Report on the 2018 IWW Organising Summit
Submitted by Reddebrek on Oct 21 2018 19:24
My notes on the UK IWW's organising summit in Sheffield.
1960- Japan's Coal Miners Strike
Submitted by Reddebrek on Aug 27 2018 01:20
A history of Japan podcast about the massive coalminers strike in Miike on the island of Kyushu in 1960, and its impact on the Japanese economy, Japanese unions and the Japanese left.
Beware False Friends!
Submitted by Internationalis... on Aug 21 2018 18:42
Many working class people do not believe that their class has the potential to change the world. Indeed many of us do not even recognise the idea of class, let alone see themselves as part of the class of “women and men of no property”. This is not surprising. The ruling capitalist class have powerful tools to confuse and distract the working class.
Anarchism and Trade Unionism
GASTON GERARD is a lecturer in political science whose valuable discussion of an anarchist approach to trade unionism first appeared in the University Libertarian in 1957.
History and role of the Trade Union movement
PETER TURNER, born 1935 at Battersea, is a carpenter, an ASW steward, and a member of the Committee of 100.
The Black Ball - Ralph Ellison
A short story about an attempt to build an integrated union in the American south. Contains racial slurs, and references to racial motivated assault and sexual assault, among other issues.
