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A brief account of Unison's national conference, 2008

Ed — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:55:42 +0000

I recently attended Unison's national delegate conference in Bournemouth as a delegate from a London local government branch. It was an eye opening experience with respect to the machinations of political groupings within the union.

In particular some of the ways in which the new Labour-linked bureaucracy maintained control over the supposedly lay lead organisation became clear.

April 24 – hundreds of thousands to walk out

Steven. — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:35:14 +0000

Employer attacks on workers' pay is the main issue at stake.

Teachers in the NUT are walking out over their pay deal which was supposed to be revised when inflation rose, but the government refused: effectively cutting their wages.

Libcom posters

Ed — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:24:46 +0000

Agency staff: Don't scab on your fellow workers! - Pracownicy agencji: Nie bądźcie łamistrajkami!

Joseph K. — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:13:27 +0000

12/10/07 - Reports suggest that the Manpower agency is recruiting casuals during this strike, you may want to print out this pdf and distribute it at your local Manpower branch, or any other agency hiring for Royal Mail.

Notes on working at a sixth form college library, London 2005-2007

catch — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:35:46 +0000

So where did you work? What was it like?
Since some of my friends are still working there, and I hope there is still some organising going on, I won't identify the college directly, but some background information would be useful.

Dispatch: Public sector pay dispute, # 1 August 2007

Joseph K. — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 09:01:40 +0000

Available here in TIF and here in PDF format. The text follows:

Dispatch

Public sector pay dispute — information for action

Issue 1 - August 2007

Royal Mail workers: Fighting to win

Doing the job as it’s meant to be done

Interview with a member of libcom.org, 2007

Steven. — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:11:59 +0000

Libcom.org is a constantly expanding online resource that seeks to promote working class self-organisation through publishing news, theoretical texts and historical articles. Site traffic has risen from 25-35,000 visits per month in 2005 to 110-170,000 now and there are now 2,600 active users.

Libcom's Eye-Spy at the Anarchist Bookfair

Ed — Tue, 22 May 2007 00:58:53 +0000

1pt
A hippie
A nutter
A punk, British
A group of punks drinking, British
An SWP member coming to check out genuine socialism
An anarchist who used to be in the SWP
An old man with a beard. Possibly old enough to lead you to ponder whether or not he fought in Spain…

2pts

Libcom interview with former UPS workers group Uprise! member, 2007

Steven. — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:19:05 +0000

An interview with a former member of revolutionary UPS workers group Uprise! by libcom, based on a libcom questionnaire. Uprise! was active in 2002 and 2003.

The Anarchist Youth Network (AYN), personal recollections, 2002-2004

Steven. — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 13:43:24 +0000

Lasting only from 2002 to 2004, it suffered many of the weaknesses common in the contemporary anarchist movement of the English speaking world.

Lessons of MWR - Interview with former McDonalds Workers Resistance member, 2006

Steven. — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 10:32:18 +0000

So, who are you?
The proletarian formerly known as Funnywump.

Briefly, what was McDonald’s Workers Resistance?

2006: The French movement against the CPE

Steven. — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 10:09:57 +0000

French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin unveiled his labour law liberalisation package the CPE (’first employment contract’) on 16th January. He said that “urgent” action was needed to “bring the French labour market into the modern era”.

Interview with a member of the Sussex University SortUSOut Campaign

libcom — Thu, 11 May 2006 11:01:49 +0000

We at libcom.org news spoke to one of the students taking part, and interviewed him about the students' last occupation of their library (pictured left) in March in protest against cuts.

What happened on the night of the occupation?

Behind the blockades

libcom — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:16:39 +0000

When analysing the state of the working class, it is up to those looking at it to observe and evaluate the tendencies working within it. By this we don’t mean, “how many people have joined the Marxist-Leninist Workers’ League?” or “how many people self-identify as anarchists?” but something a little more subtle than that.

Like 1968, but different... Similarities and contrasts with the anti-CPE struggle

libcom — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 08:23:25 +0000

The recent movement in France against the CPE have been a massive inspiration to militant workers the world over.

Statement against London bombings

libcom — Sun, 07 Aug 2005 11:07:53 +0000

[i]Translations available here: Dutch/Nederlands, Italian/Italiano, Polish/Polski, [url=/other-languages/el-anarquismo-ingles-ante-los-atentados-de-londre

Comunicato in risposta agli attentati del 7 luglio 2005

libcom — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 13:30:47 +0000

Noi anarchici di classe e comunisti libertari deploriamo gli attacchi raccapriccianti sulle persone innocenti stamattina a Londra. Esprimiamo le nostre più sentite condoglianze a tutt* coloro che sono stat* toccati dall'accaduto. Condanniamo l'uso della violenza contro la gente comune e condaniamo i responsabili per tutti gli attentati bombaroli, siano islamisti o non.

El anarquismo inglés, ante los atentados de Londres

libcom — Sun, 10 Jul 2005 13:28:10 +0000

Expresamos nuestra profunda simpatía a todos los afectados por las explosiones.

Condenamos el uso de violencia contra gente corriente y los atentados con bombas, sean islamistas o de cualquier otro signo.

Anarchistische verklaring over de bomaanslagen in Londen

libcom — Sun, 10 Jul 2005 13:23:29 +0000

We drukken onze diepste sympathie uit voor iedereen die door de ontploffingen
is getroffen. We veroordelen het gebruik van geweld tegen gewone mensen en de uitvoerders van de bomaanslagen, of ze nu Islamisten of wat dan ook zijn.

Anarchistisch antwoord op de aanvallen in Londen

libcom — Sat, 09 Jul 2005 13:37:48 +0000

We spreken onze diepste deelneming uit naar iedereen die geraakt is door de ontploffingen. We veroordelen het gebruik van geweld tegen gewone mensen en de daders van de bomaanslagen of het nu islamieten zijn of wie dan ook.