interviews
Archive of interviews with radicals and working class activists on libcom.org.
Fire fighters in Britain on strike interview summary, 2002
This is the summary of an interview Prol-Position made end of November 2002 with a firefighter from Belfast who is also a representative of the FBU (Fire Brigade Union).
Zanon factory occupation - interview with workers
An excellent set of interviews conducted with workers at the worker-run Zanon ceramics factory, occupied at the time of the Argentine uprising of 2001. It includes historical and background information.
This was published by Wildcat in December 2003 but has only now been translated into English (for prol-position news #6, July 2006), and a short introduction added. Although it is a bit old, it still contains unique insights into the situation, hopes, difficulties and dynamics of the occupation process and many personal interviews.
Interview conducting guide
Tips and advice on carrying out interviews with people for articles, publications, books, etc.
Interviews can be a useful tool to aid publishing and media efforts. Think of them as an opportunity to get information you don't already know. It is a particularly useful way of relieving the pressure on people intensely involved in a particular struggle who don't have the time to report on their activities and perspectives.
Black Autonomy: Civil Rights, the Panthers and Today
[b]In May 2000 two anarchist ex-Black Panthers from America did a British speaking tour. Lorenzo KomBoa Ervin and JoNina Abron talked to groups ranging from white anarchos to mass black meetings on police racism.
A Brief Interview with an IWW organiser, 1998
We recently heard of that the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) had managed to establish a job shop in Hampshire, and took the opportunity to interview Ray Carr, the IWW delegate involved, recently.
US blacklists academic for donating to Palestinian charity
A revealing transcript of an interview with Tariq Ramadan, Professor of Islamic Studies and Philosophy at Oxford University on why he can't get a teaching job in the US.
AMY GOODMAN: Our next guest is a professor at the university in England at Oxford. He’s considered one of the most prominent Muslim intellectuals in Europe. Time magazine described him as one of the 100 most likely innovators of the 21st century. His name is Tariq Ramadan. Two years ago, the University of Notre Dame in Ohio offered him a teaching position, but the U.S.
Hunterston nuclear power station - interview
As part of our continued coverage of the stike of Balfour Kilpatrick employees at Hunterston nuclear power station, libcom.org interviewed one of the workers on strike.
The interviewee is an electrician who has worked for BK for over 20 years.
Why do you think Balfour Kilpatrick is withdrawing the 50p/hour at this point after thirty years?
Two Reasons:
1. In order to maintain their own commercial level of profitability.
Dimensions of Chinese Anarchism - an interview with Arif Dirlik
An interview with historian and academic Arif Dirlik about anarchism's rich history in China.
Creating a new public sphere, without the state - Paolo Virno
[b]This interview illustrates the move amongst the post-Leninist Italian radical left towards an anarchist view of the state, as well as Virno’s insistence that the concept of ‘multitude’ does not replace the concept of ‘working class’ and his controversial assertion that fear and insecurity – which he calls ‘precarity’ – define the globalised world.
Negri on Foucault
[b]In this interview Negri discusses the influence of Michel Foucault on his work, stating how as the radical Italian left drifted towards vanguardist armed struggle after 1968 [i]“we understood that this military drift was something which the movements would not be concerned with; and that it was not only a humanly unbearable choice, but also
