UK

The Real Cause of the Beginning and End of WWI

Submitted by Internationalis... on Nov 11 2019 14:12

Explanations of the cause of WW1 and its ending are always carefully avoided every year as regularly as the commemoration itself.

Losing Momentum: Corbynism in the Rear-View Mirror

Submitted by Internationalis... on Nov 1 2019 09:32

The authors of this text are three young people who have been, at various times and various degrees, supporters of Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party under his leadership, and, having broken completely with the capital-L Labour movement, wish to share our critique thereof, in the hopes that some of our comrades and friends will follow us. Our position is formed in part on the basis of our reflection on the Labour Party’s role as reconciler of the working class and capital, and in part on our reflections on our own experiences in the Corbyn movement.

Extinction Rebellion: Not the Struggle we Need, Pt. 2

Submitted by Out of the Woods on Oct 31 2019 21:29

Major disruption at three University of London universities bracing for successive weeks of strike action

Submitted by R Totale on Oct 20 2019 09:29

This October, workers at the University of Greenwich’s café, who are outsourced to BaxterStorey, have voted unanimously to take repeat strike action, whilst two other University of London universities — St. George’s and the University of East London (UEL) — are also braced for similar action. The strikes are organised by the United Voices of the World (UVW) trade union, which is simultaneously organising strikes of entirely migrant workers at the Ministry of Justice, St. Mary's hospital, the Royal Parks and ITV offices.

Once More on the Brexit Diversion

Submitted by Internationalis... on Oct 19 2019 14:40

The real division we face is not Leave versus Remain, or No-Deal versus soft Brexit, but between those who have an interest in creating a fundamentally different kind of society and those who do not.

Something should be done (or How to revolt) [book review]

Something should be done: an anarchist’s adventures in trade unionism by Peter Good tells how he and his workmates tried to improve things (for the workers and patients) at a large mental hospital back in the 1970s.

Another solidarity network/IWW case - A potential for a strategic leap

Submitted by AngryWorkersWorld on Oct 11 2019 17:00

The following case reveals the strategical potential of solidarity networks: to create links between individual proletarians in structurally weak positions and the world of workers’ power in big workplaces.

A University Administrator Inquiry

An article examining the field of university administration, first published by Notes from Below.

Coal not Dole - The Miners Videotape Project

Videos made by the NUM to counteract the government narrative of the strike. Contains many interviews from rank and file members and supporters from around the UK.

PROP ’72: the history of a UK prisoners' union

Submitted by R Totale on Sep 29 2019 18:53

A history of Preservation of the Rights of Prisoners, a group that organised a prison strike in the UK in 1972. This article is by London Incarcerated Workers Organising Committee, and was first published by Dog Section Press in their journal DOPE.