The ILWU longshore struggle in Longview and beyond: a class struggle critique
This article from August 10th, 2012 is an important rebuttal to accounts of the Longview struggle proffered by union bureaucrats and their champions. Jack Heyman is a retired Oakland longshoreman who participated in many of the Bay Area solidarity actions described in this article.
Between the Leninists and the Clowns: Avoiding recklessness and professionalism in revolutionary struggle
A piece by a member of Black Orchid Collective looking at recent movements in Seattle and advocating their conception of cadre organization.
Solidarity Unionism, Occupy, and the moral right of the working class to control the workplace
An article on the west coast Occupy port shutdowns and the IWW's model of 'solidarity unionism'.
The death of an Argentinian squatter in Barcelona
Submitted by Pé Vaye on Aug 1 2012 10:20
Juan Pablo Torroija was detained in the city of Girona. A few hours later he ended up in hospital. He was beaten and carried marks of strangulation. The police says he hanged himself in his cell. But evidence raises doubts about this version of the facts.
Pisa: the "Nuova Periferia Polivalente" has opened!
Submitted by Italy Calling on Jul 6 2012 20:39
After being left derelict and neglected for 6 years, during which the only intervention by the local authorities has been the building of a wall around the old changing rooms which turned them into a dangerous sewer, Pisa’s sports centre Polisportiva della Fontina has come back to life, and being put to use by hundreds of people of all ages who want a space to hang out and practice sports freely.
The lessons of 2011: Three theses on organisation
Rodrigo Nunes looks at the social movements of 2011 and their implications for organising, rejecting the opposite conceptions of the vanguardist party and the loose virtual network.
Evicted families occupy a building in Seville and call on others to do so
Submitted by fingers malone on Jun 8 2012 14:36
Evicted families have squatted a building in Seville. They are resisting despite having the water and electricity cut off.
Bounty hunters & child predators: inside the FBI entrapment strategy
An article by Crimthinc on recent FBI 'terrorism' cases centering on anarchists and the Occupy movement.
The importance of dealing with Occupy's misogyny problem - Sasha Wiley
An account of some misogynist dynamics within the Occupy movement and the need to challenge them.
Macao
Submitted by StrugglesInItaly on May 23 2012 12:31
On May 5, Torre GalFa (empty since 1997) became the site of the Europe’s largest occupation: ‘Macao’.
