An account of the British Film Institute strikes, 2002 A short personal account of the strikes at the British Film Institute (BFI) in London in 2002.
"I barely survived on Chicago-Lake Liquors wages": an account of a campaign An account by Juan Conatz of an Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) campaign at a liquor store in…
Hat Trick A piece by John O’Reilly in Minnesota about his experiences working at a liquor store. Sports is often there in the background shaping our interactions, defining relationships, and…
Wages so low you'll freak - Mike Pudd'nhead A book by Mike Pudd'nhead about his experience working at Jimmy Johns in the Twin Cities, Minnesota and attempting to organize a union with the…
Where Civilisation Begins ARNOLD WESKER, born in Stepney in 1932, is the author of The Kitchen, Chicken Soup with Barley, Roots, I'm Talking about Jerusalem, and Chips with Everything. He is the prime mover in Centre 42, whose origins and hopes he explains in this extract from a broadcast talk.
Package Handler’s Report and Analysis In this essay, IWW organizer Coeur de Bord analyses the first year of organizing at a United Parcel Service hub in Minneapolis outside of the…
Free parking - Phinneas Gage In this piece Phinneas Gage recalls the challenges of organizing under punitive back to work legislation and the effect it had on shop floor…
Clarissa, Who Explained It All - Romina Akemi The fourth installment in Recomposition's ‘How I was radicalized’ series comes from Romina Akemi. She describes working at a garment factory in…
Hospital Voice Partial online archive of a radical bulletin produced for hospital workers in Philadelphia, beginning in November 1970.
Sisterly solidarity - Pepita Carpena Account by Pepita Carpena of the Spanish anarchist Mujeres Libres (Free Women) on how comrades helped her flee Spain after the victory of Franco…
Beware! Anarchist! A life for freedom - Augustin Souchy The incredible autobiography of an incredible man. Souchy fought in the Spanish Revolution; was a…
Solidarity forever: an oral history of the IWW - Stewart Bird, Dan Georgakas and Deborah Shaffer A fantastic oral history of the revolutionary Industrial Workers of the World union…
