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- 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...")