2000s
Brighton anti-war protests, 2002-3
Images from the anti-war protests in Brighton leading up to and following the outbreak of the Iraq war. Many of these events are recollected and analysed here.
Precarious and pissed off: Lessons from the Montpelier Downtown Workers' Union, 2003-2005
An account and analysis of the Vermont Workers' Center's innovative but ultimately failed attempt to set up a geographically-based union in the state's capital.
By Sean West
Beginnings and Endings
This is what recuperation looks like: the rebellion in Oaxaca and the APPO - Kellen Kass
A detailed, critical look at the events in Oaxaca, Mexico, from an anarchist perspective.
On May 22, 2006, teachers in the state of Oaxaca, Section 22 of the National Education Worker’s Union (SNTE), went on strike. Section 22 has yearly strikes in Oaxaca to demand a variety of concessions from the state, and this year’s strike included calls for higher wages, the construction of more schools throughout the state of Oaxaca, as well as free lunches and supplies for students.
Defying the rule of law: Lessons learned from the BC teachers strike, 2005
A short account and comment on the two week illegal strike of teachers in British Columbia which won gains on wages and class size reductions.
by Chris, Northwest Anarchist Federation
Post mortem on the San Francisco fare strike, 2005 - Tom Wetzel
Tom Wetzel analyses the fare strike of San Francisco public transport riders in 2005. He examines what ways of organising can be used to win struggles and form the basis of a new society.
In September, 2005 several thousand riders of Muni - San Francisco's city-owned transit system - participated in a mass fare strike, to fight service cuts, layoffs, and the second fare hike in two years. More than five dozen people were actively involved in the organizing. The last action connected with the fare strike was a November 10th protest march, initiated by the organized day laborers.
Solidarity with the firefighters! AYN leaflet, 2003
A leaflet written and distributed by some people in the Anarchist Youth Network in the UK in 2003 during the strikes of firefighters for a pay increase to £30,000 and an end to "modernisation" or working practices.
Cologne: occupation of the Barmer Block housing estate, 2006 - Wildcat
Text published in Wildcat in summer 2006 reporting on the internal dynamics of a major housing estate occupation in Cologne in Spring 2006.
Cologne: 'Barmer Block' occupied. The feeling of great potential...
For over three months in the 'Barmer Block' housing estate an unusual squatting experiment took place.
A lovely spring in France - CPE report by Mouvement Communiste
A report on the unrest and struggle agains the CPE employment law by Mouvement Communiste, a Paris based collective.
The struggle against the CPE has mobilised youth in the education system, starting in higher education and then followed by the high schools, with the principal objective of forcing the withdrawal of Article 8 of the 'Equal Opportunities Law'. This article introduced a new punitive employment contract reserved for young workers. The objective of the struggle has been fully achieved.
The 2005 Northwest Airlines strike
A short history, account and analysis of the 2005 strike of mechanics and cleaners at Northwest Airlines against cuts in jobs, wages and benefits, and the lessons it holds for workers in future.
Our perspective... was simple: “What will it take to win this strike?”
Migration, industry and struggles in Poland, 1956-2005
An analysis of Poland, its economy, its social and political history and how it has been shaped by workers' struggles past and present.
Behind the Border
It is only a one hour journey from Berlin to the German-Polish border, the supermarkets in Berlin offer Polish food, immigrants from Poland are part of daily life in the German capital - nevertheless there are not many direct contacts (apart from perhaps the punk scene). The ‘iron curtain’ is slow to dissolve, due to languages and the geographical location.
Strikes in Poland, early 2005
Information about various workers' struggles in and around Poland, including strikes by seamen, railworkers, car and telecoms workers in 2005.
Here is an update on recent struggles in and around Poland. More information in English can be found on a website run by the base-unionist ‘workers’ initiative’ from Poland: http://paspartoo.w.interia.pl/index.htm
Polish seamen on strike for eleven days in the docklands of Travemünde/Germany
Romania after the transition - restructuring and struggle, 2004
Article looking at capitalist restructuring and economic changes in Romania, and the growing militancy of the working class.
Romania after the Transition
Promised Land and Class Struggle
Strike at ThyssenKrupp in Terni, Italy, 2004-5
Detailed article about a strike in Italy from 2004 to 2005 against closure of a steel plant.
Striking olive harvest workers in Spain, 2005
Article about the agricultural industry in Spain, and the strike of mostly immigrant olive harvest workers in 2005.
Strike at Citroën Aulnay, 2005
A short article about a strike against pay and break-time cuts at a Citroen factory in France, 2005.
Canada: Students blockade the Port of Montréal, 2005
Article about blockade by students in Canada striking against cuts in education.
School occupations and strikes, Germany, 2005
Two short articles on school strikes and occupations in Germany in 2005.
School occupations and attacks on student demonstration in Paris, 2005
Article on the nationwide movement of school students and teachers against education reform, and on the attacks on student demomstrations which occured by youth from the banlieus.
First strike for thirteen years at Skoda, Czech Republic, 2005
30 March: Some 12,000 of the 21,000 employees at Skoda walked off the job for an hour on the 30th of March, putting the company 240 cars under its daily quota of about 2,000.
Strike and occupation of IT workers at Schneider Electrics, France, 2004
Article about the strike and occupation of offices by IT workers in France, which was co-ordinated by directly democratic methods.
