occupations
Articles about direct action in the form of occupations, including sit-ins and sit down strikes.
University of Sussex occupied against cuts
Over 100 students have occupied a conference centre at the University of Sussex in Brighton against proposed course cuts and job losses.
The occupiers released a statement:
We have occupied the top floor of Bramber House, University of Sussex, Brighton. There are 106 of us.
The decision to occupy has been taken after weeks of concerted campaigning during which the university management have repeatedly failed to take away the threat of compulsory redundancies and course cuts.
Parents occupy school in Lanarkshire threatened with closure
Parents in Glasgow occupied yet another primary school this week; the latest in a series of school occupations which have taken place over the past year.
Taking action in response to proposals to close St. Matthew's Primary School, five concerned parents barricaded themselves inside the school and announced their intention to remain there until their demands were met. Protests have also taken place at three other schools in the area set to close.
Turkey: Tekel workers take on the government and the unions
A detailed account an analysis of the struggle of thousands of Tekel workers in Turkey against mass closures, who have been on strike for weeks and have now occupied the headquarters of the country's main union confederation.
On December 14th 2009, thousands of workers of Tekel[1] enterprises from dozens of cities in Turkey left their homes and families in order to travel to Ankara. The workers of Tekel took this journey with the aim of struggling against the horrible conditions forced upon them by the capitalist order.
Occupation of Housing Authority
Tenants are occupying the housing authority in downtown Warsaw.
A group of tenants stormed the local housing authority in Warsaw this morning and have been occupying it ever since. The tenants, many of which are members of the Tenants Defence Committee, are demanding that the city resign from plans to turn off their gas.
Bus drivers' strike in Poland - workers' self-management as a victory? 2007
Wildcat's account of a successful strike of bus drivers in Poland against privatisation to Veolia and instead for a majority worker-owned company.
Occupied bike factory in Germany, 2007
Wildcat on the workers of Bike Systems in Germany who occupied their factory and resumed production when their plant was scheduled for closure.
Impressions from the occupied factory hall in Nordhausen
How long will the 'bureaucratic course' last?
From Cellatex to Moulinex: Burst Up of an Open Social Violence - Wildcat
Wildcat's account and analysis of the strikes at the Cellatex and Moulinex factories.
For two generations French workers have been used to the transfer of economic activities - mainly industrial factories - from the main towns (especially from Paris industrial suburbs) towards the country.
Developments and workers' struggles in the Greek textile industry, 2005
Article on the status of the Greek textile industry in 2005, with analysis of workers' struggles over pay and against plant closures.
Mobilizations in the Greek Textile Industry
Fighting Plant Closure - Women in the Plessey Occupation 1982
A history of the occupation of the Plessey capacitor plant in 1982 after its closure was announced by 220 women workers.
INTRODUCTION
1977: Egypt's Bread Intifada
A short history of the country-wide uprising against the termination of state subsidies for basic commodities in January 1977. Despite savage repression resulting in hundreds of deaths, spontaneous strikes, demonstrations, and widespread rioting forced the government to back down in just two days.
In 1974, Egypt’s president, Anwar El Sadat, embarked on a series of economic reforms, pursuing an open-door, or ‘Infitah‘, economic policy.
