Brazil: popular revolt and its limits June 2018 marks five years since the wave of protests against the price of collective transportation, which shook the streets of hundreds of…
A serious public transport strike in the Netherlands There is some serious strike action going on in the Netherlands in regional public transport. This is like a breath of fresh air in a country…
Racial discrimination in employment? The Bristol bus boycott of 1963 A student dissertation with lots of information about the 1963 boycott of Bristol's buses against…
Black and white on the buses: the 1963 colour bar dispute in Bristol A detailed pamphlet by Madge Dresser on the Bristol bus boycott, when a mass campaign defeated the…
Sabotage in the American workplace: anecdotes of dissatisfaction, mischief and revenge A truly fantastic study of everyday employee resistance at work. First person accounts of sabotage,…
Lyft: strikes and blockades A lot of discussion around Lyft Shuttle derides it for doing little more than reinvent the city bus. What this forgets, however, is that transit…
1959: Fiji Oil Workers Strike The strike of 1959 was the first time a multi ethnic workforce struck together, and the response was martial law from the government and betrayal by tribal elders.
1986-88: Haitians Demand Civilians Government and Democratic Election After the downfall of Baby Doc Duvalier Haiti was ruled by a US supported Junta. The campaign that…
The Dublin lockout, 1913 - John Dorney A short history of Ireland’s most significant industrial dispute: the mass lockout of 20,000 workers by 400 employers in Dublin from August 1913…
Black bus workers fight "plantation" conditions - Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin An article by Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin about discrimination in the Chattanooga Area Regional…
More than a seat on the bus - Danielle McGuire Excellent account of the Montgomery bus boycott, a key moment in the civil rights movement. In particular it demolishes the popular myth…
Finland: Schools to close, rail network to shut down in austerity protest Finnish teachers are set to join the biggest labour movement demonstration in decades on Friday,…
