What's Left after the election of Trump?
Submitted by Fredo Corvo on Nov 28 2016 05:19
A council communist view from the Netherlands.
It is not by supporting a middle-class program - be it left of right in the spectrum of bourgeois politics - that the proletariat can defend itself.
What we stand for – American Fraction of the Left Communist International (1949)
Platform of the American Fraction of the Left Communist International. It was written by D.A. and appeared in the January-February 1949 issue of International Bulletin.
International trade unionism helps weak Indian unions to integrate precarious workers' struggles
Submitted by Fredo Corvo on Oct 16 2016 08:24
Analysis of the situation of the working class and their relationship with trade unions in India's new industrial heartland around New Delhi.
Struggles and union issues at Honda and Bellsonica in Manesar, India
Submitted by AngryWorkersWorld on Oct 3 2016 19:02
Translation of four recent articles from Faridabad Majdoor Samachar (Faridabad Worker' News, India), reflecting on the union question regarding two current struggles at Honda motor-cycle factory and Bellsonica car parts supplier.
Workers in a lean world: unions in the international economy - Kim Moody
In this comprehensive study of current labour relations worldwide, Kim Moody surveys both sides of the picket lines. He provides a measured assessment of multinational managements’ strategies to downsize, introduce flexible production and compel workers to accept less pay for more work. He emphasizes the need, in the face of these changes, for renewal and international coordination among national unions and provides examples, from North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia, of how this has been achieved.
Against the conceptual dumbing down of the 2016 “movement” in France - Mouvement Communiste/Kolektivně proti Kapitălu
This is a leaflet criticising the wildly inflated claims made about the recent "movement" against the new Labour Law in France and the accompanying degradation of political language. Also included PDFs of original french leaflet and English version.
Workers power in Lérida - Jordi de Gardeny
Submitted by Alias Recluse on Jun 11 2016 14:28
A brief account of the revolution and its institutions in Lérida, Spain, in August-September 1936, written in 1965 by one of the former leaders of the POUM.
Volume 7 Issue 12
Mother Earth Vol. VII. No. 12 (February, 1913). 395–396.
Images of the French CGT union's 'services d'ordre' stewards
Submitted by rat on May 31 2016 18:31
The goons of the services d'ordre (SO), the stewards of the CGT (Confederation General de Travail) and FO (Force Ouvriere) side with the police to the disgust of many, including members of the CGT and FO. They are taunted with "SO, Collabos" ('service d'ordre, collaborators'). Armed with telescopic batons, pick-axe handles, baseball bats and helmets, these goons act to police the anti-labour law demonstrations. Back in May 1968 the CGT's SO performed the same function, attacking demonstrators and sabotaging the uprising.
