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new website

welcome to our temp website v2.solfed.org.uk - we are updating and working on our website, so the link will change back to solfed.org.uk when it is relaunched

By SolFedNL, 12 October, 2026

London October Red and Black Club

Come to the London Action Resource Centre (LARC), 61 Fieldgate Street E1 1ES, for the a monthly social and fundraiser. From 8pm until midnight you can meet up with other anarchists for a chill time to chat, gripe, and possibly even plot.

The Red and Black Club is the last Friday of the month, which will be Friday the 30th of October this month. We do not have an alcohol license so none will be sold in LARC, but feel free to bring your own booze. Suggested donation of £5-10 on the door, but no one will be turned away for lack of money. Half of this will go to LARC to keep the space running and half will got a new zine called Anarchy which we hope to distribute for free.

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October 12-18 is the IWA-AIT annual week against unpaid wages

annual week against unpaid wagesThis week is the International Week Against Unpaid Wages.

The system of wage labour is exploitative by definition, and workers’ legal rights regarding pay are pitiful – but even this low bar is frequently ignored by employers. For many workers, then, demanding the bare minimum that this society allows is an important first step to taking control of their workplaces and their lives.

Here are just a few examples of what unpaid wages can look like... 

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What is wage theft?

What is wage theft?

Wage theft is when an employer takes money that rightfully belongs to the worker.

Wage theft is often illegal, but sometimes your boss can steal your pay without breaking any laws.

We believe that all wage theft is wrong, whether it's legal or illegal. Just because your boss isn’t breaking the law, doesn't mean you should put up with how they are treating you.


What is wage theft? | I’m worried about wage theft. What should I do? | How does wage theft happen? | Unpaid trial shifts | Non-payment of travel time | What if you work in social care? | What does this have to do with anarchism? | Deductions for uniforms, clothing and equipment | “Punitive” deductions | Other deductions | Non-payment of the National Minimum Wage | Unpaid overtime | Sources

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By SolFedNL, 6 October, 2026

London Reading Group 26 – In The Crossfire Part Two

For our twenty-sixth reading group we will finish In The Crossfire by Ngô Văn. From the blurb:

Although the Vietnam War is still well known, few people are aware of the decades of struggles against the French colonial regime that preceded it, many of which had no connection with the Stalinists (Ho Chi Minh’s Communist Party). The Stalinists were ultimately victorious, but only after they systematically destroyed all the other oppositional currents. This book is the story of those other movements and revolts, caught in the crossfire between the French and the Stalinists, told by one of the few survivors.

This month we will be reading chapter 6 to the end of the book. A free online version of the book can be found on the Anarchist Library here.

Our friends at Freedom Press here host the reading group for free, so please support them by using them for your supply of radical books and zines.



The reading group will be meeting on Tuesday the 27th of October, 19:00, at Freedom Bookshop, 84b Whitechapel High St, London E1 7QX. You are welcome to come and join in the discussion even if you have not finished the reading.

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By SolFedNL, 5 October, 2026

London October Drop in Session

Need advice about an issue with your boss or landlord? Want support organising in your workplace or community? Want to talk about anarchism or syndicalism? Want to meet members of the group and find out how SolFed works? Just want to say hi? Then come see us at one of these drop in sessions.

The next session will be on Thursday, October 15th, 19:00 – 20:00, at the London Action Resource Centre (LARC), 62 Fieldgate Street, E1 1ES. We will be in the upstairs rooms. If you can, please bring a donation for the space.

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By SolFedNL, 1 October, 2026

Anarchist Bloc at the Cable Street 90th Anniversary March

Battle-of-Cable-Street-Flyer-FrontThere will be an anarchist bloc at the upcoming October 4th march to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street. During this battle, people from all over London came together to drive the British Union of Fascists and the police that protected them out of the east end. This was made possible by decades of previous organising in workplaces and the community that built working class solidarity, including between migrant Jewish garment workers and migrant Irish dock workers.

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By solfed-iwa, 22 September, 2026

London Anarchist Bookfair 2026

London Anarchist Bookfair 2026It’s bookfair time again! This Friday the 25th of September we will have a stall (our stall at this year's London Anarchist Bookfair it number 13 in The Studio on Floor 4 at Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA), so come find us to pick up some flyers and chat about organising in the workplace. We will be on floor 4 at Rich Mix from 10pm. For more detail about the bookfair see here. Also remember that the Red and Black club will be running as usual the night before, more info here.

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Why do we organise?

why-do-we-organise-1Capitalism is shit, oppression is shit - but what can we at SolFed do about it?

