Juan Conatz's blog

Information on a just begun strike at a non-profit mobile food shelf and soup kitchen in Minneapolis.

A reader I compiled from various texts online of the AAUD/AAUD-E.

An article I wrote about two Twin Cities IWW branch events in 2011. Was originally intended for The Organizer, but was never used, so I'm posting it here.

Some rough thoughts on political organization, mostly based on my experience with groups in North America and conversations with some current and former members.

A post about the Los Angeles riots, hip-hop and race in America.

An interview with an individual involved in Burnt Bookmobile, a blog out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin run by some people influenced by various anti-authoritarian tendencies, including insurrectionary anarchism, left communism, and nihilism, among others.

A short list of objections to the May 1st general strike effort within the Occupy movement and some responses to them.

This is part of a discussion on Facebook that started off some questions on the topic of general strikes. I thought the conversation was interesting, so decided to turn into a blog post.

A callout to people with access to hard copies of non-digitized material that documents a number of radical social movements and groups to come forward.

A short piece exploring some common issues and objections when it comes to agitational material.

A piece exploring whether the increasingly common claim by various anarchists and communists that reform is impossible is actually true. Inspired by informal conversations with Nate Hawthorne, who replies here.

An update on what's happened in Wisconsin since early April.

Part 2 of a 2 part reply by a IWW member, to 'Direct Unionism: A Discussion Paper', which argues for a network of militants and non-contractual organizing.

Part 1 of a 2 part reply by a IWW member, to 'Direct Unionism: A Discussion Paper', which argues for a network of militants and non-contractual organizing.

An attempt to identify some factors that have prevented a general strike from breaking out in Wisconsin.

An account of a recent trip to the protests in Madison, Wisconsin, which have erupted over the Governors plan to revoke collective bargaining rights to state employees.

A reportback from the 2009 Class Struggle Anarchist Conference in Detroit, Michigan.

Reading The American Worker and old Italian operaismo surveys of auto workers, it occurred to me that it would be worth documenting some of my own experiences in wage labor. We often forget how powerful and important first person accounts of what happens to us are.