Sir, there's a mouse in my soup! On 3rd of January workers at Lin Electronics Factory in Dongguan, Guangdong, started strike action after finding a dead mouse in their soup,…
General strike in Nigeria The launch of what unions have labelled an 'indefinite' strike in Nigeria, has led to many injuries and deaths as security forces clash with…
A short review of Chinese community and workplace struggles in 2011 This is my first post, hopefully the first of many. I will be blogging a lot about China and Hong…
States of emergency: cultures of revolt in Italy from 1968 to 1978 - Robert Lumley The complete text of the definitive book on the mass social movements in Italy in the 1960s and 70s…
Folsom prison strike manifesto and bill of rights 1970 In 1970, prisoners protesting about the brutal regime at Folsom Prison, went on strike for 19 days…
Solidarity aid appeal for striking oil workers in Kazakhstan An appeal for assistance for oil workers involved in a bitter and violent dispute with their state…
Wartime strikes: The struggle against the no-strike pledge in the UAW during World War II - Martin Glaberman Martin Glaberman's examination of American car industry workers wildcat strike wave…
Postrevolutionary pioneer: Anarchist María Luisa Marín and the Veracruz renters' movement A history of the Mexican anarchist María Luisa Marín and the 1922 Veracruz Renters'…
UK workplace struggles roundup - December 2011 December saw strikes on the railways and London Underground, and action by IT, factory and warehouse workers, amongst others.
2009: The strike at Lindsey refinery: a struggle entangled in nationalism Mouvement Communiste's detailed account and analysis of the oil industry construction workers'…
Italy 1920: When 600,000 workers seized control of their workplaces Tom Wetzel details the Italian Factory Occupations of 1920, which matured beyond conventional trade unionism and at its height involved about 600,000 workers. This article was originally presented as a talk at the Conference on Workers' Self-Organization in St. Louis in 1988.
The strike and its enemies A review of Joe Burn's book, Reviving the Strike: How Working People Can Regain Power and Transform America.
