car industry

Content about workers' struggles in the auto industry.

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.

Fighting the Layoffs at Fords - Red Notes

Red Notes publication from 1978 on workers’ resistance to restructuring in the Ford car manufacturing plant in Dagenham, Essex.

Collage of photo of black car factory workers and the front of a Chrysler car which has been snipped in two

End of the Line: Wildcat Detroit, 1973 - Point Blank!

Pamphlet by San Francisco situationist group in praise of wildcat strikes at a power plant and car…

"We Have to Stick Together": The Story of the Strike at Booster Precision Components

In 2021, workers in a German-owned automotive supplier in Slovakia mounted a successful strike to…

Staycation impossible: Supply-chain crunch, labour shortage and speed-ups in the camper van manufacturing industry

The Magneti Marelli Workers Committee - front cover

The Magneti Marelli Workers Committee - the "Red Guard" tells its story (Milan, 1975-78) - Emilio Mentasti

This remarkable book about one of the high points of workers' struggles in Italy …

The Social Ideology of the Motorcar - André Gorz

Piece by André Gorz critiquing the "radical dependency" created by automobiles as a primary means of transportation under capitalism, as well as…

Review: Detroit I Do Mind Dying by Dan Georgakas & Marvin Surkin

Book review from Black Flag #218 1999.

The Economics of Used Cars

The human cost of selling used cars.

Air To Breathe poster

Air to Breathe

Air To Breathe - 40 Years of Oposition At Opel in Bochum is a film about a group of militant workers inside the Opel car plant in Bochum, Germany. The group was founded in 1972, initially…

Workers Launch Wave of Wildcat Strikes As Trump Pushes for ‘Return to Work’ Amidst Exploding Coronavirus

A report on the spread of wildcat strikes in response to the coronavirus in the US…

American Dream meets the Chinese Dream: A Nightmare on Fuyao Avenue

American Factory is a 2019 documentary, distributed by Netflix and produced by Higher Ground …