A new start? Welfare changes and the labour-power shortage An attempt to understand the changes to welfare in Australia by looking at the impact of the labour…
Benefit envy without benefit - Junge Linke Junge Linke discuss the government's mobilisation of benefits envy as part of its assault on living standards.
When we say "class", what are we talking about? Two parallel definitions of the word are used in political discussion. It's a perennial problem that radicals don't define what they're talking…
There is no housing shortage The Guardian today reports a rise in homelessness. This is a predictable (and predicted) consequence of benefits cuts, but it has nothing to do…
Unemployment, the JobCentre, and the imposition of labour discipline Having been gainfully unemployed for a number of months, I’ve recently returned to take a swim in…
The WOW factor: Wollongong’s unemployed and the dispossession of class and history The following is the text of a paper delivered to the first biennial Wollongong History Conference…
Mothers' Strike (2010) “Mothers’ Strike” is a documentary that portrays the living conditions of the striking women in Walbrzych, Poland in 2010, their struggle against…
Editorial: The ‘new’ workfare schemes in historical and class context The editorial from Aufheben #21, which is available in print now, discussing the current workfare…
All out at Preston Remploy Mark Harrison visited Remploy pickets taking part in a national strike this morning.
Workfare: Do Not Resuscitate Blog on workfare, and the response of Chris Grayling to the successful protest campaign which forced the withdrawal of Holland & Barrett.
Love don't pay the rent: Comments on Cameron's speech Collective Action offer some initial and cursory remarks on David Cameron's speech today in which…
