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A cartoon of a seated postal worker, surrounded by chaotic piles of mail. A suited man is at the door of the office. The seated worker is saying ""What do you mean when will things be back to normal? This is normal." Another worker sleeps.

Working and Not-Working at the Toronto Post Office (1974)

A personal account of working night shifts in the Canadian postal service. Published Toronto, 1974.

Part 1: Life in the factory - Paul Romano

The first part of "The American Worker" pamphlet - a first person account of working class life in America in the 1940s. "Paul Romano" was a pseudonym of Phil Singer.

Part 3: On the 1970 Situationist Reorientation Debate, the Never Work(ing) worker

Part 3: On the 1970 Situationist Reorientation Debate, the Never Work(ing) worker. Mayakovsky / Tatlin & the Red Brigades …….plus Jean’s strike. Text from Revolt Against Plenty.

Buster Keaton stands in front of a wonky house

Notes toward the Economics and Aesthetics of the UK's Great Building Disaster - Stuart Wise

An expansive reflection on changes in building/construction work in London from the…

The Trot Tree, a political cartoon charting the development of Trot parties in the UK using strands of Leon Trotsky's hair as illustration

Paper Cut outs: Encounters with Trotskyism in the UK

A record of personal encounters with various British Trot sects over the years.

Nurses on strike, December 2022

Thoughts after the first round of NHS strikes

A report on strikes by NHS workers in the UK after the first two days of strike action by nurses in December 2022, by Angry Workers of the World.

An image showing someone holding a bulletin reading "Wildcat Strike at Amazon" outside an Amazon warehouse

Amazon Workers' Bulletin

A bulletin produced by the Notes from Below group collecting workers' reports from Amazon, including wildcat strikes.

An image showing shelves inside a warehouse.

Wildcat strike at Amazon

A report of the recent wildcat strikes currently sweeping through Amazon warehouses in Britain, from a worker on the shopfloor. This article was…

Workers standing outside an Amazon building

How the Amazon wildcat spread

In this report, a worker in Coventry tells us how they joined the current wave of wildcat strikes sweeping through Amazon warehouses in Britain…

The May Events: from Practice to Theory – Andrew Feenberg

Compilation of writings an eyewitness reports by Andrew Feenberg on the May 68 rebellion in France.

From Republicanism to Anarchism: The making of an anarchist in Portlaoise prison

Irish anarchist Joe C describes his political journey and prison experiences. This article was first…

When we occupied the British Aircraft Corporation factory in 1974 – And reflections for today

Memories of workers' struggles and an occupation of the British Aircraft…