Riots, strikes, sabotage and sit ins in Karachi Some information, gleaned from the bourgeois press, about recent events in Karachi.
Workers' struggles continue in 'post-revolution' Egypt As the reshuffling of leaders continues, Egyptian workers are still trying to push forward their own…
Brazil's Socialist President Rousseff sends Security Forces to put down Amazon riots Brazil's federal government on Friday authorized the presence of national security forces in the…
Casus Belli: Electricity union theatens long-term blackout in Greece The Electricity Company union has responded to government pledges to the IMF to sell 40% of power…
Iraqi government forcibly closes trade union offices, prohibits union activity The Iraqi Ministry of Electricity has issued an edict that "all trade union activities at the…
Electricity in South Africa The article looks at how the state and the rich are using Eskom to subsidise giant corporations with cheap electricty in South Africa and are…
National Strike begins in Mexico Mexico: National Strike The convocation to the strike says: "It is us or them! The big businesses and their politicians have brought us to the very edge of survival and confrontation."
Electricity workers strike threatens Greece with blackout The 48h strike of the National Electricity workers has seen 7 major power stations close, with workers threatening to shut down more and plunge Greece in blackout.
No light, no water and now not very much money...what next for Venezuela? A currency devaluation, military expropriations, demonstrations, resignations, TV channel closures,…
Chavez: When red and yellow don't make green It may seem like an age ago now in the midst of all the subsequent economic tumult over here, but I wanted to write about Chávez’ recent…
Mexico: as the union drops the unwinnables and looks to negotiate, ex Luz y Fuerza workers wildcat The long-running saga of the 44,000 ex Luz y Fuerza workers in Mexico's central…
Autoreduction movements in Turin, 1974 Eddy Cherki and Michel Wieviorka's account of the workers' self-reduction of prices movement in the Italian city of Turin in the 1970s.
