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Britz, dir. Peter Kosminsky, Channel 4, 2007. Television review – Tom Jennings

Tom Jennings — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:14:15 +0000

A Bipolar Exposition by Tom Jennings

Labour Rebellions of the 1930s in the British Caribbean Region Colonies - Richard Hart

Ed — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:30:21 +0000

Published in 2002 jointly by Caribbean Labour Solidarity and the Socialist History Society.

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Building Worker newsletter - Autumn 2007

magnifico — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:25:00 +0000

If you want or need help organizing and would like to meet rank and file union members with enough experience of how to help and advise you. Phone UK R&F BWC on 07942 252280. We’ll gladly meet you in a pub or anywhere else you choose after work near your site for a chat.

300-strong wildcat in Milford Haven ends

Joseph K. — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 09:53:35 +0000

The Western Telegraph reports:

Three hundred men working for Shaw stopped working at 10 am on Thursday, and marched on the offices of main contractors Chicago Bridge and Iron. The men came out in support of fellow worker, Omar Mohamed, who alleges that he has suffered racial harassment from workers from another company sub contracting to CB&I.

Danny Glover - lifelong activist

Ed — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:37:25 +0000

Born in San Francisco to two postal workers and NAACP activists, Danny Glover went on to study at San Francisco State University where he participated in the longest student strike in US history.

The role of the Catholic Church in Yugoslavia's holocaust - Seán Mac Mathúna, 1941-1945

daniel — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:24:00 +0000

During the Second World War in Yugoslavia, Catholic priests and Muslim clerics were willing accomplices in the genocide of the nations Serbian, Jewish and Roma population.

The MOVE bombing, 1985

Steven. — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 10:51:44 +0000

Introduction
MOVE is an organisation formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1972 by John Africa and Donald Glassey - a loose-knit, mostly black group whose members all adopted the surname Africa, advocated a back-to-nature lifestyle and preached against technology.

The racist roots of gun control - Clayton E. Cramer

daniel — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 02:49:56 +0000

The historical record provides compelling evidence that racism underlies gun control laws -- and not in any subtle way. Throughout much of American history, gun control was openly stated as a method for keeping blacks and Hispanics "in their place," and to quiet the racial fears of whites.

A disgrace before God: Striking black sanitation workers vs. black officialdom in 1977 Atlanta

David in Atlanta — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:38:21 +0000

"A disgrace before God"

Seperatism: Accident or design? - Red Action

daniel — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 18:39:38 +0000

To anyone who has grown up in Britain in the last 30 years the word 'discrimination' is a familiar one. In the '70's it was commonly associated with the Special Patrol Group, the rise of the NF, and eccentrics like Robert Relf who went to jail, and then on hunger strike, rather than be faced with having to sell his house to a black family.

From redistribution to recognition: a left critique of multiculturalism - Aris Shivani

daniel — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 21:26:09 +0000

[i]Identity is a dream that is pathetically absurd. You dream of being yourself when you have nothing better to do. You dream of yourself and gaining recognition when you have lost all singularity. Today we no longer fight for sovereignty or for glory, but for identity. Sovereignty was a mastery; identity is merely a reference.

Critique of Autonomous Anti-Fascism - Wildcat (Germany)

Ret Marut — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 10:12:41 +0000

Set in the context of the then-recent reunification of the German state;

The Many Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, and the Atlantic Working Class in the Eighteenth Century

David in Atlanta — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 01:43:54 +0000

Introduction

Time 'to dump' multiculturalism - Joe Reilly

daniel — Thu, 31 May 2007 11:08:31 +0000

Britain 'has the highest number of interracial relationships in the world' according to the Institute for Social and Economic Research. This supremely natural and healthy state of affairs, is however, not due to multiculturalism but in spite of it.

Race attack - Red Action on multiculturalism

daniel — Wed, 30 May 2007 23:29:03 +0000

Born of the desire to combat communism, multiculturalism was conceived out of cynicism and embraced by the left out of defeatism.

While we do not agree with the article in its entirety, we feel that it contains a number of useful points and arguments, and reproduce it here for reference.

Race, class and organisation - Workers Solidarity Federation

daniel — Wed, 30 May 2007 03:13:37 +0000

INTRODUCTION BY BLACK FLAG:

We recently observed a very fruitful discussion on race and class on the internet, particularly around "black" anarchism, special oppressions and the desirability of separate organisation.

Spatial Deconcentration in D.C. - Midnight Notes

Ret Marut — Wed, 16 May 2007 23:13:04 +0000

Published in 'Midnight Notes', Vol. II, #2, July 1981, MA, USA
Original article first published by the Yulanda Ward Memorial Fund, Washington, 1981(?).

France: Seven anti-fascists arrested

jef costello — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:03:19 +0000

They were arrested on Sunday at a demonstration against the Front National meeting being held in the city. Protesters set dustbins alight and tried to build barricades while police fired tear gas and rubber bullets into the crowd. A total on 12 people were arrested on Sunday, with five being released on Monday, the others were held until their court date on Wednesday.

Muehsam, Erich, 1878-1934

Steven. — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:51:36 +0000

Erich Muehsam was born in Berlin in 1878 into a fairly well-to-do Jewish family. Soon after his family moved to Luebeck in north Germany where his father worked as a pharmacist (in fact the pharmacy is still there).

The decline of African-Americans in unions and manufacturing, 1979-2006

makaira — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 17:16:58 +0000

For much of the postwar period, a higher share of African-American workers have been in unions than workers from other racial and ethnic backgrounds. As union representation and union coverage have declined for the country as a whole, unionization rates for African-Americans have fallen more quickly than for the rest of the workforce.