Portugal shut down by general strike A 24-hour general strike protesting the government’s austerity policies largely paralysed Portugal on Wednesday, with planes grounded, trains…
Three new translations in English of leaflets from the current struggles in France Here are three documents we translated in English and that seem to us to be important. We would like to apologize for the mistakes in translations, which sometimes sound as “Frenglish”, but it’s the concern for internationalism that prevails.
An attempt to report on the situation in France - Mouvement Communiste Mouvement Communiste report their impressions of the past several weeks of struggles in France. This…
Iowa: Statewide Strike for the Eight-hour Day, 1891 Description of the 1891 miner's strikes for the eight-hour day in Iowa. From underground newspaper Free Flowing (February 1977), published out of…
Spain: Eulogy for unionism - CNT The CNT of Spain discuss the recent campaign against unionism in Spain, while distinguishing genuine revolutionary unionism from the collaborationist unionism of the majority unions in Spain.
Spain: Madrid CNT Calls for Strike Participation, Skepticism Towards the Official Unions The CNT of Madrid are calling for participation in the September 29 general strike…
Spain: CNT Joins Call for September 29 General Strike The Spanish anarcho-syndicalist union the CNT is calling for a nationwide walkout against the government's new labor law reform.
Mass strikes in France over proposed increase to retirement age 7th September 2010 - In response to the government's proposal to raise the pension age from 60 to 62…
Solidarnosc: trade unionism in Poland - Subversion Subversion look at Solidarność's role in the uprisings which preceded the end of Stalinist rule in Poland.
Miners to join South African public sector strike Miners in South Africa plan to join the massive public sector strike that has already crippled the the government in recent weeks.
General Strike in Tahiti On 15th June workers in ‘French’ Polynesia ended a general strike, which was sustained for over a week. The strike was organised by a coalition of 11 unions using the name ‘Collective for Peace’. With deteriorating social and economic conditions in the already poor territory affecting a wide range of workers, the strike gained support and achieved some degree of success but fell short of its potential.
CNT: Make Spain’s general strike indefinite As a general strike is mooted to coincide with Europe-wide action, the anarcho-syndicalist CNT union is warning that one day outings will not be…