The workers’ inquiry: what’s the point? Joe Thorne looks at the history of the “workers’ inquiry” idea: from Marx, to Italy in the 1960s, to the present day. This fairly long article…
Mobilisation versus representation: the UK student movement in November and December 2010 This article was published in the January 2011 issue of The Commune. It argues…
Notes from an FBU picket line Joe Thorne reports back from the front lines of the London firefighters strike against mass sackings and shift pattern changes.
Post strikes suspended: this deal is no deal! Resume action! Joe Thorne from the Commune examines the CWU's decision to call off postal workers industrial action…
The struggle at Visteon, the union and the development of class consciousness, 2009 Joe Thorne from The Commune analyses the Ford Visteon workers occupation and dispute, the role of…
Notes from the Enfield Visteon occupation rally Comments and thoughts from the rally in support of the occupied Enfield Visteon plant on Saturday 4 April 2009.