Top ten music/videos of 2011
Submitted by Steven. on Jan 26 2012 19:12
Belated blog of my favourite tracks and music videos of 2011.
Sack us please, we're British
Submitted by Steven. on Jan 24 2012 19:47
Blog looking at the coalition government’s plan to take unfair dismissal protection away from workers in post less than two years, and comparing the responses of UK to French workers to the changes.
The UK agency workers regulations: an opportunity to organise
Submitted by Steven. on Jan 12 2012 15:02
A blog entry about the new laws giving agency staff some equal rights with permanent staff, and how we can use them to improve our conditions and build solidarity in the workplace.
Should Rihanna loot small businesses, or chain stores?
Submitted by Steven. on Oct 28 2011 12:35
Blog discussing the ethics of Rihanna's looting choices, from a communist perspective.
Huge strike against pension cuts on the way
Submitted by Steven. on Sep 14 2011 15:02
A massive November walkout of up to 3 million public sector workers is now on the cards as the UK's largest unions announce their intention to ballot for strike action over pension reform.
Review: Peace, love & petrol bombs - DD Johnston
Submitted by Steven. on Aug 18 2011 18:05
Steven Johns reviews DD Johnston's debut novel about revolutionary fast food workers, published by AK Press.
Anarchism and British Islamism: putting things in perspective - Steven Johns
Submitted by Steven. on May 10 2011 21:05
A response by Steven Johns of libcom.org to Paul Stott's article "British Islamism: Towards an anarchist response".
Workmates: direct action workplace organising on the London Underground - Review
Submitted by Steven. on May 7 2011 18:53
A review by Steven Johns of the Solidarity Federation pamphlet Workmates: direct action workplace organising on the London Underground.
Unison: fighting the cuts. Or is it?
Submitted by Steven. on Apr 21 2011 11:07
The anti-cuts movement is buzzing with talk of a coordinated strike on 30 June. But where is Unison, the public sector's biggest union in all this?
The working class and the "immigration debate"
Submitted by Steven. on Apr 13 2011 12:43
A critical response to an article about immigration in the Financial Times quoted favourably on a "pro-working class" website containing anti-immigrant misinformation and scaremongering.
An open letter to Socialist Worker on autonomism and the fight for change
Submitted by Steven. on Apr 7 2011 12:04
An open letter to Socialist Worker newspaper in response to possibly the most ill informed smear of anarchism I have ever seen: "Autonomism and the fight for change" by Estelle Cooch.
Shirking 9 to 5: diary of a reluctant temp
Submitted by Steven. on Oct 15 2009 19:12
An agency worker recalls several years' temping in London, trying to help his co-workers and do as little work as possible.
The middle-class blues
Submitted by Steven. on Nov 1 2008 17:50
This new track by XL Middleton, I think could resonate with many working people...
A brief account of Unison's national conference, 2008
Submitted by Steven. on Jul 4 2008 19:55
A critical account of the 2008 Unison national delegate conference by libcom group member Steven Johns, analysing how the union's bureaucracy systematically attempts to remove control of the union from its rank and file and also looking at the response to the from the union's left-wing.
