2000s

Precarious and pissed off: Lessons from the Montpelier Downtown Workers' Union, 2003-2005

Steven. — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:26:58 +0000

By Sean West

Beginnings and Endings

This is what recuperation looks like: the rebellion in Oaxaca and the APPO - Kellen Kass

daniel — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 22:05:57 +0000

On May 22, 2006, teachers in the state of Oaxaca, Section 22 of the National Education Worker’s Union (SNTE), went on strike. Section 22 has yearly strikes in Oaxaca to demand a variety of concessions from the state, and this year’s strike included calls for higher wages, the construction of more schools throughout the state of Oaxaca, as well as free lunches and supplies for students.

Defying the rule of law: Lessons learned from the BC teachers strike, 2005

Steven. — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 10:59:08 +0000

by Chris, Northwest Anarchist Federation

Post mortem on the San Francisco fare strike, 2005 - Tom Wetzel

Steven. — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 10:58:40 +0000

In September, 2005 several thousand riders of Muni - San Francisco's city-owned transit system - participated in a mass fare strike, to fight service cuts, layoffs, and the second fare hike in two years. More than five dozen people were actively involved in the organizing. The last action connected with the fare strike was a November 10th protest march, initiated by the organized day laborers.

Solidarity with the firefighters! AYN leaflet, 2003

Steven. — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 21:00:11 +0000

A leaflet written and distributed by some people in the Anarchist Youth Network in the UK in 2003 during the strikes of firefighters for a pay increase to £30,000 and an end to "modernisation" or working practices.

Cologne: occupation of the Barmer Block housing estate, 2006 - Wildcat

Steven. — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 12:21:41 +0000

Cologne: 'Barmer Block' occupied. The feeling of great potential...
For over three months in the 'Barmer Block' housing estate an unusual squatting experiment took place.

A lovely spring in France - CPE report by Mouvement Communiste

Steven. — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:23:56 +0000

The struggle against the CPE has mobilised youth in the education system, starting in higher education and then followed by the high schools, with the principal objective of forcing the withdrawal of Article 8 of the 'Equal Opportunities Law'. This article introduced a new punitive employment contract reserved for young workers. The objective of the struggle has been fully achieved.

American defeat: an anti-state communist perspective on the war in Iraq, 2003

Kevin Keating — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 04:16:36 +0000

American defeat: an anti-state communist perspective on the Iraq war

The 2005 Northwest Airlines strike

Steven. — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 01:36:17 +0000

Our perspective... was simple: “What will it take to win this strike?”

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.