Who’s in charge here? John O’Reilly discusses the ways that organizing campaigns make themselves and others see them as legitimate.
Lest we forget: in tribute to the pioneers of the great Flint sit down strike - Ronda Hauben Retrospective look at conditions workers endured prior to the Flint sit down strike…
We'll let you know when to come back - Kermit Johnson First hand account of Kermit Johnson, rank and file chairman for the strike committee during the…
Striking agreement: How one neighborhood school sees CPS’ attempt at a deal A first-hand account from the Chicago Teachers Union strike, from education worker Agnieszka Karoluk…
My first job – what was yours? Recomposition started at the end of August, 2010. We’re pleased with what’s happened in the last two years, and we hope you are as well. It seems…
Rivethead - Ben Hamper Down and out memoirs of a line assembly worker for GM Motors over the 1980s. In amongst co-workers going postal in the local bar, drinking on the…
Self-employment, or the illusion of freedom An account of 'freelancing' and the attitude this has promoted within the author's co-workers.
Factotum - Charles Bukowski The only person to have made a writing career about yo-yoing in and out of employment, Bukowski accounts the conditions in 1944 having faced…
The anarchists in London 1935-1955 - Albert Meltzer Albert Meltzer's personal account and reminiscences of the anarchist movement and its personalities in London between 1935 and 1955
A moving story In the Summer of 2012 the exploited workers of Rabbit Movers autonomously organized our shop and began the fight for control over the conditions of our lives. This is one worker’s account of…
On worker control (of the staff meeting) A short blog detailing and analysing a low-level direct action in which I participated in the recent past.
Visiting the Freie ArbeiterInnen Union (FAU) in Berlin An account by a Solidarity Federation member of a visit with FAU members in Germany.