We need to change the world we live in - a world where exploitation at work and home, state violence, oppression and inequality run rampant.

We can’t do this as individuals - only mass collective action from across the breadth of the working class can achieve this. This doesn’t need to be controlled by a small handful of self-appointed leaders - but if we want to build a movement that challenges capital, the state and all forms of oppression, we need to get organised.

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By solfed-iwa, 18 September, 2026
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North London Solidarity Federation - New website

If you are reading this, you have probably noticed that we have a new website with Network23. Our old Noblogs site has not been updated since the end of August and will likely go down in the near future. We have ported over a lot of our old site, but for the time being many links and files on ported pages and posts will refer to the old Noblogs site and it will take us a while to work through them all and correct them. The reason for this change-over is that the provider of Noblogs, the Italian Autistici/Inventati (A/I) collective, has been forced to shut down by US sanctions. From there own announcement at the time here:

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Guides

Your rights at work

About SolFed

About SolFed

What is wage theft?

What is wage theft

Stuff your boss (doesn't want you to know)

Stuff your boss (doesn't want you to know)

Stuff your sexist boss (doesn't want you to know) (2018)

Stuff your sexist boss (doesn't want you to know) (2018)

Cost of living - Organise and fight back with the Solidarity Federation

Cost of living - Organise and fight back with the Solidarity Federation

Don't cross picket lines! Solidarity is the most powerful force in the world

Don't cross picket lines

Direct Action #2 (2024)

Direct Action #2 (2024)

Is your cleaning job killing you? A guide to cleaners health and safety (2017)

Don't just moan - Organise!

Don't just moan - Organise!

Stuff your landlord (doesn't want you to know) (2016)

Stuff your landlord (doesn't want you to know) (2016)

Fed up with your landlord? Organise and fight back!

Fed up with your landlord? Organise and fight back!

A migrant's guide to Manchester (2016)

A migrant's guide to Manchester (2016)

SolFed supports trans liberation - transphobia is a workplace and housing issue

SolFed supports Trans Liberation - transphobia is a workplace and housing issue

Office worker’s health and safety - your rights and how to use them (2015)

Office worker’s health and safety - your rights and how to use them (2015)

Solidarity Federation - Where we stand

Solidarity Federation - Where we stand

Anarcho-syndicalism in Britain – a little history (2015)

Anarcho-syndicalism in Britain – a little history (2015)

This is our flag - it tells you what we stand for

this-is-our-flag

Strike - a guide to walking out (2014)

Strike - a guide to walking out (2014)

Anarchism and Anarcho-syndicalism (Rudolf Rocker, 2014)

Anarchism and Anarcho-syndicalism (Rudolf Rocker, 2014)

Why do we organise? Capitalism is shit, oppression is shit - but what can we at SolFed do about it?

Why do we organise?

A migrant's guide to London (2014)

A migrant's guide to London (2014)

Fighting for ourselves - anarcho-syndicalism and the class struggle (2012)

Fighting for ourselves - anarcho-syndicalism and the class struggle (2012)

Theory & Practice 1 - Workmates - direct action workplace organising on the London underground (2011)

Theory & Practice 1 - Workmates - direct action workplace organising on the London underground (2011)

The Economics of freedom (2003)

The Economics of freedom (2003)

A history of anarcho-syndicalism (SelfEd Collective, 24 unit series, 2001)

A history of anarcho-syndicalism (SelfEd Collective, 24 unit series, 2001)

Out of the frying pan, a critical look at works councils (1998)

Out of the frying pan, a critical look at works councils (1998)

Health and safety at work - an anarcho-syndicalist approach (1997)

Health and safety at work - an anarcho-syndicalist approach (1997)

Theory & Practice 2 - Anarcho-syndicalism in Puerto Real (1994)

Theory & Practice 2 - Anarcho-syndicalism in Puerto Real (1994)

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The Solidarity Federation is an anarcho-syndicalist union, a means for people seeking to improve our lives to organise in our workplaces and communities. SolFed brings together people in all occupations regardless of industry, sector or trade – whether we’re employed or not.

SolFed seeks the abolition of capitalism and the institutions of power that are associated with it, such as the state. Our goal is to create a society centred on needs rather than profit, based upon the principle ‘from each according to ability, to each according to need’.

We believe in the principle of direct action – that means doing something for ourselves and not expecting leaders or representatives to act on our behalf.

SolFed members organise ourselves in a federation of local unions; in education we are in the Solidarity Federation Education Union (SFEU) and our members in hospitality are in the Solidarity Federation Hospitality Workers Union (SFHWU)

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