Undercurrent

The Neoliberal Wars - Treason pamphlet

Peter — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 12:15:40 +0000

Warfare has significantly changed in the last thirty years. From 1945 until about 1975 most wars were
part of the worldwide movement of decolonisation that saw the formation of dozens of new states in
Africa and Asia. Since then most wars have been civil wars within the decolonised countries, sometimes

The Paris Commune of 1871 - Undercurrent

libcom — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 11:58:54 +0000

The Paris Commune of 1871
undercurrent #6

Recently, the Sussex University library dedicated part of its space for a small exhibition on the Paris Commune. At first this came with some surprise: how was it that, in the midst of the boredom of academic life and the total lack of interest in any issues of importance, the library was willing to commemorate one of the most crucial proletarian revolutions of the nineteenth century? Yet, our surprise quickly vanished when we gave this exhibition a closer look. Not only is the exhibition of a purely academic nature (looking at historical events as spectacles and thus a-historically), but it is also taking the Commune out of context, describing it by using some of the most common illusions found in the bourgeois world. This article comes as a response to the exhibition.

Preliminary Notes on Recent Call Centre Struggles

libcom — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 10:52:28 +0000

From undercurrent #8

Call centres are appearing everywhere. Representing a new way of integrating telecommunications and computer technology into the process of reshaping the division of labour, they are predominantly situated in the circulation process of capital - although some are within the production process itself. Bosses and politicians herald them as an example of the future of labour. Britain, whose national economy revolves around the finance sector, has 40% of the total call centres in Europe and this number is increasing every year. It is estimated that there are 350,000 workers employed in 4000 call centres, expected to rise to 500,000 in the next three years.(1)

Practice and Ideology in the Direct Action Movement

libcom — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 10:54:03 +0000

Practice and Ideology in the Direct Action Movement
undercurrent #8

Workers Against Work - Review

libcom — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 10:52:48 +0000

This 400 page book is also available in a much shortened pamphlet version, which is probably easier to get hold of, and despite sounding dull as shit it's actually really interesting. It deals with the situations in France and Spain during their Popular Front governments of the 1930's, focusing on developments in Paris and Barcelona, drawing out the differences and similarities between the two.

Chechnya

libcom — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 10:49:51 +0000

Chechnya

Beasts of Burden - Review

libcom — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 10:44:07 +0000

Beasts of Burden- Antagonism Press 1999
undercurrent #8

Class war in Barcelona - Jean Barrot, 1973

libcom — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 10:40:04 +0000

Undercurrent #8

NATO's War Against Yugoslavia

libcom — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 10:38:45 +0000

Nato's war against Yugoslavia
undercurrent #7

Occupy and Know

libcom — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 10:37:33 +0000

Occupy and Know
undercurrent #7