As Argentinian police go on strike, the people go shopping
Submitted by working class s... on Dec 4 2013 22:36
As police go on strike in Argentina’s second largest city, Cordoba, the people have gone on a huge shopping spree, emptying every supermarket in the city. Despite there being massive unemployment and poverty across the city, the media and government have claimed the the shopping spree has nothing to do with being poor, and everything to do with ‘common criminality’.
Auto-reduction as social cartography - Vincent Moystad
Inspired by William Bunge’s attempts at reimagining cartography as a radical political practice, I will here attempt to outline a cartographic approach to a specific political practice.
Bread riots down supply chains: From Cairo to Longview
Submitted by Empire Logistics on Sep 16 2013 06:47
One of the forms in which the working class exists today is at the various nodal points along global commodity chains. Even the global production of food is increasingly based on a just-in-time system of production, distribution and consumption -- in addition to being financialized and subject to speculative bubbles. But these commodity chains are vulnerable and this suggests struggles could spread down these chains.
Don't bring back British Rail
Submitted by Jim Clarke on Aug 16 2013 14:59
Rail fares increase every year but this time a coalition of leftists, trade unionists and passenger groups took the opportunity to launch a campaign calling for the re-nationalisation of Britain's rail network.
Brazil protests continue as strikes and occupations begin
Submitted by Davi on Jul 8 2013 17:32
A riveting person account from a libcom poster in Vitória with updates on the protest movement which has swept Brazil, as demonstrations have begun to turn into wildcat strikes, occupations and direct action.
In Brazil, demonstrations against transport price increases: police repression provokes the anger of youth
Submitted by Alf on Jun 18 2013 11:00
An article written by group of the International Communist Current in Brazil on the recent wave of protests sparked by public transport price rises.
Double struggle in Brazil
Submitted by rooieravotr on Jun 18 2013 00:37
Blog about the demonstrations and riots which have swept Brazil in the wake of an increase in the price of public transport.
Riots sweep across Brazil in response to police violence
Submitted by Davi on Jun 14 2013 23:06
A short overview of the wave of rioting which has swept Brazil in the wake of violent police repression of routine protests over the increased costs of public transport.
Taxing Our Lives: Unpaid costs and wages in transit
Submitted by s.nappalos on May 3 2013 12:43
An article about transit, it's relationship to work and capitalism, and an exploration of a revolutionary anti-capitalist orientation towards transit struggles.
Quebec student strike - important victory, however partial it may be
Submitted by rooieravotr on Sep 27 2012 13:21
In Quebec, Canada, an impressive student struggle, connected to protests against attacks on civil liberties has ended in a partial, but nevertheless important, victory. There is reason to learn lessons, but also to celebrate and to be inspired. Let's shout it from the rooftops, as a sign of more to come.
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