Hog farms, toxic water, and more toxic prisons in Texas and beyond Keith "Malik" Washington writes on the environmental impact of prison-run hog farms. LIBCOM…
Fueling the fires: South Africa in class war The hope that the end of apartheid would herald a better life for the oppressed in South Africa has evaporated. Their conditions today are…
Light, water, telephone, class struggle in installments: social reproduction and labor struggles in the neighborhoods of Athens Analysis by a participant on the struggles of the neighbourhood assemblies in…
New York City municipal workers' strike, 1971 - Steven Johns A short history of a two-day strike by thousands of New York city workers in pursuit of a pension…
No water, no peace! States of emergency and water shut-offs in Detroit After a month-long moratorium, water shut-offs in Detroit have started again this week, leaving…
Where has all my money gone you vile insidious woman? The great privatisation swindle has meant that we are indirectly paying twice for some services…
No light, no water and now not very much money...what next for Venezuela? A currency devaluation, military expropriations, demonstrations, resignations, TV channel closures,…
Chavez: When red and yellow don't make green It may seem like an age ago now in the midst of all the subsequent economic tumult over here, but I wanted to write about Chávez’ recent…
Tropical waterfight: the struggle for basic services in Caracas, Venezuela A combination of climate change and an incompetent, inefficient state bureaucracy has left basic…
Mass rebellion in South Africa In South Africa the state is being confronted by an eruption of self-organised popular protest on a scale not seen since the 1980s.
Scottish Water workers vote on industrial action Scottish Water workers are being balloted on industrial action after the employer imposed a below inflation pay rise which had not been agreed.
Belfast anti-water charges picket forces recruitment cancellation Campaigners claimed their protest today a victory after it was announced that Echo Managed Services, the company responsible for recovering unpaid water charges had cancelled its much publicised open recruitment day.
