Bob Myers - Every Acre Interviews

"I think we have to understand that the road to revolt doesn't go down the road you choose. It goes down its own road. You know, the working class will find its own route of revolt. And as militants, if our knowledge and our experience is to be of any use, we have to find a way to play a part in that revolt, not in our revolt." (from the video)

Bob tells us about his experience as a militant factory worker in the 1970s and sketches out the peak moments and limitations of the working class movement in the UK at the time. He describes the power of the class to ignore anti-strike laws in the early 1970s and the aircraft factory occupation he himself took part in. He explains the impact of crisis, unemployment and globalisation - and how Thatcher prepared for the battle with the mining workers in 1984, by, amongst other things, making the trade union bureaucracy police their members in fear of being fined for law infringements. He thinks (self-)critically about the revolutionary organisations at the time.

A great historical overview about a period that still shapes class relations today.

We interviewed Bob Myers in July 2025 for the film Every Acre, Every Factory (2026)