Tag Archives: Colin Ward
Colin Ward (1924-2010)
Colin Ward, who has died aged 85, was the most read as well as the most original British anarchist writer of the second half of the twentieth century. Brought up in suburban East London, he was a ‘failure’ at school, leaving at fifteen to take jobs in building, municipal housing and then a series of [...]
Freedom editorial
It’s been a bleak beginning to the year 2010. Not only has January been the coldest month in over twenty years, right in the middle of a global recession and continuing financial crisis, but we have lost, in quick succession, some of the greatest political minds, radical thinkers and inspired anarchist comrades of our lifetime. [...]
Direct Action for Houses
The original article appeared in War Commentary 28th July 1945, written by Colin Ward. A little while ago War Commentary reported the arrest of seven families who had settled in an empty 20-room mansion and a cottage at Blantyre. However the case ended it was, as this paper pointed out, “an indication of the kind [...]