class struggle
Articles about mass working class struggles and the theory of class struggle.
The great class struggle video library project
Christiebooks have announced that they are set to close their class-struggle films section on December 17th unless they find an alternative host - or a £26,000 donation. As a purely hypothetical exercise, could a free alternative be found for their 760 titles?
It has to be one of the best-kept secrets in class struggle anarchism (and we aren't exactly high-profile to start with).
Aufheben #16 (2008)
Aufheben Issue #16. Class conflicts in the transformation of China, The language of retreat: Paolo Virno’s A grammar of the multitude, Value struggle or class struggle?, Review: Forces of labour: Workers’ movements and globalisation since 1870 by Beverly J. Silver.
Available as printer-friendly pdf files listed below.
A brief review of Zones of Proletarian Development - (Jennifer Ryan)
The potential of proletarian interaction - as we enter the "surreal phase of capital's domination"...
The book can be bought online from Mute magazine, Amazon UK, and Blackwell.
Bolivia: class struggle and social crisis
Pamphlet looking at the class struggle in Bolivia underlying the struggle between Evo Morales and the oligarchy.
The Commune's pamphlet on the class struggle and right-wing coup attempts in Bolivia includes the following articles and documents:
- Evo Morales, the Bolivian oligarchy and the workers' movement, by David Broder
- Central Obrera [union federation]: 'neither Evo nor the oligarchy'
Bangladesh; in the militarized factory - visions of the devouring demons of capital
Notes from the recent wave of struggles in the Bangladesh garment industry - there are ghosts in the machine...
In the wake of widespread strikes, riots and property destruction by garment workers the employers' federation BGMEA has repeatedly been demanding the government bring in harsher security measures. As their losses run into millions of dollars, the BGMEA has threatened an employers strike if security is not tightened.
Self-activity, strategy and class power
In this short text Kim Müller writes about why Kämpa Tillsammans see the workplace struggles as central and their strategic view on faceless resistance and self-activity.
Seven long years
Reforms take away what is gained through the struggle
Editorial of El Libertario #51 (November 2007) putting forward a libertarian position on the Consitutional Reform the regime attempts to impose.
Once again we must consider the dilemma of whether to participate or not in the electoral contest (referendum), this time with the difference that it is not a case of choosing a candidate but rather constitutional norms for the government of collective life. This situation requires careful reflection.
Italy 1977-8: Living with an earthquake - Red Notes
A superb pamphlet from a time when a very high level of class struggle dominated Italian society. Despite their differences - the state, church, fascists, Communist Party and unions were all united in opposition to the the radical social movement. In text and PDF format.
Link to PDF of pamphlet.
Published by Red Notes, London, UK, late 1970s
Text version from www.classagainstclass.com, lightly edited by libcom.org
Workers struggle betrayed by State and union in Venezuela
This article was written by a revolutionary who has been working with the occupied factory in Venezuela.
Workers Control at Venezuela’s Sanitarios Maracay under Attack
By Megan Hise
Strange Defeat: The Chilean Revolution, 1973 - Pointblank!
An article by Situationist group Pointblank! written in October 1973 about the coup in Chile which deposed elected left-wing leader Salvador Allende.
Instead of blaming the right and the CIA for the coup like most commentators on the left, Pointblank! point out the role that Allende and the parties of the left played in demobilising the powerful working class, undermining their strength and eventually signing their own death warrants by refusing to arm them
