antichef

Networking and politics

Political label: libertarian communist
Region: North America
Country and town: New Mexico, US
Employment sector: education and learning
Union membership: IWW, AFT, IATSE
Occupation: teacher, stagehand
Political group membership: Copwatch
What do your politics mean to you?: building horizontal organizations and fighting for freedom, land, and self-management
Favourite thinkers: Norman G Finkelstien, Israel Shahak, David Roediger, Ilan Pappe, Howard Zinn, Shel Silverstien, Dr Seuss, Kropotkin, Edward Said, Noam Chomsky, Ricardo Flores Magon, Sup Marcos, Roxxane Dunbar Ortiz, B Traven
Favourite political books: anything by Paco Ignacio Taibo II, Edward Said, Arundati Roy

Scottish council workers plan further strike action
Scotland faces more council strikes after local government employers refused to increase a 2.5% pay offer.

The Impotence of the Revolutionary Group (Sam Moss, 1930s, USA)
"It is the writer's conviction that the day of the revolutionary party is over; the revolutionary groups under present conditions are tolerated, or rather ignored, only as long as they are impotent; that nothing is so symptomatic of their powerlessness as the fact that they are permitted to exist. We have often stated that the working class which will endure while capitalism lasts, and which cannot be obliterated under this system can alone wage a successful struggle against capitalism and that the initiative can not be taken out of its hands.

GI opposition to the Vietnam War, 1965-1973 - Howard Zinn
Historian Howard Zinn on the opposition to the Vietnam War by American soldiers. For a fuller introduction we recommend our article 1961-1973: GI Resistance in the Vietnam War

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.