Cuts resurrected for Edinburgh schools The latest drive to improve education by New Labour got off to a bad start after Edinburgh city council set up a cross-party group to decide…
Ivory coast workers win cocoa strike Workers across the cocoa industry in Ivory Coast have gone back to work after winning a strike action which brought shipments to a standstill at…
Funding cuts hit fire service Following severe warnings from the Fire Brigades Union over government mishandling of the service, cuts have been announced in the Northeast and…
Manderlay, dir. Lars Von Trier, 2006. Film review Tom Jennings review Lars von Trier’s follow-up to Dogville.
Anarchism, revolution and reaction Catalan Labor and the Crisis of the Spanish State, 1898-1923 newish book by Angel Smith
France: Areva strikers issued with summonses 31 striking workers have been issued with summonses for 'restricting the freedom to work'
Lower City, dir. Sérgio Machado, Brazil 2006. Film review Film review that glimpses seeds of hope in Lower City’s vividly lurid portrayal of the seamier side of lowlife.
Belgium: train conductors wildcat over violence A wildcat strike by conductors over violence has rapidly spread across Belgian railways.
Canada: support workers strike at New Brunswick Community College 500 workers, including lab technicians and canteen, security and cleaning staff, are currently…
New Caledonia: police attack striking workers Some 400 strikers fought overnight with police who tried to prevent them occupying group headquarters.
Corrupting left intellectual culture. Essay - Tom Jennings Tom Jennings’ 1994 essay in Here & Now magazine highlighting the need to modernise radical theory.
