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Networking and politics

Political label: libertarian communist
Region: North America
Country and town: Seattle
Employment sector: media and culture
Union membership: IWW
Occupation: playing computer games for money
Favourite thinkers: Bakunin
Comrades re-united - political groups you were a member of: Anarchist Federation, Northwest Anarchist Federation, IWW

Custom title: "I think I'm having an overdose and so's my wife"
Favourite books: neuromancer perhaps. catch 22? the anarchists of casas viejas. the war hound and the world's pain.
Music: Drum and bass!

Nepal; a nice little earner for the Maoist ruling class - in Lenin's footsteps
Nepal's Maoist Party has won around 220 seats in the recent Constituent Assembly (CA) election, about one-third of the total. Though the largest party, they don't have an overall majority; they have stated their wish to lead a coalition government.

Strike Across The Empire, 1925 - Baruch Hirson and Lorraine Vivian
A fascinating and detailed account of a little known international seamens' strike in 1925, lasting over 100 days and spreading from Britain to Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

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."