Independent unions found new Global Union Federation
Submitted by Johanna Schellhagen on Jun 22 2018 05:18
In May 2018 the “International Confederation of Labour” was founded in Italy to unite independent unions and worker organisations across frontiers. We interviewed delegates at the congress to hear about their union activities at home and what they hope will come out of the new confederation.
Angry Workers of the World: a short introduction
Submitted by AngryWorkersWorld on May 18 2018 10:17
A short introduction to Angry Workers of the World, an unruly and irregular workers' paper from London.
Kate Mullany and the Collar Laundry Union
Submitted by Working Class H... on Feb 1 2018 22:32
A history of the Collar Laundry Union – the first female union in the United States – set up by Kate Mullany, Esther Keegan and others in Troy, New York in 1864.
Minus
Here are several issues of the "Minus" magazine produced in Hong Kong in the late 1970s.
Black women organising - Brixton Black Women's Group
Submitted by Anonymous on Apr 17 2017 22:29
A critical look at the growth, contradictions and eventual demise of Organisation of Women of Asian and African Descent in the late-1970s/early 1980s, as well as the lessons to be learnt from it, by members of the Brixton Black Women's Group.
The Mental Patients Union, 1973
Submitted by Steven. on Mar 21 2017 13:44
Historical information about the Mental Patients Union, formed in London in 1973 to oppose psychiatric oppression, written by Past Tense.
Florence S. Boos- The Socialist League
Submitted by Rory Reid on Feb 9 2017 01:48
Florence S. Boos gives a short overview of the history of the Socialist League of the 1880s and 1890s, one of the most important organisations in the early history of marxism and anarchism in Britain.
In the tradition: where our politics comes from
The object of the following article is to outline the various political movements, events and current ideas and individuals which have in one way or another, served as influences upon the development of the Anarchist Communist Federation and subsequently the Anarchist Federation.
The First Congress of the National Confederation of Labor (CNT) (Barcelona, September 8-10, 1911)
Submitted by Alias Recluse on Jan 17 2017 18:43
The Agenda and texts of the Reports presented to the assembly of delegates representing approximately 27,000 workers at the First (official) Congress of the National Confederation of Labor, held in Barcelona in 1911, providing a glimpse of the doctrinal spectrum represented by the founders of the CNT and the most urgent concerns of the membership of the new organization, including the “rights and duties” of disabled members of the CNT, the creation of rationalist schools, the formation of itinerant propaganda squads, and the need for a daily newspaper.
The Wobblies: the story of syndicalism in the United States
Submitted by Anonymous on Dec 12 2016 14:31
A detailed chronicle of the history of the Industrial Workers of the World union in the United States by Patrick Renshaw, published in 1967.
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