Review: They can't kill us all: Ferguson, Baltimore, and the new era in America's racial justice movement
Submitted by Comrade Motopu on Jun 23 2017 08:40
A review of Wesley Lowery's book covering the emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement and other activist projects in response to police shootings in the US.
Scuttle the Shuttle: Lyft, strikes and blockades
Submitted by libcom on Jun 22 2017 15:35
A lot of discussion around Lyft Shuttle derides it for doing little more than reinvent the city bus. What this forgets, however, is that transit and distribution are the last remaining sectors in the US that are really vulnerable to strikes.
The women's day massacre, 1937
Submitted by Steven. on Jun 19 2017 10:32
A short account of the 19 June killing of 16 people and wounding of 283 by police during a demonstration of women and children in support of a steel workers' strike.
ISOnuts: one stop activism and the gentrification of the left
An Activist enters the bizarre and alienating world of the International Socialist Organization.
A history of trade unionism in the Philippines
Submitted by Steven. on Jun 12 2017 16:55
A detailed account of the history of the workers' movement in the Philippines, by the International Communist Current. We disagree with the articles references to decadence theory, however reproduce it for its detailed historical information.
Young Patriots at the United Front Against Fascism Conference, 1969
Submitted by Steven. on Jun 10 2017 12:55
A speech by William "Preacherman" Fesperman at the 1969 anti-fascism conference held by the Black Panther Party in Oakland.
IWW strike timeline, 1905-1920
Submitted by Steven. on May 31 2017 08:50
A timeline of strikes led supported by the revolutionary Industrial Workers of the World union in the United States 1905-1920.
Andrea Salsedo of Pantelleria
Submitted by Steven. on May 26 2017 16:03
A short account of the life of Italian anarchist Andrea Salsedo, who was killed in 1920 by a "fall" from a police station window in New York.
The 1946 general strike of Rochester, New York
Submitted by Steven. on May 24 2017 14:39
A short history of the general strike in May 1946 in Rochester against the sacking of hundreds of municipal workers, written by Jon Garlock.
Simple sabotage field manual
A manual for sabotage at the workplace, originally published in 1944 by the CIA's predecessor, the Office of Strategic Services for citizens of Nazi-occupied countries. It still has relevance for workers today who wish to sabotage their employers.
