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Calgary 1919: The Birth of the OBU and the General Strike - Eugene Plawiuk

Eugene Plawiuk's history of the Calgary general strike of 1919, which started off as a sympathy strike for the Winnipeg general strike and soon escalated into their own struggle for union recognition.

The Edmonton General Strike of 1919 - Eugene Plawiuk

Eugene Plawiuk's account of the Edmonton general strike of 1919 which was sparked off in solidarity with the general strike in Winnipeg,
Postal workers listen to a talk during their recent strike action

CWU announces further strikes

The CWU yesterday has declared that there will be two 48 hour strikes at the beginning of October. Below is the official statement, reproduced…
Hampstead tube station

Tube workers prepared to fight staff cuts

Passenger safety will be put at risk at Hampstead and Belsize Park Tube stations if London Underground proposals to cut staffing levels go ahead.
Leading Workers' Opposition activist, Alexandra Kollontai

1919-1922: The Workers’ Opposition

A short history of a group within the Russian Communist Party that struggled against the increasing party bureaucracy and for trade union control…
Enrique Roig San Martin

Freedom Teaching: Anarchism and Education in Early Republican Cuba, 1898-1925

Like so many of their fellow residents on the island, Cuban anarchists quickly grew disillusioned…

Jute workers attack union leaders in Bangladesh amid wider unrest

RM examines a new wave of workers' struggle in Bangladesh.
Beyond hatred

TV Times - 15 - 21 September 2007

This weeks highlights include documentaries on rebellion within India's caste system and the harassment of Christian ex-Muslims.

The Industrial Workers of the World in Australia - Ian Bedford

A short critical, but generally sympathetic, assessment of the Australian Wobblies. From; Labour…
IWW Anti Conscription poster

Memoirs of the I.W.W. [Australia] - Bill Beattie

Recollections of struggles in the years around the First World War - by a former Australian Wobbly. From; Labour History no. 13, (Journal of the…

Battle of Ballantyne Pier, 1935 - Sam Lowry

A short history and background of the 1935 dockers' strike and subsequent bloody confrontation with police in Vancouver that became known as the…

Review: Moishe Postone's Time, labour and social domination - capital beyond class struggle?

Brighton-based libertarian Marxist magazine Aufheben critically reviews Moishe Postone's book Time, Labour and social domination.
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