Author Archives: Matt Myers

First published by Jacobin on the 19th of September 2016 https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/09/aneurin-bevin-nhs-owen-smith-corbyn/ “In so far as I can be said to have had a political training at all, it has been in Marxism.” These are the words of Aneurin Bevan, one … Continue reading →

First Published on the London Review of Books Blog, 27th May 2016 http://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2016/05/27/matt-myers/in-madrid/ Seventeen members of the Andalusian Workers Union (SAT) have been on hunger strike, camped out in central Madrid, since 16 May. ‘It has weakened us, and people … Continue reading →

First published on rs21.org.uk on July 16th 2015 Co-authored with Barnaby Raine Tear-gas in Syntagma Square In Athens last night, Molotov cocktails and tear-gas flowed. The SYRIZA government, which had removed police barricades from Syntagma Square with much fanfare after being … Continue reading →

Originally published on the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts Website -http://anticuts.com/2015/05/11/occupy-lse-shows-occupations-work/ Occupy LSE ended on the 30th of April 2015 after 6 weeks in occupation. We were fighting for free education, workers rights, divestment, university democracy, and liberation[1]. During … Continue reading →

Interview conducted with Channel 4 on 30th March 2015 about Occupy LSE.

(Originally Published on April 11th 2015 at http://rs21.org.uk/2015/04/11/report-from-the-lse-occupation/) It was a very odd way to start an occupation, being presented with edible offerings and an ironic solidarity fist salute by LSE’s Vice Chancellor (VC), Craig Calhoun, the highest paid individual of … Continue reading →

First Published in the February 2015 Version of the Oxford Left Review, Issue 14 Neoliberalism cannot be understood solely from the standpoint of narrowly defined political history, political philosophy, political economy, or the top-down cultural analysis of much past scholarship … Continue reading →

(This article was first published on 23rd September 2014 on the RS21 Website -http://rs21.org.uk/2014/09/23/scottish-independence-why-didnt-the-working-class-yes-vote-win-the-day/) In the aftermath of the referendum one thing remains clear: the vote was neither about dry constitutionality, nor nationalism per se, but existed in a class … Continue reading →

This article was published in Vulture Magazine December 2013 – http://vulturemagazineoxford.com Protest movements usually possess their own counter-culture. A soundtrack can be a vital component of this. Music can be both a cultural expression of the social tension in which … Continue reading →