accounts

Long lost wildcat strikes in the UK, 1960s - 1990s

Steven. — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:43:10 +0000

An introduction…

Up against the odds

Jason Cortez — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:32:51 +0000

When workers take strike action, things start to change. It is a time when people very quickly start to organise, communicate and think in a different and more positive way and when solidarity becomes more than just a slogan.

The Third Wave, 1967, an account - Ron Jones

Steven. — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:01:11 +0000

THE THIRD WAVE

Ron Jones (1972)

For years I kept a strange secret. I shared this silence with two hundred students. Yesterday I ran into one of those students. For a brief moment it all rushed back.

Strike in the docks of Constanta

irrwahn — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 05:11:26 +0000

DP World - Europe's Eastern gateway blocked:

Strike in the docks of Constanta

Resistance from the other South Africa

red jack — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:37:08 +0000

The topic of this particular meeting was 'leadership'. While Abahlali has never stated that it is an anarchist movement many have drawn parallels between 'Abahlalism' and 'anarchism'. Certainly the movement considers both the state and the vanguardist left to be oppressors.

Neha Nimmagudda (2008-07-17)

Democracy in my experience

imbokodo — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 10:54:06 +0000

People have different definitions of democracy.

Some people say that democracy means freeing everyone to do whatever they want, regardless of rule or controls, with no instructions or boundaries, no importance to whether what is done is wrong or right.

Lernia Correctional Facility: a story from a Swedish unemployment programme

Khawaga — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:47:09 +0000

I have spent about two years in different unemployment programmes in a mid-size Swedish town and this is my story about that experience. For most of the time I was training to become a cook in the Lernia programme (nicknamed "Lernia Correctional Facility" by its inmates).

1942: Luxembourg post office strike

catch — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 14:21:37 +0000

George Kieffer was born in 1950, the son of Michel Kieffer, a technician of the Telephone Department of the Luxembourg Post Office, who was active with his wife in the Resistance during the Second World War. Following the death of his father, George, who now lives in England, transferred the former's collection of papers, documents and medals to the Second World War Experience Centre.

Comments on the recent summer postal strike - by a striker, 2007

Ret Marut — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 11:20:42 +0000

Why was the strike called off?
The obvious answer is that the union called the strikes off because Royal Mail (RM) was willing to negotiate. Dave Ward publicly offered for the union that if RM would enter "meaningful" negotiations they were willing to call off the pending action.

The Anarchist Revolution in Spain - New Statesman

catch — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 08:25:55 +0000

"It is in Barcelona that the full force of the anarchist revolution becomes apparent. Their initials, CNT and FAI, are everywhere. They have taken over all the hotels, restaurants, cafes, trains, taxis, and means of communication, as well as all theatres, cinemas, and places of amusement.