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Jump the turnstile of non-life!

A 2018 article from the ultra-left Chilean project Comunidad de Lucha, looking at the mass fare evasion which would go on to inspire the 2019 Chilean revolt. Translated by Ediciones Inéditas and taken from an archived copy of the defunct EI site.

Brazil: popular revolt and its limits

June 2018 marks five years since the wave of protests against the price of collective transportation, which shook the streets of hundreds of brazilian cities in 2013. At the heart of those riots was the Movimento Passe Livre (something like Free Pass Movement), an autonomous and horizontal social movement founded in 2005, which defended the gratuity of transport. Written in 2014 by two militants who later left the organization, this article reflects on the limits of that cycle of protests.

London women tram workers: equal pay strike 1918

Submitted by Steven. on Aug 29 2017 18:45

Interesting additional information about the 1918 strike of women workers on London transport.

August 11-12, 1917: when thousands of Kansas City citizens spent their weekend deporting professional strikebreakers

Submitted by Steven. on Aug 16 2017 10:21

The history of a militant strike of streetcar workers in Kansas City in 1917 by Jeff Stilley, during which the population of the town drove out scabs who had been brought in by the employers.

1922: Guayaquil General Strike

Submitted by Reddebrek on Jan 18 2017 22:08

Workers in the southern Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil struck due to increased economic pressures. The strike brought the city to a halt and gained several concessions but the violence from the police and military would set a precedent for other labour struggles.

1912: Brisbane General Strike

Submitted by Reddebrek on Jan 17 2017 00:47

Union busting at the Brisbane Tramway led to a municipal general strike and the setting up of an alt

The Leith dockers strike 1913

Submitted by Rory Reid on Dec 23 2016 12:17

The Leith dockers strike of 1913 was a strike of the dockers of Leith, Scotland from 26 June to 14 August 1913. The dockers were part of the National Union of Dock Labourers (NUDL) union. The strike is said by newspaper of the time to have brought Leith to a standstill. Summary based on William Kenefick in Red Scotland, given by Edinburgh radical historian 'Rory Reid'.

The Dublin lockout, 1913 - John Dorney

Submitted by Steven. on Aug 31 2016 21:25

A short history of Ireland’s most significant industrial dispute: the mass lockout of 20,000 workers by 400 employers in Dublin from August 1913 to January 1914.

Anarchists support public service wildcat strike in Helsinki

Submitted by S2W on Sep 24 2014 10:27

The trade union for public and welfare services (JHL) went on wildcat strike to oppose the "marketization" of Palmia, a municipally-owned service enterprise. The right-wing leadership of the city is attempting to reorganise 50% of Palmia so that it must participate in tendering-out, which will lead to substantial wage cuts for the workers. The seizure of subway and tram transport by striking workers proved to be a powerful weapon in the struggle against the bosses.