Another review of Fighting for ourselves
Submitted by Recomposition on Oct 22 2012 04:09
Nate Hawthorne reviews Solidarity Federation's upcoming pamphlet, Fighting for ourselves: anarcho-syndicalism and the class struggle.
In October you should get a copy of a new pamphlet called Fighting for ourselves: anarcho-syndicalism and the class struggle by the UK revolutionary organization Solidarity Federation or SolFed for short.
Symposium: Truth and revolution
A symposium on Michael Staudenmaier's Truth and Revolution: A History of the Sojourner Truth Organization, 1969–1986.
In May of this year, AK Press published Michael Staudenmaier's Truth and Revolution: A History of the Sojourner Truth Organization, 1969–1986. Sojourner Truth Organization was most often known as and spoken of as STO.
Review of Carlo Tresca: Portrait of a Rebel
Iain McKay reviews Nunzio Pernicone's book Carlo Tresca: Portrait of a Rebel.
Carlo Tresca is one of those rebel workers whose memory deserves to be honoured and Pernicone's excellent biography does just that. Pernicone's has previously produced an excellent history of the Italian anarchist movement ("Italian Anarchism: 1864-1892", Princeton University Press, 1993) and this work is of equal quality and of interest to anarchists.
For a new workerism: Glaberman, Weir and Lynd
Alex Erikson reviews “Punching Out” by Marty Glaberman, “Singlejack Solidarity” by Stan Weir, and “Wobblies and Zapatistas” by Staughton Lynd and Andrej Grubacic.
“Politics is millions.” So says Comrade Lenin. And for once, I agree with Lenin. Politics begins not with hundreds, not with thousands of people but with millions.
Unions and black liberation - Martin Glaberman
A critical review by Martin Glaberman of the book, The Negro and the American Labor Movement. Originally appeared in Radical America (September-October 1968)
The Negro and the American Labor Movement, Julius Jacobson, editor. Garden City, New York: Anchor Books, 1968. 1+3o pp., $1.75 (pbk).
Review of Fighting for ourselves
Submitted by Recomposition on Oct 3 2012 06:33
Juan Conatz reviews a new pamphlet by Solidarity Federation. We’re excited about the new pamphlet. You can read excerpts from it here.
Fighting for ourselves: anarcho-syndicalism and the class struggle by Solidarity Federation is a relatively expansive document from a membership-based group (as opposed to a writing group like Recomposition or Aufheben).
Review: Rebel Voices: An IWW Anthology - Staughton Lynd
A review by Staughton Lynd of Joyce Kornbluh's recently reissued book, Rebel Voices: An IWW Anthology.
Kornbluh, Joyce L., ed. Rebel Voices: An IWW Anthology. Oakland, CA: PM Press, 2011. Paperback, 397 pages, $27.95.
Reacting to Reality Television, by Beverley Skeggs & Helen Wood
Submitted by Tom Jennings on Sep 27 2012 15:52
A welcome and invaluable critical analysis of some of the effects of the genre on its viewers.
Morality Plays. Book review – Tom Jennings
Resisting plant shutdowns
A review of 3 books on factory closures in the U.S. during the 1980s.
Originally appeared in Labor History Volume 30, Issue 2, 1989
Review: "Socialisme ou Barbarie." Un engagement politique et intellectuel dans la France de I'après-guerre
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Aug 27 2012 08:33
Marcel van der Linden reviews Philippe Gottraux's book on French libertarian socialist group, Socialisme ou Barbarie.
Philippe Gottraux, "Socialisme ou Barbarie." Un engagement politique et intellectuel duns la France de I'apris-guerre (Lausame: Editions Payot Lausame, 1997).
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