Brighton Solfed

Tonight, 5 Feb, we're hosting a fundraising gig in support of a member featuring some of Brighton's most exciting bands

[Brick]
bricktfhc.bandcamp.com/album/brick-...

Hemiptera
hemiptera.bandcamp.com

Clouded
www.instagram.com/cloudedisaband

Doors at 7. Cash only.
18+ Members and Guests welcome

Damos la bienvenida a nuestra Internacional a la Federación de Solidaridad Obrera de Pakistán (WSF-Pakistán) que se ha convertido en miembro de pleno derecho de la Asociación Internacional de las y los Trabajadores (IWA-AIT) 🔴⚫ @iwa-ait.bsky.social 👇

پاکستان بھر کے تمام محنت کشوں، انقلابی ساتھیوں اور مزاحمتی قوتوں کو سرخ سلام! ورکرز سالیڈیرٹی فیڈریشن پاکستان (WSF-Pakistan) اب عالمی محنت کش تحریک کے انقلابی محاذ انٹرنیشنل ورکرز ایسوسی ایشن (IWA-AIT) کی مکمل رکن تنظیم بن چکی ہے. یہ فیصلہ IWA کی انتیسویں (XXIX) کانگریس میں بلا اختلاف اور متفقہ طور پر منظور کیا گیا۔ یہ محض ایک تنظیمی پیش رفت نہیں، بلکہ سرمایہ دارانہ جبر، ریاستی تشدد اور ہر قسم کے استحصال کے خلاف محنت کش طبقے کی عالمی یکجہتی کا اعلان ہے۔ اگر عوام کے لیے انصاف نہیں تو حکمرانوں کے لیے امن نہیں! ایک کا زخم، سب کا زخم! محنت کشوں کا اتحاد — زندہ باد! ‏IWA-AIT — زندہ باد! ‏WSF-Pakistan — زندہ باد! ✊🔥

Welcome to the IWA-AIT comrades of the WSF!

Long live the WSF!
Long live anarcho syndicalism!

#anarchism #iwa-ait #ansyn

Josef Lada illustration of Švejk pasted onto a black and white picture of the Cowley Club. SOLFED BAR Thursday 7pm.

We'll be taking a break for a few weeks so tonight (Thursday 18th) is the last Solfed Bar night of 2025. From 7pm at @cowleyclub.bsky.social. We will however be back at the Cowley Club this Sunday the 21st with our delicious Xmas roast (1‐4pm).

Members and Guests Welcome

BREAKING: Quesser Zuhrah is taken to hospital after crowds gathered at HMP Bronzefield following her rapid health deterioration after 46days of hunger strike.

There are seven more hunger strikers currently facing critical health deterioration. Support them by visiting PrisonersForPalestine.org

This Sunday is Brighton Solfed's annual Xmas benefit meal at the Cowley Club. All the (vegan) trimmings and mulled cider. Served from 1pm until 4.

Anarcho-syndicalism is not an abstract theory that was created out of thin air It is based on a simple observation: that society is built by the work that most of the population does, but only a few people own the world's resources, reap the profits and hold power It originates from the workers' movement - from workers realisina that thev can work toaether to make demands of their emplovers, build power in their workplaces and begin to take control of their own lives.

Anarcho-syndicalism combines two ideas: anarchism and syndicalism Anarchism is the rejection of any domination of one person by another. Exploitation and oppression are widespread in our world today, and anarchist groups want to see an end to this. Relying on leaders only perpetuates the disempowerment of people - this is why anarchist groups are organised without any hierarchies, and decisions are made by members collectively instead of a small number of people who claim to represent them.

Syndicalism has similar origins to the trade union movement, but a syndicalist union is very different from a mainstream trade union. Syndicalist unions are not iust a way of negotiating for slightly better treatment at work - they are organs of radical social change. By participating in syndicalist unions, workers can build confidence in their collective strength, shift the balance of power in their workplaces, coordinate with other unions locally and around the world and, when the time comes, will be able to replace capitalism and the state

Anarcho-syndicalist activity has ebbed and flowed during its long history, but it is needed now more than ever Living and working conditions are getting worse all over the world. Political leaders are failing to deliver any solutions - in fact, they are increasing their control in an attempt to preserve the current system. We can't wait for other people to solve our problems for us - we need to organise ourselves and do something about it.

