The Spirit of Revolt is a
group based in Glasgow who are attempting to collect as much material
as possible from grass-roots campaigns in working class struggle, in and
around the Glasgow/Clydeside area. We are grateful for any donations of
material that people may have accumulated over time from their
friends/relatives or their own connections to/in campaigns/direct action
experiences, our only stipulation is that it is not in any way linked
to party political activity/material. Our aim is to create an
archive/collection recording the history of working class struggle in
the Glasgow/Clydeside area and make it easily accessible to the general
public.
We will be putting as much as
possible on-line with a physical collection housed in the Mitchell
Library. We feel that it is important to record this history as most of
it will not be recorded in mainstream history and therefore will
disappear. It is part and parcel of our history, it is part of working
class culture, and if we fail to record it, it never happened and we
become a people without a history, a people without a culture.
In time and with your help, we
are sure this will become the best resource of its kind in Scotland. A
place where the next generation can keep in touch with the history of
their parents and previous generations, and their struggles for a better
world. A place where they themselves, can perhaps learn how to continue
that struggle for that better world.
We have had material donated from several sources, with others promised, and are very grateful to those groups and individuals, but are still eager for more material. I'm sure there are bundles of original material lying around in boxes, poly bags, in drawers and under the bed. Have a wee look around and see what you feel you can donate.
You can contact the group through annarky@radicalglasgow.me.uk
