More bad news from the World Bank
Submitted by crapula2010 on Jan 6 2019 15:54
Following on from our recent post on the World Bank and climate change comes more bad news from the Bank. In the World Bank’s flagship 2019 World Development Report, entitled the Changing Nature of Work, the Bank argues for wide-ranging deregulation of labour; deemed necessary to prepare countries for the changing nature of work. The report sets out a nice cosy capitalist future under which firms will be relieved of the burden of contributing to social security, have the flexibility to pay wages as low as they think fit and have the power to fire people at will.
International Anarchist Unity
Submitted by AnarchoWinter on Jun 5 2018 20:12
A harshly critical look at the current fragmentation of the global anarchist movement and some potential ideas to help rectify the issues.
[Answer to IWA Statement] To our friends across the globe:
Some of you have expressed concern and doubt over the lies and half-truths that the current secretariat of the IWA have been spreading through social media. As you know, at CNT we don’t usually get involved in arguments over the Internet.
USI speaks out on the recent developments with the IWA
Submitted by OliverTwister on Dec 29 2016 19:28
The CNT and the IWA, part 2: The crisis in the IWA as seen from the CNT
Submitted by OliverTwister on Dec 17 2016 16:36
The CNT and the IWA, part 1: The CNT since Franco
Submitted by OliverTwister on Dec 17 2016 16:28
The decision that the CNT took at its eleventh congress (December 2015) to re-found the IWA is the latest act in the process of updating anarcho-syndicalism which began with the resurrection of the CNT in 1977, and which still isn’t finished.
National Anarchism? – Alexander Schapiro
Submitted by Dannny on Nov 23 2016 18:39
A 1937 article by Alexander Schapiro, criticising the nationalist rhetoric used in an editorial of Solidaridad Obrera.
CNTE, FAU and USI release open invitation to the Bilbao International Conference, 26-27 November, 2016
The CNTE, the FAU, and the USI-AIT have issued an open invitation to anarcho-syndicalist and revolutionary syndicalist organisations to participate in a conference on the rebuilding of the IWA in Bilbao on the 26-27 of November 2016.
The First Socialist Schism: Bakunin vs. Marx in the International Working Men's Association - Wolfgang Eckhardt
Submitted by Craftwork on Aug 20 2016 18:39
Part of the series of biographies of Mikhail Bakunin.
The IWA Secretariat enquired about practices of NGO Divé maky in Bratislava + interview
Submitted by MT on Dec 31 2015 18:13
At the end of last week representatives of the IWA Secretariat visited Slovakia and met with members of Priama akcia union (IWA Slovakia). The major topics of their discussions were issues related to illegal employment, onerous contracts and unpaid wages in both neighbouring countries. Representatives of the IWA Secretariat were particularly interested in the development of the conflict of Priama akcia with NGO Divé maky, shared experiences from conflicts and gave impulses for next steps.
