Après moi le déluge! Fossil fuel abolitionism and the carbon bubble - part 2
Submitted by Out of the Woods on Apr 21 2014 07:39
In part two of this two-part article, we look at the parallels between fossil-fuel abolitionism and the abolition of slavery in the 19th century United States.
Part one of this article, looking at the 'carbon bubble' and path-dependent development is here.
Abolitionism in the 19th century US
The Mechanics Educational Society of America and World War II
Submitted by Pennoid on Apr 20 2014 22:54
A brief introduction to the MESA and their experiences in WWII.
Writing in the early 2000's, Nelson Lichtenstein argued that:
Industrial Pioneer
The Industrial Pioneer was a monthly publication of the Industrial Workers of the World. It was published in Chicago by the general executive board of the IWW from 1921 to 1926, under various editors.
Alabama prisoners to launch strike, IWW to offer support
Submitted by Chilli Sauce on Apr 19 2014 11:34
As prisoners in Alabama prepare to strike, this short article outlines some of their demands as well as the groups - including the Industrial Workers of the World - who intend to support them in their struggle.
Prisoners in Alabama, organised under the Free Alabama Movement, have announced they will be starting their second strike of the year this weekend.
Acknowledging, in the words of incarcerated activist Melvin Ray, that prisons are little more than a “free labor system”, prisoners at the St. Clair correctional facility have decided to strike.
Between the 30s and the 60s - Murray Bookchin
In this article, appearing in the book The Sixties, Without Apology, Murray Bookchin traces American radical thought from the 1930s to the 1960s.
I strongly doubt if we will ever understand—and fully evaluate—the 60s without placing it against the background of another radical decade, the 30s.
English language discussion bulletin - DAM, WSA and ASF
Partial online archive of issues of a bulletin produced by the UK, US and Australian sections of the anarcho-syndicalist International Workers Association, the Direct Action Movement, Workers Solidarity Alliance and Anarcho-Syndicalist Federation respectively, from 1988.
English language discussion bulletin #01
The english language discussion bulletin of the IWA for the year 1988. Courtesy of the WSA archives.
News notes about the American worker - Workers Solidarity Alliance
A 1990 bulletin on the American workers' movement from members of the WSA in NY.
Who are we? What do we want? - Libertarian Workers Group
A short flier about the aims and objectives of the Libertarian Workers Group.
Report of the Libertarian Workers Group to the 1979 IWA Paris Congress
A report of the Libertarian Workers Group to the IWA Paris Congress in 1979
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