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Paper Boys: One Man’s Account of Picketing at Wapping
One man's very personal account of the often violent picketing during the News International strike at Wapping in 1985-6.
PREFACE
They said we were greedy printers but we showed them all.
Since the Winter of Discontent, when the Soft Cops were no longer able to control the workers their role for Capital has been on the decline and that of Hard Cop on the increase.
The New York newsboys' strike of 1899
A short account of the successful 1899 strike of newspaper delivery boys in New York City.
Hawking newspapers in the 19th century was hard work. Rather than working for the newspaper itself, a newsboy—usually a kid or young teen from a poor family, often homeless himself—had to buy copies of the paper from the publisher, then sell them independently.
1936-1967: A history of Spanish anarchist youth paper 'Ruta'
Victor Garcia's brief history of the Catalan libertarian youth newspaper from its founding in the civil war to its final issue.
A brief history of the Red Menace
A summary of the The Red Menace newsletter, published in London from 1989-1990 by a group of individuals as a contribution to the movement for a stateless, moneyless and classless world human community – communism.
The Red Menace (TRM) was a newsletter published in London from 1989 to 1990, with articles on social struggles and other political developments from a communist perspective (1).
Those involved in TRM were clear that communism had nothing to do with the bureaucratic capitalist dictatorships then on their last legs in Eastern Europe:
Maybe spoof newspaper, 2000
Spoof of the Metro newspaper produced by Reclaim The Streets to advertise the May Day 2001 "guerrilla gardening" demonstrations.
Evading Standards spoof newspaper, 1999
Spoof of the Evening Standard, by Reclaim the Streets to advertise the Carnival against Capitalism on June 18, 1999.
Financial Crimes spoof newspaper, 2000
PDF of the spoof Financial Times paper produced to coincide with the international day of action against the IMF and World Bank on September 26, 2000.
France: More workers join strikes
Hundreds of thousands of health workers, civil servants, printers postal workers and air traffic controllers yesterday joined transport and energy strikes over pensions and pay.
Thousands joined street protests in Paris, Rouen, Strasbourg, Marseille, Grenoble, Lyon and other cities.
The 24 hour strike left many schools closed, hospitals providing a reduced service and newsagents without newspapers.
The BBC reported that the French capital's two airports and Marseille airport in the south suffered delays and cancellations.
NUJ strike ballot in Coventry following unanimous vote
The NUJ chapel at the Coventry Telegraph are balloting for strike action in a stand against inadequate editorial staffing levels.
A packed chapel meeting voted unanimously for the move after exhausting the newspaper's internal disputes procedures in a long-running row over non-replacement of leavers or long delays in getting vacancies filled.
France: strikes at financial paper Les Echos
Staff at the Daily paper voted to strike for a third time in three weeks after management reneged on promises.
Workers at the paper are concerned about plans by its owner Pearson, to sell it to LMVH. LMVH is currently the owner of La Tribune, Les Echos' less popular rival. Although LMVH is currently trying to sell La Tribune and its head, Bernard Arnault has pledged to sell La Tribune if he does buy Les Echos.
