On elder care work and the limits of Marxism - Silvia Federici
Text by Silvia Federici on elder care and its relationship with capitalism, feminism, and the left.
Martin Smith given PhD place at Liverpool Hope University
Submitted by working class s... on Oct 21 2013 09:17
It has come to our attention that Martin Smith – who resigned from the Socialist Workers Party following rape and sexual harassment allegations – is now based in the Social Work department at Liverpool Hope University. Trigger warning: rape, sexual harassment.
Edinburgh Muckraker 4
The Edinburgh Muckraker was produced by an independent group in solidarity with council workers, to inform the people of Edinburgh what is really going on behind the lies, mis-information and threats.
This issue is from mid-2010 and deals mostly with the Council's 'equalising' pay scheme. The text is below and the print version attached as PDF.
Edinburgh Muckraker 3
The Edinburgh Muckraker was produced by an independent group in solidarity with council workers, to inform the people of Edinburgh what is really going on behind the lies, mis-information and threats.
This issue is from early 2010. The text is below and the print version attached as PDF.
It makes us sick: notes on affective labour, sanity, and post-Fordism
Submitted by Ramona on Jun 27 2013 22:33
A slightly polished version of a short talk for a panel discussion on post-Fordism and mental health with Hannah Black and Mark Fisher, as part of Auto Italia South East's Immaterial Labour Isn't Working 2013 event series.
“The revolution starts in the ATOS smoking area” - on welfare, addiction, and dependency
Submitted by Ramona on Apr 2 2013 19:00
A blog about welfare reform from a social care worker's perspective, and the creation of the "welfare addict" as a recession-era scapegoat. Inspired largely by today's Novara show, and the people I work with.
Women's work and capital's use of childhood
An account of working at a daycare center. How privatized childcare both changed and preserved gender roles, how childhood makes alienation normal- and what was the real structural function of all the damn creepy propaganda in the halls?
Witches, midwives, and nurses: A history of women healers - Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English
An interesting analysis of women's undervalued and often repressed role in health care throughout history Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English.
Anarchism and psychology - Dennis Fox
Article by Dennis Fox on anarchism and psychology. Originally from http://www.dennisfox.net/papers/anarchism_and_psychology.html
Sacked Remploy workers occupy the company head office
Submitted by working class s... on Aug 23 2012 16:20
Earlier today a group of sacked Remploy workers occupied the companies head offices in Leicester
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