Solidarity

Mount Isa: the great Queensland strike - Solidarity

Submitted by Spassmaschine on Sep 5 2007 00:51

Pamphlet by the UK Solidarity group on the 1964-1965 strike and lockout at the Mount Isa copper mine in Queensland, Australia, which placed miners in direct opposition to their union, employer and the Queensland State Government for almost seven months.

Revolution betrayed - the Workers Revolutionary Party and Iraq

Submitted by Mike Harman on Sep 2 2007 13:01

Gerry Healy early on, sharing the stage with Ted Grant and Sid Bidwell

Two articles from Solidarity on corruption in the Workers Revolutionary Party and its links with Saddam Hussein and other Middle Eastern governments.

A review of Joe Jacob's 'Out of the Ghetto' - Al Richardson

Submitted by Red Marriott on May 20 2007 00:04

A review of the late Joe Jacob's excellent autobiography. Growing up in London's Jewish East End, Joe was variously a Communist Party militant, anti-fascist, Trotskyist, and in his later years a member of the Solidarity libertarian socialist group.

On the Content of Socialism III - Socialisme Ou Barbarie

French libertarian socialist group Socialisme Ou Barbarie's third part of the Content of Socialism: The workers' struggle against the organization of the capitalist enterprise.

Under new management - Fisher-Bendix occupation, 1972

Submitted by Steven. on Nov 14 2006 14:33

Solidarity's excellent eyewitness account, with background information, of the Fisher-Bendix factory and offices against closure. The workers also implemented certain new aspects of work policy.

On the Content of Socialism II - Socialisme Ou Barbarie

The Labour government vs the dockers 1945-1951

Submitted by libcom on Jul 14 2006 21:01

Solidarity's account and analysis of the "socialist" Labour government's war against dockworkers.

Castoriadis, Cornelius, 1922-1997 - John Barker

Submitted by Red Marriott on Jul 8 2006 19:48

An obituary and overview of the work of Cornelius Castoriadis, whose early theoretical writings had a strong influence on the UK Solidarity group, among others.

The New Movement - Henri Simon

Influential in its day and expressing the optimism of its times, this text describes the characteristics of the New Movement of class struggle of the 1960s and 70s and its relationship to the Old Movement...