Lessons from small shop organizing A significant amount of organizing experience in the IWW comes from working in relatively small workplaces such as stand-alone single shops or…
An account of my involvement with Solidarity - Bob Potter Bob Potter's previously unpublished 2004 recollections of his involvement in the libertarian…
Christmas casual work First of a series of articles about casual work. This one is looking at a Christmas casual job in distribution. Please contact the authors if you…
A Palestinian woman in prison - Laila al-Hamdani A fascinating, moving and, at times, harrowing first-hand account of life as a Palestinian female political prisoner in Israel, the conflicts and…
An account of the universities strike, 31 October 2013 An account by Demogorgon, a left communist clerical worker and member of the International Communist…
Direct action: memoirs of an urban guerrilla - Ann Hansen The Vancouver 5, or Squamish 5, were five Canadians convicted in the early 80s of (successfully)…
Meet my mates, the bastards Fancy a challenge? Try keeping your politics intact whilst working with ordinary, apolitical workmates to build an unofficial union. Apolitical…
Worker sabotage in a financial services call centre An inspiring first person account of employee sabotage in a pensions call centre, where workers helped customers recoup forgotten pension…
Standing still at the starter's pistol: lacklustre resistance in the TEFL industry A good while back, I wrote a blog post about contract issues at the English language school I work…
Learning to struggle: my story between workerism and feminism - Leopoldina Fortunati An interesting account of an Italian Marxist feminist of her experiences and development in the…
On being sh*t-canned Workers often say that the fear of firings is one of the main reasons it’s so hard to get people to fight back. The power that bosses hold over…
On capitalism, queerness and living with HIV/Aids - The Expropriationist Notes from an anarchist communist from Houston, Texas living with HIV and Aids on living with the…