workers control

Content about workers' control of production.

Assembly at the worker-run Zanon factory in Argentina

Assembly at the worker-run Zanon factory in Argentina

Striking pupils and their parents, Burston, 1914

The Burston Strike School, 1914-1939

A short history of the longest schoolchildren's strike in UK history, when nearly all pupils at Burston school in Norfolk, England walked out in…

Republican sailors playing musical instruments on board battleship Jaime I

Anarchy in the navy - Peter E Newell

Article responding to the frequent historical criticism of anarchism that a ship could not be run without hierarchy, using the example of sailor…

Market socialism, self-management and the case for workers' co-ops - Darrow Schecter

This is a chapter 'self-management and the case for workers' co-ops' from Radical theories: Paths…

The Northwood and Pinner hospital, occupied

The Northwood and Pinner hospital occupation, 1983

A very short history of the occupation of the small Northwood and Pinner hospital in London, which successfully prevented its proposed closure.

Hayes Cottage hospital, occupied by the workers

The Hayes Cottage hospital occupation, 1983

Historical information about and images from the occupation of Hayes Cottage hospital by its workers, who took over the establishment and ran it…

Smuggler-Union mine, Colorado

Battles in the Telluride mines, 1901-1903 - Louis Adamic

A short history of the striking workers who took over the mines in Telluride, Colorado, and the…

Workers on the square

Twenty-five years since the Tiananmen protests: Legacies of the student-worker divide

During the protest movement that centered around Tiananmen Square in Beijing twenty-five years ago,…

Workers of self-managed factories meet in Marseille for the “Workers' Economy” international meeting

This first European edition of the “Workers' Economy” gathering brought together…

A self-managed workplace in revolutionary Spain

Fields, factories and workshops - Peter Kropotkin

Fields, factories and workshops: or industry combined with agriculture and brain work with manual work is Peter Kropotkin's landmark anarchist…

Workers' co-operatives: crashing in the same car

A worker-owner in worker-run co-operatives gives their understanding of co-operatives in capitalist society, and their lack of revolutionary…

Self-management and the limits of recuperation: Solidarity discussion bulletin

A publication of discussion ongoing in Solidarity around the "ideology" of self-management in the group, including whether it could be recuperated into capitalism. The discussion followed publication of Maurice Brinton's Malaise on the left.

Workers' councils and the economics of self-managed society - Cornelius Castoriadis

Cornelius Castoriadis/Paul Cardan's proposals for the workings of a society based on the principle…