martinh

History

Political label: Anarchist, Anarcho-Syndicalist
Region: UK
Country and town: South East London
Union membership: Unison
Occupation: IT
Political group membership: Solidarity Federation
What do your politics mean to you?: A future worth fighting for and a method and analysis for the present
Comrades re-united - political groups you were a member of: Direct Action Movement, Black Flag, Brockley Against the Poll Tax, Lewisham APTU
Comrades re-united - further information: DAM - South London, East London, Tower Hamlets and Deptford branches

About me: I never have enough time to do all the things I want to
Interests: Food and drink, music, wildlife
Custom title: Wears loud shirts for the poor & oppressed
Favourite films: Probably "The Outlaw Josey Wales".
Music: Teardrop Explodes, Wild Swans, Jackie Leven, The Church, The Triffids, The Go-Betweens, Johnny Cash, Les Negresses Vertes, Wolfhounds, Macarthy, Husker Du, Orange Juice, Josef K, Elvis, Marvin Gaye
Dislikes: capitalism, work, the lowest common denominator, lack of control over my life

UK: One in four will live in fuel poverty
Over 14 million people could find themselves in fuel poverty in the near future, if new figures from gas giant Centrica predicting a 70% rise in gas prices prove accurate - nearly a quarter of the population.

A prole's guide to the recession: economics with the truth - Wildcat (UK)
A guide to the language of economics and recession as it relates to workers, as opposed to abstract mystifying jargon.

1952-1973: Radical perspectives in the Caribbean
The experiences of Fundi, Carribean Situationist. " From the start we saw through the fraud of the "independent" unions ... We decided that the union bureaucracy must stop; that there should not be any mediation between us and the boss for this has been responsible for suppressing confidence in ourselves to take up the total task of ending capitalism. ... We developed the capacity for instant strike action. We had meetings on the factory compound and the farms during work hours against the wishes of the boss and traditional unionism. ... Such actions are the bedrock of direct participation which stands in truth against the lies of centralized leadership."

Tea Break July 2008
First issue of an irregular workers' bulletin put together by users of the website, libcom.org. This issue focuses on the 2008 pay dispute over sub-inflation pay offers.