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Communism, Organization, and Consciousness

Published under the subtitle of "A Critique of Eclipse and Re-emergence of the Communist Movement authored by Barrot and Martin" in 1974, this…

Violence and Class Consciousness in Revolutionary Struggle

By the L' Ouvrier Communiste, this text presents their views on the development of class…

From the End of Empire, to the Empire of the End - Julio Henriques

English translation of a 1980s text which is a critique of both culture and the Portuguese left,…

Three Sudanese Anarchists hold a black and red flag

Al Amal Newsletter

Al Amal (Hope) is a new bimonthly newsletter produced by the Sudanese Anarchist Gathering, documenting issues and struggles of Sudanese…

Dirtbag by Amber A'Lee Frost book cover. Title is not capitalized above a pair of red lips smoking a star spangled cigarette.

Dirtbag’s nostalgia for the old working class

Comrade Motopu finds class fetishism over class analysis in Amber Frost's 2024 book Dirtbag.

A man in a suit stands over a female receptionist in an office.

The professional-managerial class - Barbara and John Ehrenreich

Oft-cited 1976 text by the Ehrenreichs on the emergence of a new professional managerial class in…

From Sentiment into Clear Knowledge - Pannekoek

Work and Leisure

Short article by Anton Pannekoek that talks about leisure. Originally published in "Funken, 1955, No. 5".

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Organise

Eviction fighter Eddie Windom Bey tells a crowd of community supporters to keep fighting.

Key ideas for community organising

Introductions

Capitalism: an introduction

Classic Texts

UNITY (union of asylum seekers) rally, Glasgow 7/10/06

Infrastructure against borders

Climate change could displace millions of people. Can fascistic responses be inoculated against? The second of two pieces looking at climate…

The Workers' Opposition in Nazi Germany - Tim Mason

Tim Mason on resistance to the Nazis from the German working class.

On rank-and-file action, trade union representation and building confidence

A brief note on why forms of action taken at the behest of trade union structures cannot be equated…

Contemporary illustration of the blockade of engines at Martinsburg.

The great upheaval of 1877 - Jeremy Brecher

Jeremy Brecher's vivid history of the first mass strike in US history: the great upheaval of 1877 where workers took over the railways and took…

The rise of Islam: What did happen to women? - Azar Tabari

Iranian feminist Azar Tabari subjects to critical examination the widespread view that the rise of…

The poetry and brief life of a Foxconn worker: Xu Lizhi (1990-2014)

Translations of poems by Xu Lizhi (许立志), the Foxconn worker who took his own life on 30 September…

Freedom

Kronstadt Izvestia

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