A Sign of Things to Come
Submitted by Internationalis... on Feb 5 2021 20:55
The working class currently faces the challenge of the combined consequences of the pandemic and the underlying crisis of capitalism. Even though the health emergency is far from over, the wave of redundancies and restructuring has already started. The degree to which workers are able to not only resist attacks on their conditions but to impose their own interests on the ruling class in the next few months will shape the balance of class forces.
NYC Produce Workers' Strike: Capitalism's Treatment of its "Essential Workers"
Submitted by Internationalis... on Feb 5 2021 19:07
The workers at Hunts Point Produce Market provide New York City with 60% of its produce. This is their market’s first strike in 35 years.
"Class Power on Zero-Hours": Learning the Hard Way?
Submitted by Internationalis... on Aug 14 2020 10:10
A review of the recently published book by the Angry Workers of the World "Class Power on Zero-Hours" published by PM Press.
Belarus: ‘without organisation, without struggle, the oppressive unfreedom will never disappear’
Submitted by Gabriel Levy on Aug 14 2020 07:19
The revolt against the authoritarian regime in Belarus has spread from the city streets, where thousands of protesters have been battling with police, to the workplaces. Here are statements by two groups of independent trade union activists
The Virus is Capitalism, the Revolutionary Proletariat is the Cure
Submitted by Internationalis... on Jun 14 2020 16:40
The following leaflet was given out in various cities across Italy on 6 June on the occasion of demonstrations by the various rank and file (Cobas) unions against the imposed return to work whilst the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage.
The Origins of Collective Decision-Making by Andy Blunden
A history of majority and consensus decision-making structures used by direct-democratic assemblies of the sort advocated for by libertarian socialists
50 Years of Equal Exploitation?
Submitted by Internationalis... on May 29 2020 00:11
29 May marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Equal Pay Act 1970, precipitated by the Ford sewing machinists’ strike in 1968 which started in Dagenham.
2020 strike handbook for UCU activists
This handbook provides advice which may be useful to branch execs, and other activists and campaign organisers, in organising strike action and associated campaigning. It was originally released ahead of the 2019 [UCU] strike days, and has been updated based on the experience of the 2019 action. This document was previously hosted by the UCU Branch Solidarity Network.
Workers in Stalin's Russia - Marie Louise Berneri
A short book written in 1944. Berneri outlines how socialism did not exist in the U.S.S.R. and how the lives of workers under state socialism was essentially the same as those who lived under capitalist democracies.
Strikes Against Pension Reform in France
Submitted by Internationalis... on Mar 5 2020 09:29
Governments and bosses have divided the class, between “national” and “foreign” workers, young and old, public and private, all in the name of the so-called national interest. But workers in France have given an inspiration to workers everywhere.
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