Henri Simon

"To delightful measures changed..." - Reflections on the 1978-79 Winter of Discontent

Submitted by Red Marriott on Mar 17 2013 15:06

An analysis of a major 1970s highpoint of class struggle in the UK; its character, implications and consequences.

Poland 1980-1982: Class struggle and the crisis of capital - Henri Simon

Submitted by Steven. on Apr 15 2012 13:14

Henri Simon's brilliant and detailed account and analysis of the militant working class struggles in Poland from 1980 to 1982 which were a major contributing factor to the downfall of the USSR.

Myths of Dispersed Fordism - Echanges et Mouvement

Still-relevant debate from the early 1990s between Echanges et Mouvement and the Spanish journal Etcetera on the effects of post-Fordism on class composition/recomposition and class struggle.

How the French pension system works - Henri Simon

Henri Simon looks behind the pension reform demonstrations and sees discontent with politics and politicians, and with the capitalist system itself.

1980: Poland mass strikes - Henri Simon

Submitted by Ex-temp on Apr 3 2009 17:22

Strike in the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk. 1980. Photo by T. Michalak.

Henri Simon's account of the successful strike wave which swept Poland in the summer of 1980 when the government raised the price of meat.

The New Movement - Henri Simon

Influential in its day and expressing the optimism of its times, this text describes the characteristics of the New Movement of class struggle of the 1960s and 70s and its relationship to the Old Movement...