The Monopoly board of the city: Grenfell Tower - where was the HCA, government housing regulator??
Submitted by Red Marriott on Jun 19 2017 16:23
The Homes & Community Agency(HCA) is the UK state regulatory body for social housing; its job is to monitor the performance, finances and provision of services of landlords. Missing from the media coverage of the Grenfell Tower fire disaster so far is any discussion of what relation the HCA has to this horror story of corporate murder. Given the years of complaints from Grenfell tenants(1) about their landlord the Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation(KCTMO)(2), we can reasonably ask why the HCA never stepped in to investigate the terrible tenant-landlord relationship and the many fire safety complaints tenants had flagged up repeatedly before the fire broke out.
The 1946 general strike of Rochester, New York
Submitted by Steven. on May 24 2017 14:39
A short history of the general strike in May 1946 in Rochester against the sacking of hundreds of municipal workers, written by Jon Garlock.
Careless: Care work in West London
Submitted by AngryWorkersWorld on May 20 2017 09:25
A friend working in social care wrote down some experiences from the job. Of particular interest given the current debate about care crisis and election pledges.
Muting the SWAN: a radical alternative to Trotskyist social work
Critique of the Social Work Action Network, a group aiming to bring social workers and other interested parties together to campaign against austerity, by an angry social worker. SWAN's activism happens in the classroom or on the streets, but not in the workplace itself.
Anarchists in social work: known to the authorities
A compendium of anarchist writings on social work and work in mental health services, published in 2004.
Guide for collective survival in times of mass destruction
Submitted by @s_ky_a on Jul 21 2015 17:14
An article about the recent referendum (05/07/15) in Greece
Unison activists vote to reopen 2015 pay dispute
Submitted by Steven. on Mar 25 2015 00:29
In an almost unprecedented move, rank-and-file Unison representatives in councils and schools voted in a special conference earlier today to tear up the 2014-16 pay deal which union leaders drew up with Labour Party officials and submit a new pay claim on top.
The state and capitalist society - Ralph Miliband
Marxist academic Ralph Miliband's extensive and detailed analysis and critique of the role played by the state in advanced capitalist society. It examines each part of the state, including the government, civil service, legal system and armed forces and their relationships with business, the media, religion and trade unions. Written in 1969, most of the tendencies he points to are even further advanced today, so while there is little mention of race and gender this remains an invaluable text.
Capital Mafia: fascists, politicians, cooperatives and the Roman mob
Submitted by StrugglesInItaly on Dec 5 2014 21:57
An excellent in-depth analysis on recent revelations in Italy about the connections in Rome between the Mafia, the far-right and local politicians, both left and right-wing.
No buses are due on Nathan road - Mong Kok occupation 2.0 weekend sum-up
Submitted by Nao on Oct 21 2014 10:08
A few observations on the current development of the Mong Kok occupation in Hong Kong.
