Precarious workers and the cyber-homeless - Mayday march in Japan There are 2.3 million young casualised and part-time workers in Japan.
Water, energy and crisis in Bangladesh How water and electricity scarcity impacts on life and politics. Plus a brief look at the ongoing governmental crisis.
Congo: discrimination and illegal practices in cement factory Congolese workers at a cement factory in Loutété are working in what they describe as slave…
China: explosion kills 15 coal miners At least 15 workers have been killed after an explosion in a coal mine in the northern province of Shanxi.
Stalinism’s loyal opposition - The counter-revolutionary politics of Trotsky This article was originally written to refute lies about the history of 20th century revolutionary…
Freemasonry - its historic role A brief history of the development of freemasonry, its relationship to politics, its mythology and its practice.
The Truth about the Bonnot Gang - Ezra Brett Mell A short account of the Paris-based anarchist robbers - and inventors of the getaway car - who operated in 1911-12 and the political debate that…
Trade guilds: Initiation through work - Andre Nataf The origins of the guilds, their beliefs and practices. An informative brief survey, despite its conservative conclusion.
Secret Societies and the First International - Boris I. Nicolaevsky The influence of a radical-democratic offshoot of freemasonry on the formation of the First…
1942-1944: US musicians recording ban The musicians’ union called a ban on all commercial recordings, as part of a struggle to get royalties from record sales for a union fund for out…
Peru: Miner's strike ends A unlimited strike has come to an end after the goverment agreed to the miners' demands.
TV Times - 5-11 May 2007 A broad variety of international political perspectives are on offer this week.