Indonesian villagers blockade nickel mine, win concessions
Submitted by Spartacus on Aug 24 2009 12:53
Villagers in Sorowako, Sulawesi, blockaded a major road to a mine owned by Inco, Indonesia's largest nickel company, after it announced restructuring plans.
The Asturian Strikes of 1962-1963
Submitted by BNB on Jul 29 2009 21:12
Guy Debord's accounts of the massive strikes by miners in Franco's Spain, translated into English for the first time.
One dead, dozens injured as quarry workers in Egypt clash with police
Submitted by Ed on Jul 19 2009 11:55
A policeman died and dozens of people were injured when thousands of quarry workers and owners clashed with police in Egypt on Thursday.
Strikes, hunger strikes and clashes in Greece
Submitted by taxikipali on Jul 14 2009 15:59
Strikes, hunger strikes and environmental action leading to clashes with riot police open week after weekend of state terror in Greece.
Mongolia: strike at gold mine ends in partial victory
Submitted by Spartacus on Jul 8 2009 03:26
Workers at the Boroo gold mine in Mongolia won enhanced redundancy benefits from their Canadian employer Centerra Gold Inc. on the 16th of June after a three week strike.
1926-1985: So Near - So Far - a selective history of the British miners
Submitted by Samotnaf on Jun 14 2009 17:39
A long text, completed in 2005, 20 years after the end of the miners strike. It certainly has no pretensions to being complete. It covers mainly the period from '26 to '85, sometimes sketchily, sometimes in great detail, sometimes subjective, sometimes just facts. Though chronological, it jumps around in style, with texts written by different people: mainly by endangered phoenix, but also by John Dennis, Dave Douglass, the Webbs, Joe Jacobs, Solidarity, Neil Fernandez, the Spanish dockers' Co-Ordinadora, UK Wildcat and Counter-Information.
Belgian general strike diary, 1960 - Maurice Brinton
Submitted by Steven. on Mar 24 2009 17:27
Maurice Brinton's vivid and captivating first hand account of the massive general strike in Belgium in 1960-61 against a new law "loi unique" to reduce workers' purchasing power.
106 workers fired over wildcat in South Africa
Submitted by Ed on Mar 11 2009 21:34
The world's largest ferrochrome producer, Xstrata said on Wednesday it had dismissed 106 workers at its Rustenburg smelter in South Africa for taking part in an illegal strike over pay.
Storione, Lawrence 1867-1922
Submitted by Battlescarred on Mar 4 2009 17:53
A short biography of Lawrence Storione, miner and founder of the Anarchist Communist League in Fife.
1984-85: Lesbian and Gay Miners' Support Group
Submitted by Ed on Feb 20 2009 01:29
A short history of the Lesbian and Gay Miners' Support Group, who were set up during the 1984-85 miners' strike and, as a result, challenged prejudices held by many in the labour movement.
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