France: round-up of strikes and more government attacks on conditions The government continues attacking workers and immigrants and workers continue defending themselves.
Pick A Bigger Weapon, The Coup, Epitaph Records, 2006. Music review – Tom Jennings Tom Jennings reviews a new album from the radical Cali rap duo.
Hidden, dir. Michael Haneke, France 2005 [orig. Caché]. Film review Review of Haneke’s chilly digital video thriller
Dead Prez: three new albums in 2006. Music review – Tom Jennings. A slew of new Dead Prez releases deepen and diversify revolutionary US hip-hop, according to Tom Jennings.
The War On Democracy - review John Pilger’s new documentary spoils a concise exposé of US foreign policy with uncritical pandering to Latin America’s latest charismatic…
Jindabyne - review Aussie film Jindabyne (dir. Ray Lawrence) impressed Tom Jennings, capturing a community’s complexities in a manner cinema seldom manages.
Belgium: striking workers at sub-contractor close Ford plant Workers at Syncreon, formerly TDS Automotive, went on strike on Monday.
Belgium: Supermarket workers launch wildcats Workers at three sites have launched wildcat solidarity actions over the last few days.
Bangladeshi garment workers out again and escalating There have been more clashes in the Mirpur industrial area of Dhaka (see previous report); on Saturday 12th thousands of garment workers again…
Canada: bank workers strike over pay 62 workers at CIBC (Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce) in Sudbury went on strike today.
France: civil service strike to test minimum service law. The proposed teachers' strike on January 24th is likely to see the first attempts to implement the…
Children Of Men, dir. Alfonso Cuarón, 2006. Film review Review of the film adaptation of PD James’ dystopia.
