Sit-down strikes by women in 1937 - Ivan Greenberg A short account of women workers' participation in the sit down strike wave which swept the US in 1937.
Swoosh - Phil A. Neel Through a discussion of Nike's Flyknit this essay deal with recent struggles and socioeconomic/technological trends in China, their relation to…
The Everett massacre, 1916 - Walt Crowley A short history of the Everett massacre of five members of the revolutionary Industrial Workers of the World union who had gone to support…
The cycle of struggle 1973 to 1979 in India Gurgaon Workers News on the mass workers' struggles in India in the 1970s and their relevance for the discussion on the relation between crisis,…
“Cut up Khrushchev for sausages!” A history lesson for The New York Times - Simon Pirani This recent article by Simon Pirani both provides more information about the…
We’ll turn Shahrokh Zamani's death into a banner of workers solidarity and unity This statement was put out by workers’ organisations in Iran after the suspicious death on 12…
The experiences of Kamunist Kranti and Faridabad Majdoor Samachar The comrades in Faridabad (an industrial area on the outskirts of Delhi) reflected critically on…
The Ådalen shootings in Sweden, 1931 - Anders Sundstedt On the 14th of May 1931, just outside the small municipality of Ådalen, Swedish military opened fire…
I work for Boreco INC. An account of being a temp in a North American factory from the excellent Best of Temp Slave!
The worms that turned: a story about workers in revolt - Eddy Horner A first person account of an unsuccessful strike at CPC wallpaper in West Durham, England, in the early 1990s, after which Eddy and a strike supporter turned to crime.
Dagong Diary, Part 1: Job Hunting Part 1 of a 7-part series recording a short excursion into the lives of migrant workers at the beginning of China’s working year, in an…
Four years later, still a graveyard of Chinese youth In 2014, on the eve of China’s national day celebrations, scenes recalling those of four years ago appeared in Chinese headlines. Foxconn became…