What is anarcho-syndicalism anyway?

Once again this Thursday we'll be hosting our weekly bar night at the @cowleyclub.bsky.social from 730. If you're interested in getting involved in the club or Brighton Solfed come see us.

Tonight we're hosting @brightonantifa.bsky.social and cooking some food at our weekly Cowley Club bar night. From 7pm.

Peacehaven: Fire at East Sussex mosque probed as 'hate crime' Video appears to show two people in balaclavas at the mosque before a large blaze spreads.

Racists attempted to burn down a mosque and community centre in Peacehaven last night. Incredibly fortunate that no-one was hurt. Solidarity with the muslim community of Peacehaven. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

21/09 Sunday Solfed Roast 13:00-16:00: Celebrating the Autumn Equinox
@brightonsolfed.bsky.social

#brighton #vegan

This is our flag. It tells you what we stand for

This Friday a visiting former member of Brighton Solfed will be discussing his time organising with hospitality workers in the city.

8pm, 5 Sept 2025, The Cowley Club

We'll be helping serve up some free antifascist pasta at the @cowleyclub.bsky.social this Friday

This Sunday we're cooking up our monthly vegan benefit roast at the Cowley Club. Served from 1pm until about 4pm.

Our regular Thursday bar night is back tomorrow at the Cowley Club. Drop in from 7pm to find out more about Solfed, anarcho-syndicalism or the Cowley Club. Or just come by for a drink, a game of table football or a chat

Brighton Anti-fascists

We are a group of local people dedicated to opposing all forms of fascism, in Brighton & Hove and beyond.

Check out our blog here: brightonantifascists.com

Today from 1pm until 4 it's our monthly vegan benefit roast at @cowleyclub.bsky.social

On Thursday evenings Brighton Solfed open up the Cowley Club for a bar night from 7pm.

18+ Members and Guests Welcome

And don't forget this Sunday will be our monthly benefit roast from 1pm.

Brighton Solfed's bar night is taking a week off to commiserate the 500 years anniversary of the peasants defeat at Frankenhausen. In the meantime there's a gig at @cowleyclub.bsky.social instead this evening.

We'll be back next week and on Sunday we're hosting out benefit Sunday lunch.

Modified copy of Haymarket poster advertising screening of Who Was Harry Cowley? At The Cowley Club, Mayday 2025.

Tonight!

Poster for the screening of the film Who Was Harry Cowley (1984) at the Cowley Club.

Want to know why the hub of Brighton's anarchist community is called the Cowley Club?

This Thursday at Brighton Solfed's weekly bar night we'll be showing the film Who Was Harry Cowley? (1984)

If you're interested in Solfed or in the Cowley Club come along.

Now until 4pm. Our monthly fundraising roast at the Cowley Club

Imagine that you're in a workplace where management pressures workers to perform. Sexual harassment of a colleague is being trivialized. How to put pressure on a boss to address the issue? This and other situations were tackled in a workshop in Bratislava, led by @solfed.bsky.social comrade.

Sign the Filton 18 petition before Thursday 27th March, when there is a hearing at the Old Bailey to drop the terror connection.

The link to the petition is: tr.ee/eNH4DE2DXH

If you can, come to the hearing and protest. See Instagram for the details.

This evening at our Cowley Club bar night we're hosting our monthly drop‐in for people to come chat to us about organising, while also celebrating the 500th anniversary of the 12 Articles of the German Peasants. OMNIA SUNT COMMUNIA!

Tonight. The Cowley Club. From 7pm.

In Brighton and want to find out more about Solfed? Need help organising, or got any issues a work you want to discuss? Brighton Solfed are hosing an introduction meeting / drop-in at our regular bar night the Cowley Club this Thursday. Come along at any time from 7pm

Are you in #Liverpool area of the #UK?

@liverpoolsolfed.bsky.social has just been added to the #IWA-AIT starter pack why not head over and give them a like?

Solidarity!

#anarchism #ansyn #iwa-ait

We will be out picketing again this Thursday (DM for more details).
We will continue to support workers thrown to the scrap heap by the owners of Almost Famous. Staff were made redundant 3 weeks ago with zero notice- they are yet to receive a penny of thousands they are owed.