class struggle

Reforms take away what is gained through the struggle

Ed — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:49:13 +0000

Once again we must consider the dilemma of whether to participate or not in the electoral contest (referendum), this time with the difference that it is not a case of choosing a candidate but rather constitutional norms for the government of collective life. This situation requires careful reflection.

Workers struggle betrayed by State and union in Venezuela

booeyschewy — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:23:01 +0000

Workers Control at Venezuela’s Sanitarios Maracay under Attack
By Megan Hise

Strange Defeat: The Chilean Revolution, 1973 - Pointblank!

catch — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 22:11:18 +0000

Instead of blaming the right and the CIA for the coup like most commentators on the left, Pointblank! point out the role that Allende and the parties of the left played in demobilising the powerful working class, undermining their strength and eventually signing their own death warrants by refusing to arm them

Yugoslavery: Yugoslavia: Capitalism and class struggle 1918-1967

catch — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 12:12:32 +0000

Yugoslavery
Yugoslavia: Capitalism and Class struggle 1918-1967
&
Some Basic Ingredients of Yugoslav Ideology

Introduction

1911-1970s: Unions and workers: limitations and possibilities, by Martin Glaberman

catch — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 09:25:00 +0000

Consider these two units of time: 36 seconds, the rest of your life. The job that takes 36 seconds to do that you're going to do for the rest of your life. I don't know a better definition of alienation than that...

1600-1980: Introduction to the United States - Noel Ignatiev

catch — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 08:45:57 +0000

PUBLISHER'S INTRODUCTION

The Zanj Slaves Rebellion, AD 869-883

catch — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 18:40:22 +0000

Zapping the Zanj: Towards a History of the Zanj Slaves' Rebellion
Revised on: 16 October 2002. This is an ongoing investigation. Credible sources regarding the Zanj are hard to come by. Melancholic Troglodytes would appreciate any assistance from readers.

Statement from Ghazl el-Mahalla's "7th of December Movement- Workers For Change"

Khawaga — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 16:08:34 +0000

This is a rough translation of one of two statements distributed by, the previously unknown, "7th December Movement - Workers for Change" in Ghazl el-Mahalla, 19th and 20th June 2007.

Nicolas Sarkozy: A mandate for class war

Freedom — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 18:41:00 +0000

He managed to convince 53% of the population that he represents change and this message has dutifully been repeated in the media over here. Yet he is basically the chosen successor to the incumbent party so, surely, it makes far more sense to say the French were looking for “more of the same” rather than the Royal victory would have been the mandate for “change.”

On Lice and Fleas: Observations Starting from the Conflict Between Iran and the USA

SW — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 15:38:06 +0000

By Wayne Spencer

Trade unionism and the class war - Guy Aldred

Ret Marut — Wed, 09 May 2007 01:36:19 +0000

Taken from a collection of Aldred's pamphlets Studies in Communism,(1940). Originally published in Pamphlets for the Proletarian, No. 11, (1911). Second edition published in The Spur series,No. 4,(1919).

Guy Aldred was an Anarchist-Communist, based for most of his life in Glasgow and active for many years as a pamphleteer and public speaker.

Kafr el-Dawwar workers are in the same trench as Ghazl el-Mahalla

Joseph K. — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:02:47 +0000

They promise to conduct political actions in solidarity with Mahalla workers if they will take further industrial action, and stress the need to struggle not only against their bosses but also the official unions which are obstructing their struggle.

Whither the world - Gilles Dauvé & Karl Nesic

Joseph K. — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 06:56:33 +0000

WHAT? WHY? HOW?1

1. This is a slightly modified version of G.Dauvé and K.Nesic's Il va falloir attendre I Bref rapport sur l'état du monde, troploin, 2002 (also available on our site). We've left out nearly all notes that refer to French language books and magazines.

The call of the void - Karl Nesic

Joseph K. — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:56:32 +0000

Nesic writes: "The present situation reminds us that capitalism is not a framework within which class struggle takes place, but is itself class struggle."

Lebanon, Iran and the ‘Long War’ in the ‘Wider Middle East’

Joseph K. — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:54:26 +0000

Introduction

Migration, industry and struggles in Poland, 1956-2005

Steven. — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 11:55:59 +0000

Behind the Border
It is only a one hour journey from Berlin to the German-Polish border, the supermarkets in Berlin offer Polish food, immigrants from Poland are part of daily life in the German capital - nevertheless there are not many direct contacts (apart from perhaps the punk scene). The ‘iron curtain’ is slow to dissolve, due to languages and the geographical location.

Romania after the transition - restructuring and struggle, 2004

Steven. — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 11:47:17 +0000

Romania after the Transition
Promised Land and Class Struggle

Wildcat Preface: Beverly Silver, ‘Forces of Labor’

Steven. — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 11:13:45 +0000

[i]Comrades from Wildcat have just published the German translation of Beverly Silver’s book ‘Forces of Labor’.

Community struggles in South Africa, 1994-2004

Steven. — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:57:20 +0000

PDF taken from www.prol-position.net, converted to text by libcom

Anarcho-syndicalism, racism and Struggle

martinh — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 22:05:24 +0000

Anarcho-syndicalism, racism and struggle