Mozambique: wildcats and sabotage on the sugar cane plantations 600 seasonal workers at the Xinavane sugar plantation in Maputo province of Mozambique have been on wildcat strike since last Friday (15th February).
Police open fire on Cape Town residents resisting eviction Following on from previous libcom coverage, South African police opened fire on Delft residents…
Documentary representations of British and European Muslim women. Essay review Follow-up to ‘Same Difference’ examines images of Muslims in photography and television
Evictions and resistance in Western Cape Town 1600 residents of Delft, Cape Town gathered on Monday in a mass meeting to organise resistance against the eviction of 2000 of Cape Town's poorest families.
Mexico: A Victory for Miners in Cananea A victory for striking miners in Cananea as a judicial panel ruled their six month strike legal. This reversed an earlier ruling in January which had led to brutal attacks by the police.
Belgium: Duracell workers win strike Workers at the factory in Aarschot had originally walked out on Thursday during negotiations.
France: workers strike, many win Restaurant and tire workers have won strikes with a bus drivers' strike ongoing.
TV Times - 16 - 22 February 2008 This weeks highlight is the beginning of a futuristic dystopian drama the main theme of which is encroaching and insidious State technological surveillance.
Mexico: Oaxacan teachers occupy secondary school Schoolteachers affiliated to the Sección 22 branch of the education union SNTE (Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores en Educación) - the main protagonists behind the Oaxaca revolt of 2006 - have occupied a secondary school in eastern Oaxaca under the control of the Sección 59 scab union branch.
Mexico: miners strikes in Sonora and Guerrero A long-running miners' strike in Cananea, Sonora continues despite strikers being repressed by police and military and a judge declaring it illegal. In Taxco, Guerrero however, the bosses respond to striking miners by closing down the site permanently.
Victory for Brighton bin wildcat After two days on wildcat strike, refuse workers at Brighton's Hollingdean Depot have won their fight against management bullying.
