Freedom November 8 2005

The lead article for November was on wildcat postal strikes, which saw 30,000 walk out over "terms and conditions. After the Communication Worker’s Union’s (CWU) ballot over national strike action was lost the Royal Mail management have tried to press ahead with "modernisation" of the service. Modernisation of course being destruction of the union, wage cuts and slashing up to 30,000 jobs.

Also in this issue:

Piccadilly line underground train crash
George Bush will be in London from 19th to 21st November
Thessaloniki hunger strike continues
On the picket line
Annual anarchist bookfair ... biggest ever ...
Anarchist Federation of Gaucha (FAG) talk about Brazilian self-organisation
Review: The Beano

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