Class Struggle Beyond Unionism: Boston-Area Public Workers' Ferment. 1981-82 Goldner interviews Scott McGuire about the attempts of Boston Public Workers to resist the effects…
Mexico: Nationwide wildcat miners’ strike More than a quarter of a million miners and steelworkers walked off the job between March 1 - 3 in wildcat strikes at 70 companies in at least eight states from central to northern Mexico virtually paralysing the mining industry.
Legitimised torture The Human Rights Watch World Report 2006 has found the UK and US to have perpetrated several major violations of international human rights law.
GI opposition to the Vietnam War, 1965-1973 - Howard Zinn Historian Howard Zinn on the opposition to the Vietnam War by American soldiers. For a fuller…
Parsons, Lucy, 1853-1942 A biography of anarchist labour organiser and wife of Haymarket Martyr Albert Parsons, Lucy Parsons.
Rexroth, Kenneth, 1905-1982 A short biography of poet, anarchist and pioneer of the Beat movement Kenneth Rexroth.
Imprisoned in New Orleans Jordan Flaherty and Tamika Middleton report on the fate of prisoners in New Orleans prisons since Hurricane Katrina.
US car workers gear up to fight wages and jobs onslaught Workers for Delphi, a former subsidiary of General Motors, are facing 24,000 job cuts, the slashing of wages by 63%, and huge cuts in benefits such as pensions and health care.
Canadian public sector wildcat strike on hold - for now The threated unofficial walkout by over 100,000 Canadian public sector workers over pensions has been postponed - probably until next week.
Ontario housing tribunal occupied Early on Friday, members of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, and many people facing cuts to their welfare and ODSP cheques due to the slashed "Special Diet Allowance" occupied and shut down the Ontario Rental Housing Tribunal at 47 Sheppard Ave. E. in Toronto.
California: Mobile home residents on rent strike against hikes Residents in Ceres, California launched their strike when Equity LifeStyles Properties increased rents by $85 a month.