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History

Political label: Socialist, Anarchist, Libertarian Socialist, Libertarian Communist
Region: UK
Country and town: London
Employment sector: education and learning
Union membership: n/a
Occupation: student
Political group membership: libcom.org group
Favourite political books: Where the Wild Things Are
Comrades re-united - political groups you were a member of: Anarchist Youth Network, World Revolution, Solidarity Federation

Interests: cycling, file sharing, cooking
Custom title: Root Knot Nematode
Favourite books: Wolves
Favourite films: The Man Who Wasn't There, Harlan County War, Matewan, Gadjo Dilo, Exils
Age: 20 - 29
Gender: Male
Music: breakcore, idm, čoček, klezmer, balkan brass, drum and bass
Dislikes: plastic window frames, non-posh food, people who pave over their front gardens, people who drive big cars in central london

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.

1998: Danish private sector strike
A short history of the massive private sector strike that gripped Denmark for 10 days in 1998. Although ending after negotiations between the government and union leaders left workers demands largely unmet, the strike, involving about 10% of the Danish population was nonetheless a spectacular show of workers' strength.

Theses on the Situationist International and Its Time
Debord and Sanguinetti look back over the history of the Situationists and rather optimistically attempt to place them in historical perspective.

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.