Marconi pensions - Adrift in the markets In the first deal of its kind, a major pension scheme has been spun off from its parent company to make the business more attractive to investors.
Walthamstow anarchists' war memorial clean-up Weeds, litter and leaves were cleared from an "unkempt" war memorial by a political group at the weekend.
The power of women and the subversion of the community - Mariarosa Dalla Costa and Selma James An influential pamphlet by Mariarosa Dalla Costa and Selma James in 1972 that used…
A fraught old age - the Turner Report and pension worries The preliminary findings of the Turner report - a commission on pensions expected to be highly influential on future government policy - have recieved a mixed reaction after they were leaked ahead of their official release.
First starbucks strike in the world! It was bound to happen eventually -- and it happened today in New Zealand. Low-paid Starbucks workers walked off the job and formed a picket line.
Harass the brass: some notes toward the subversion of the US armed forces With updates in 2001, this article outlines the story of the widespread resistance and near-mutiny…
The olive drab rebels: military organising during the Vietnam era - Matthew Rinaldi This article is a detailed account of soldiers' and sailors' resistance to the Vietnam War in the…
1946: The Oakland general strike - Stan Weir An account by Stan Weir of the gen strike in Oakland, California, in 1946.
Crossrail and Spitalfields Following on from Corporate Watch's coverage of how Channel Tunnel Rail Link contractor Skanska is ignoring the concerns of local Stratford residents about dust pollution, we have been contacted by local residents who report of similarly damaging proposals in the East End of London.
Possible strikes at Luton, Birmingham and Heathrow Fire and security staff at Birmingham airport have voted for 2-1 in favour of strike action in December over the sacking of two union organisers.
