circleamatt

Personal

About me: SDS and IWW activist in Connecticut, USA. Also a member of the inactive CLASH collective, platform-influenced with an emphasis on effective collective liberation and anti-oppression politics. Studying to be a library paraprofessional at Capital Community College.
Interests: Bicycles, hip hop, history, attempting to be social.
Custom title: anarchist wookie corps - fuck the empire!
Favourite books: Chronicles of Narnia
Favourite films: Pan's Labrynth, Heir to an Execution, Malibu's Most Wanted
Age: 20 - 29
Gender: Male
Music: Bad Religion, Rage Against the Machine, the Roots, anything local and decent.
Dislikes: Simplistic dichotomies, belittling comments, dishonesty, ideology over practice, towing of the party line, hierarchical institutions.

Mexico: Morelos teachers' strikers now seek "solution"
After two violent and tense months, striking teachers in the Mexican state of Morelos have started negotiations with the state over an education reform bill being forced through parliament with the support of the teachers' union head.

1910: Cambrian Combine miners strike and Tonypandy Riot
A short history of a strike by miners in South Wales in 1910 which led to a series of confrontations between workers and police, culminating in what became popularly known as the Tonypandy Riot.

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.