Notes From The Class Struggle. Small group workplace organising in present-day Germany and the Netherlands,

Submitted by syndicalist on 24 January, 2008 - 14:41.

Interesting new pamphlet.

Anarchist Group/Amsterdam and FAU Bremen have jointly published a pamphlet ttiled Notes From The Class Struggle. Small group workplace organising in present-day Germany and the Netherlands, Amsterdam/Bremen 2007, 36 Pages

From the Introduction:

"Groundless firings, withheld wages, bad working conditions—these and other abuses are certainly nothing new. The large mainstream unions are often unwilling to fight and are losing members and influence as a result. For those employed in precarious positions, whether as immigrant or flexibilized labor, the state often offers little or no protection.
How can we defend ourselves against the power of the bosses?
This pamphlet aims to show what small groups and unions can achieve in workplace disputes. These examples and analyses of successful small-scale actions should prove instructive to workers in a variety of fields from a variety of backgrounds, whether they are in the transport or manufacturing sector, students or illegal immigrants, or are employed in another branch of industry. The articles collected here show that through creativity, organization and fighting spirit small groups of workers and activists are more than able to hold their own against the bosses. With exampels from Amsterdam, Berlin, Bremen, Hannover u.a."

The pamphlet can be ordered from AK Press & Distribution (UK) or Radikal Distro (Sweden).

http://www.anarchosyndicalism.net/newswire/display/37253/index.php

25 January, 2008 - 05:27

Any possibility of making this available as a .pdf download? Would love to print some copies over here but having them mailed over seems like a waste (and needlessly expensive)

25 January, 2008 - 14:09

they were flogging them at the last (london anarchist) bookfair. i wanted to buy one but they vanished by the time i had got some cash out sad

from what i read when i flicked through one, it looks very interesting indeed

25 January, 2008 - 14:40

I'll check into it.

25 January, 2008 - 18:48

we'd love to have it here, as PDF and text

25 January, 2008 - 21:28

Unfortunately I can't help with a PDF. But the printed copy is available at www.syndikat-a.de. Type in "Amsterdam" in the "Suchen" (Search)-Form.

27 January, 2008 - 20:56

They are well worth a read and are available from us at South London SolFed, just give me a pm.
It not ground breaking stuff but interesting reports on work they've done, showing what even very small groups can achieve.
Steven try contacting them direct.

27 February, 2008 - 13:11

Ok, with the author's permission, the pamphlet is linked at:

http://www.syndikalismusforschung.de/Class%20struggle%20Innenteil%20final.pdf