Alan was one of the original organisers of the Radical History Network of NE London and as the RaHN Convenor he organised and wrote up summaries of dozens of local talks and meetings on a whole range of past disputes and struggles to ensure that the voices of those who took part in them would continue to reverberate and help us all in our struggles and movements today. He took RaHN stalls to many local and national events.
He sadly died in 2012 and there is a tribute to him in a previous post on this blog by Dave Morris. Indeed, all the previous posts on this blog about Alan can be found via this link.
Alan's personal archive is stored safely at the Bishopsgate Archive in London and is available to view.
He was a prolific publisher of pamphlets and books on revolutionary history and struggles, some of which have now been scanned and made available online as PDFs by Splits and Fusions Archive, who have published two posts on the subject:
Joe Thomas, Alan Woodward and Workers Council Socialism
Workers Socialism, Libertarian Socialists and Socialist Libertarians
Publications include:
An End To War And All That?
As We See It Now
Declaration newsletter (five issues of at least eight)
Ford Visteon Enfield Workers Occupation: an eyewitness account
Life and Times of Joe Thomas: the road to libertarian socialism
The Deeper Meaning of The Struggle: an outline history of the international Shop Stewards Movement and socialism
The Path Not Taken: welfare history and libertarian perspectives
The Political Economy of Workers Socialism
Workers Control: the why, where and whens of workers councils
Workers Socialism: A short guide
Alan's autobiography, ‘Poor Boy’s Tale’ (Vol 1 – ‘the first 60 years’) is available from Housmans Bookshop.
