Barricade Bulletin, No. 14

Many thanks to the person who donated and digitised this for the Archive. This is the second issue of Barricade Bulletin in the collection (you can find a comprehensive collection of this publication here ). You can find the website of DAC here .

As noted previously, there is a short outline on the inside page which notes:

Barricade Bulletin is a free bi-monthly news bulletin issued to help generate anarchist information, interest and knowledge of class struggle anarchism to an increasingly wider audience. Barricade Bulletin takes its name from the radical community news sheet printed and distributed during the period of Free Derry.

The document argues:

We are a class struggle anarchist collective, organised by and for working class people. As anarchists we are opposed to all states and institutions, and all attitudes and ideologies that stand in the way of equality and the right of all people everywhere to control their own lives and environment. The working class has no country.

It continues:

Our aim is to abolish world wide, the state system, governments, capitalism and the wage slavery in all its forms and replace them with a free classless society based on self-managed communities and industries where production is for need not profit. In order to bring about an anarchist society the working class must take over the means of production and distribution, along with the day-to-day running of our communities.

This edition has a wide range of articles including pieces on Palestine, the Anarchist Black Cross, Teresa Claramunt – a founder of anarcho-feminism, the end of the Debenhams strike action (after 408 days) and this on anarchist activity in the north.

Over the last number of months, anarchist activity and interest in anarchism generally has increased. This can be seen by anarchist visibility generally, such as participation at public events as the streets begin to open up a bit more due to the pandemic. For ourselves, we have witnessed growth, contact and communication from anarchists in other areas. The distribution of Barricade Bulletin has helped encourage that visibility and this is something we feel needs to continue.

It continues:

Anarchists in smaller towns or villages have been encouraged by seeing other anarchists mobilise, and not just on social media. Anarchists in Strabane have been active in distributing Barricade Bulletin and anarchist info, and attending the recent solidarity action against Dalradian’s Toxic Gold Mining efforts.

In Monaghan, anarchists have been active this past year, especially after the murder of George Floyd, helping to organise a Black Lives Matter/ anti-DP solidarity demonstration in Monaghan to which the town responded very positively. Anarchists have also been active organising for solidarity for Palestine as well as reaching out to other anarchists around Ulster.

We have also received solidarity from anarchists inSligo, Newry and Donegal who have reached out where they live since our last issue.

There is of course Belfast Anarchists who have been active around issues such as IWW ‘Wage Theft’ campaign, rents and social housing and ongoing antifascistwork.

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