North America
On the poverty of Berkeley life and the marginal stratum of American society in general - Chris Shutes, 1983
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.
Barbados: Publishing workers on wildcat strike
Workers at the Nation Publishing company walked out on strike on Tuesday following the sacking of a co-worker.
Cbc.bb reported that the action stems from the dismissal last week, and what employees claim is management's refusal to follow established industrial relations practices.
The near 60 workers walked out of the advertising and editorial departments around three o'clock this afternoon protesting the dismissal of colleague Orlando Holder.
Defying the rule of law: Lessons learned from the BC teachers strike, 2005
A short account and comment on the two week illegal strike of teachers in British Columbia which won gains on wages and class size reductions.
by Chris, Northwest Anarchist Federation
Direct action victory on health and safety at Starbucks, 2006
Making work safer through direct action - Daniel Gross and Joe Tessone recount the actions of workers winning a small but significant victory on health and safety at a Chicago Starbucks outlet in 2006.
Requests have been routinely made and ignored for the purchase of a stepladder. It is vital for our safety that we have a stepladder available to use for such tasks as changing light bulbs, reaching boxes on high shelves, and cleaning ceiling tiles. Currently, we are forced to balance ourselves on unstable café tables to accomplish tasks in hard to reach places.
The Demise Of Love & Rage: What Happened? - NEFAC
An account of the development and dissolution of the Love and Rage Revolutionary Anarchist Federation by WEB from NEFAC's Open City Collective.
While interesting from a historical point of view, we disagree very strongly with some parts of the article, in particular the section on national liberation, which amonst other things states: "L&R's support for [national liberation] struggles represented a real advance in the anarchist movement."
The Demise of Love & Rage: What Happened?
by WEB, Open City Collective (NEFAC-NYC)
Post mortem on the San Francisco fare strike, 2005 - Tom Wetzel
Tom Wetzel analyses the fare strike of San Francisco public transport riders in 2005. He examines what ways of organising can be used to win struggles and form the basis of a new society.
In September, 2005 several thousand riders of Muni - San Francisco's city-owned transit system - participated in a mass fare strike, to fight service cuts, layoffs, and the second fare hike in two years. More than five dozen people were actively involved in the organizing. The last action connected with the fare strike was a November 10th protest march, initiated by the organized day laborers.
Notes for a discussion on the regeneration of the American labor movement - Dolgoff, 1970s
Sam Dolgoff's notes, analysis and suggestions for re-building a fighting working class movement in the US in the 1970s. Extracted from a larger text, The American labour movement: a new beginning.
Nine Years of the Love and Rage Revolutionary Anarchist Federation, 1989-1998 - Wayne Price
NEFAC's Wayne Price's interesting account and analysis of the development and decline of the North American continental anarchist federation the Love and Rage Revolutionary Anarchist Federation.
IWW warehouse workers branch sacked
Members of the Industrial Workers of the World, organises at New York warehouses were sacked over the festive period, in retaliation for their successful unionising drive.
On January 2nd 2007 at 5:00AM workers from the Food Industry and Allied Workers Union (Industrial Workers of the World, I.U. 460/640) and supporters will bring in the New Year with a march and picket line.
Unfriendly skies - The air traffic controllers' sick-out, 1969
Short article about the 1969 mass calling-in sick strike of air traffic controllers in the US over wages and conditions, and the new union of the workers, the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization.
Two days after Nixon broke the letter carriers' strike the air traffic controllers walked off their jobs and stayed out for three weeks. The controllers called in sick, attempting to avoid the still legal penalties for striking.
