Bobby) Lynn, 1924-1996. == Calton Born == ''The Wee Man is Dead!'' Robert Lynn has snuffed it. In the heart of Glasgow ndash; the Calton – hundreds of people a...")
- 16:40, 24 February 2018 Ethel MacDonald (hist) [9,549 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Ethel MacDonald, 1909–1960''' == The Defining Moment == Ethel MacDonald born Motherwell, just outside Glasgow 24 th. of February 1909. She was one of nine children. Lea...")
- 16:39, 24 February 2018 William C. McDougal (hist) [5,521 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''William C. McDougal, 1894u20131981.''' == Early Years == Born on the 22nd. of January 1891 in the district of Partick in Glasgow, William C. McDougal spent nearly seventy...")
- 16:39, 24 February 2018 Helen Brown Scott Lennox (hist) [2,256 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Helen Brown Scott Lennox, 1889?–1960''' == Church to Atheism == Helen Brown Scott Lennox was the daughter of a Church of Scotland Minister and is thought to have come f...")
- 16:35, 24 February 2018 Frank Leech (hist) [7,801 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Frank Leech 1900–1953''' == Early Years == Frank Leech was born in 1900, in Wigan to Irish parents, in 1916 he joined the Navy where he became the service heavyweight b...")
- 16:34, 24 February 2018 George (Ballard) Barrett (hist) [6,213 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''George (Ballard) Barrett, 1888?–1917''' == The Early Years == George Ballard was born in Hertfordshire, his exact date of birth is unknown but is thought to be around 1...")
- 16:33, 24 February 2018 Jane Hamilton Patrick (hist) [6,243 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Jane Hamilton Patrick, 1884–1971''' == Early Years == Jenny Patrick, as she was known, was born in Glasgow in February 1884. Her father had a “Ladies Costumier” sho...")
- 16:32, 24 February 2018 Tom Bell (hist) [13,317 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Tom Bell, 1882–1944''' == Formative Years == Thomas Bell (always known as Tom) was born in Parkhead, a district in the East End of Glasgow. Parkhead at that time was st...")
- 16:26, 24 February 2018 Helen Crawfurd (hist) [7,606 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Helen Crawfurd, 1877–1954''' == Background == Born Helen Jack on the 9th of November 1877 in the district of Gorbals Glasgow, the 4th child of the family of 4 daughters...")
- 16:22, 24 February 2018 Mary Barbour (hist) [4,431 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Mary Barbour, 1875–1958''' == Early Life == Mary Barbour was born on the 22nd of February 1875 in the village of Kilbarchan. She was the third child of seven, her fathe...")
- 16:20, 24 February 2018 Thomas Muir (hist) [11,472 bytes] Annarky (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Thomas Muir, 1765—1799''' == Early Life == Thomas Muir was born and lived at a place called Huntershill, a district just to the north of Glasgow. The house still stand...")
- 16:11, 24 February 2018 Main Page (hist) [2,622 bytes] MediaWiki default (Talk)