Past Tense

Some of our publications about London radical history (and more!) can be ordered from our online shop. Pamphlets, books, maps & posters. Much of our back catalogue is out of print but we’re working on making it available again… pasttensehistories.bigcartel.com

WFTC joined anti-fascists, anti-racists, trade unionists and more in Epping today to counter the anti-refugee protest organised by the fascist Homeland thugs. Today it was true - there were many more of us than you - but we need to keep watching and be ready. #SUTR

A doctor was detained at Berlin Internationalist Queer Pride yesterday for wearing a pink triangle, the symbol the Nazis used to persecute gays. It looked too similar to the Palestinian red triangle

Our brand new pamphlet, “Green Beneath the Skies” about How Rioting Saved Hackney Downs from being built on in 1875 … Is now on sale in the lovely ⁦@pagesofhackney⁩ bookshop in Clapton! Plus they have lots of other great things there…

My new book, which tracks the impact the housing crisis has had on London since the 1980s and where the city is going in the future, is out on September 25. You can get 25% off if you pre-order with Waterstones here: waterstones.com/book/homesick/…

The police can be real thick plods at times. theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/j…

It is essential our community shows up in mass numbers to fill the streets and prevent these racists from rioting. Last summer, from Walthamstow to Crawley, where our communities turned out in numbers to defend each other, no racist riots took place.. (4of5)

This Saturday 2nd August, racists, including violent ethno-nationalists, have announced plans to gather in the old street area, outside the thistle hotel, Barbican, which houses refugees. The date has been chosen to mark the anniversary of last summer’s racist riots.. (1of5)

Over 300 police officers have been reported for rape since 2020 with 13 rape convictions When do the protests outside police stations start?

#OnThisDay in London anti-fascist history, 1985: Anti Fascist Action founded, ‘to fight fascism physically & politically’ wp.me/p74yfw-1ch A return to this approach needed? With fascism on the rise…

#OnThisDay in policing history, 2015: The Public Inquiry into Undercover Policing launched. 10 years in. We’ve learned a lot but much more is concealed. Tranche 3 (Special Demonstration Squad 1993-2008) hearings begin in October spycops.info

Fare Free - Campaign for Free Public Transport across London @FareFreeLondon

This Thursday:

This is your LAST CHANCE TO SAVE BRICK LANE! Sign the petition demanding HOMES not OFFICES on the Truman Brewery site before the council make their decision on Thursday 31st July: bit.ly/bricklanepetit…

Getting ready for start of #Spycops Inquiry into police abuses which starts again in October. Watch this space for more information, & if you haven't already signed our petition, please follow link below: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7214… #noexcuses #police #liarsandcheaters

A suffragette, a reformer and the first woman in Britain to qualify outright as a doctor (her mother had to use a roundabout route) Louisa Garrett Anderson, born OTD in 1873 in Aldeburgh, really should be Woman of the Day but you know the rules. It was a foregone conclusion…

In the 1970s the Tories made secret plans for a more militarised police force to stifle dissent, attempt to destroy organised labour & the unions, introduce mass privatisation & legislate against workers & human rights otjc.org.uk/ridley-plan/ #RidleyPlan #MinersStrike

Kemi Badenoch earns £96,000 a year as an MP. She lives with her multimillionaire banker husband in Wimbledon. Kemi claims £36,400 a year for rent & council tax for a second home in Essex. Kemi doesn’t believe that junior doctors are worth £22 an hour. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

There’s a huge wealth gap between the richest & poorest households in the UK, an absolute gap that has increased by 50% in the last 15 years. This is rich people making the UK ‘cool again’ for other rich people. The 90s were also crap if you were working class back then as well

About 100 antiracist occupied the fascist assembly area in Wolverhampton. 6 fascists plus a few in pubs. £230 collected and food donated to the families in the hotel. @AntiRacismDay @Searchlight_mag

Trump is in Scotland, where he is truly reviled. These are some of the nicknames the Scots have come up with for him: