interviews

When the union's the enemy: an interview with Cleo Silvers

Submitted by Steven. on Jul 23 2014 09:16

Cleo Silvers, a former organizer with the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, discusses racism in the labor movement with Andrew Elrod.

"Not worried about rocking the boat": An interview with a striking Ritzy worker

Submitted by Chilli Sauce on Jul 8 2014 10:44

A short ten question interview conducted, via email, with one of the striking Ritzy cinema workers on the day of their latest strike. I

Fear of a red and black planet: Rap Militante Internazionale

Submitted by Ed on Jul 6 2014 21:39

DJ Malatesta has been active in political rap circles since 1999, and as one half of DDM (Drowning Dog & Malatesta), has played hundreds of shows in over a hundred cities in 16 countries and on two continents. In recent years, he's moved to Milan and seen the development, as a central figure in Rap Militante Internazionale, of an actively anti-authoritarian political hip hop scene in Europe with dozens of acts and venues spreading throughout the continent.

"Counter-revolution of 1776": was U.S. Independence War a conservative revolt in favor of slavery?

Submitted by Juan Conatz on Jul 4 2014 22:13

An interview with Gerald Horne, the author of a revisionist history of the American War of Independence.

Behind the screens: an interview with two Curzon cinema workers

Submitted by Steven. on May 24 2014 16:04

An interesting interview with two workers in the Curzon Cinema group who have been involved in a recent campaign for unionisation and the living wage.

"If Gezi never happened, the anger at mass murder at Soma could not have burst forth from the people"

Submitted by Chilli Sauce on May 20 2014 21:14

In keeping with tradition, the following is an interview with Turkish IWW member Yusuf Cemal about the Soma mining disaster.

Fighting back in Ukraine - Oleg Dubrovskii with Simon Pirani

Submitted by Dan Radnika on Apr 8 2014 20:22

This short pamphlet was put together by Simon Pirani in 1996/7 from a series of interviews with Ukrainian worker activist Oleg Dubrovskii. It’s of general interest in relation to the way that life for the workers changed when the old Soviet Union disintegrated, but also provides some useful background information to what’s happening in the Ukraine today.