A round-up of recent strike activity in Iran, including the car industry and agriculture.
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A situationist-influenced text from 1983, containing critiques of Berkeley radicalism, the marginal worker, 'natural' commodities (e.g. crafts, food, medicine), the car, jogging, bureaucratic reform, Reaganism, the Black Panthers, criminality, culture/aesthetics, feminism, therapy, Robert Crumb, global class struggle in the 1970s and 80s and South Africa in particular - plus more.
1968
A short chronology of the events which swept France in May and June 1968. Starting as a student revolt, the events culminated in mass workplace occupations and a general strike of 10 million workers.
Followed by a short international chronology.
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Tea Break
First issue of an irregular workers' bulletin put together by users of the website, libcom.org. This issue focuses on the 2008 pay dispute over sub-inflation pay offers.
Recently WSA has been receiving a fair bit of new inquiries.
A typical question has been "What WSA does and what it would mean to be a member?"
I thought it might be useful to post this reply here. This should give folks a sense of what WSA membership entails and some of the activities our members are involved in.
At the moment basic membership requirements are:
1. Agree with out "Where We Stand"
2. Pay dues -
3... Try and build a local
4. Participate in internal discussions
5. Distribute/write for "Workers Solidarity"
Most of the areas of member’s activities seem to fall into:
1. Workplace (work in reformist trade unions, IWW or support roles)
2. Housing/tenant issues
3. Reach out to workers of color
4. Solidarity (international & worker solidarity)
5. Anti-war
6. General movement stuff (working in coalitions, etc.)
7. It appears a number of us are also active on class struggle websites as well.
Some of this is broad and general. Some specific to the individual’s situation. On a local level we believe that there is room to engage in activities which are of value to the local comrades.