Belarus

Mett, Ida, 1901-1973

A short biography Ida Mett, Russian anarchist and author of The Kronstadt Commune about the uprising against the new Bolshevik dictatorship following the Russian Revolution.

Ida Mett
Born Ida Gilman, July 1901 - Smorgon’, Russia, died 27 June 1973 - Paris, France

Interview: Anarchism, the USSR, alternative media and Belarus

The Anarchist Federation interviews two members of the Belarusian Anarchist Federation (BAF).

The AF recently hosted a meeting of the International of Anarchist Federations. Two comrades, Pauluk and Maryna, from the BAF, an organisation applying to join the International, attended the meeting and made a presentation on the situation in their country at the 2005 London Anarchist Bookfair.

Belarus - clampdown continues

Belarus anarchists report on the new powers being demanded by the increasing repressive President Lukashenko.

On December 2 the House of Representatives passed amendments to the Criminal and Procedural criminal codes intensifying responsibility “for actions directed against person and public security”. The bill was put to the parliament on behalf of the President and marked as “urgent”.

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Mexico: Morelos teachers' strikers now seek "solution"
After two violent and tense months, striking teachers in the Mexican state of Morelos have started negotiations with the state over an education reform bill being forced through parliament with the support of the teachers' union head.

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articles

The Working Class and Social Change
Glaberman discusses different notions of class consciousness, based partly on his experiences as both a factory worker and, later, an academic.

1968

1952-1973: Radical perspectives in the Caribbean
The experiences of Fundi, Carribean Situationist. " From the start we saw through the fraud of the "independent" unions ... We decided that the union bureaucracy must stop; that there should not be any mediation between us and the boss for this has been responsible for suppressing confidence in ourselves to take up the total task of ending capitalism. ... We developed the capacity for instant strike action. We had meetings on the factory compound and the farms during work hours against the wishes of the boss and traditional unionism. ... Such actions are the bedrock of direct participation which stands in truth against the lies of centralized leadership."

Tea Break

Tea Break July 2008
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.