Do Marxian academics dream of affluent LARPers?
Submitted by Comrade Motopu on Aug 17 2017 08:58
As white nationalists attacked towns across the US, many of the critiques of black bloc and antifa tactics were cheap shots.
Charlottesville terror attack inspires collective action
Submitted by Grafmaker on Aug 16 2017 20:31
When white supremacists descended on Emancipation Park on the morning of August 12th it was immediately clear that the event had little to do with their stated interest in preserving the statue memorializing Confederate general Robert E. Lee.
August 11-12, 1917: when thousands of Kansas City citizens spent their weekend deporting professional strikebreakers
Submitted by Steven. on Aug 16 2017 10:21
The history of a militant strike of streetcar workers in Kansas City in 1917 by Jeff Stilley, during which the population of the town drove out scabs who had been brought in by the employers.
2016: the hottest year on record
Submitted by libcom on Aug 15 2017 17:00
A new report by a US government agency has found that temperatures in 2016 were the highest in 137 years of direct measurements, breaking the record for the third consecutive year.
Thousands demonstrate across the world in memory of anti-racist protester killed in Charlottesville and in solidarity with Antifa
Submitted by oscha on Aug 15 2017 10:19
In the past two days, several thousands people across the United States and beyond organised rallies and demonstrations in memory of Heather Heyer, the anti-racist activist killed while confronting white supremacists. Protesters in the USA, Europe and beyond also expressed solidarity with the Antifa actions.
Violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville ends in murder
Submitted by libcom on Aug 15 2017 09:15
Charlottesville, VA – The “Unite The Right” rally took place as scheduled in Emancipation Park on Saturday afternoon. As expected, thousands of anti-racist protesters arrived to confront the neo-nazis, KKK members, and other self-identified racists and fascists who had gathered around the statue of Robert E Lee.
#UniteTheRight torch rally swarms student protest
Submitted by Anonymous on Aug 12 2017 09:37
Several people received minor injuries after a far-right march attacked a student counter-protest in Charlottesville last night. The march was taking place ahead of today's “#UniteTheRight” rally, which is expected to be the largest neo-Nazi protest in the USA since 2002.
The Coal Miners’ General Strike of 1949-50 and the Birth of Marxist-Humanism in the U.S.
Written by Andy Philips with a foreword by Raya Dunayevska this gives an overview of the 1949-1950 US coal strike by a participant.
What is a workplace? Race, workplace struggle, and the IWW
Submitted by OliverTwister on Aug 10 2017 18:37
Factory committees, shop floors, collective bargaining, contracts. What do those words mean to you? Well, it depends on your life experience, of course. To me and other workers in my industry, those words have been associated with folks who have “real jobs.” You see, even though I work a real job in a real industry, all industries are not treated equally.
1904-83: A Time-line of the Industrial Workers of the World
Submitted by Reddebrek on Aug 9 2017 12:44
Originally Titled, 95 Years of Revolutionary Industrial Unionism, by Michael Hargis—featured in Anarcho Syndicalist Review, #27 and #28. This time line copied from the web site of the Industrial Workers of the World
