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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Results235 Connexions Library14 Connexions Directory of Groups & Websites 7 Sources Experts & Spokespersons 1 Sources Library 15 From the Connexions Archives Connexions LibraryThe Abolition of the State: Anarchist & Marxist Perspectives Price, Wayne Book 2007 Both Anarchists and Marxists believe that it will be possible to do away with the state. But what do they mean by that? What is the state, after all? What institutions, if any, would be necessary ... All That Our Hands Have Done: A Pictorial History of Hamilton Workers Heron, Craig; Hoffmitz, Shea; Roberts, Wayne; Storey, Robert Book 1981 The story of working people in Hamilton's steel industry. The American Socialist Movement: 1897-1912 Kipnis, Ira Book 1952 A history of the American Socialist Party, which at its height had over 150,000 dues-paying members, published hundreds of newspapers, and won almost a million votes for its presidential candidate. The American Working Class in Historical Persepctive  Glaberman, Martin Article 1973 A review of Jeremy Brecher's Strike! (See CX6590) Asia: Realities of "Recovery": Against The Current vol. 83 Greenfield, Gerard Article 1999 Why are we still talking about the Asian crisis? In recent months we have heard government policy-makers, economists, business journalists, financial analysts, IMF technocrats, big business and even s... Battle in Nicaragua's Maquiladoras: Against The Current vol. 87 Feeley, Dianne Article 2000 Nicaragua has only one major "free trade zone," Las Mercedes, and unlike the rest of Central America, half of the workers there have managed to build unions. Recently the zone management and the Labor... Beating Back the Corporate Attack: Socialism and the struggle for global justice Clement, Chris; La Botz, Dan; Luce, Stephanie; Post, Charlie Book 2000 Our movement is calling for a new direction -- for democratic control of our political life, and for democratic control over the most important aspects of the economy. Why should handful of the super-... Beyond the Fields Early, Steve Article 2011 There is a strong historical link between the United Farm Workers in its heyday and myriad forms of progressive activism today. UFW alumni, ideas, and strategies have influenced Latino political empo... The Big Lie About the Tax Bill: Why Bosses Will Never Raise Wages Lindorff, Dave Article 2017 The big lie underlying the $1.5-trillion Trump/Republican Congressional tax bill is that Corporations will pass much of it on to workers in the form of higher wages, and to consumers in the form of lo... Big Three Win A Modular Future: Contract Hype and Reality: Against The Current vol. 83 Moody, Kim Article 1999 The 1999 contract talks between the United Auto Workers and the Big Three auto makers, plus General Motors' Delphi spin-off, offer one more demonstration of what the mainstream media like to call impr... Black Workers, Fordism and the UAW: Book Review of Bates's "The Making of Black Detroit in the Age of Henry Ford" Feeley, Dianne Article 2014 A book review of Beth Tompkins Bates's analysis of how the automotive industry provided an opportunity for African Americans to fight for equal working rights, unionize, and forge an alliance with whi... Canadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 1, Number 2 - July 1976 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1976 Canadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 1, Number 5 - January 1977 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1977 Canadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 1, Number 6 - March 1977 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1977 Canadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 2, Number 4 - November 1977 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1977 Canadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 2, Number 5 - December 1977 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1977 Canadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 3, Number 3 - June 1978 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1978 The Canadian Left: A Critical Analysis Penner, Norman Book 1977 The main focus of the book is the emergence and development of Canadian socialist thought. Penner examines the origins of the Communist Party of Canada and its ideological base and the beginings and d... Das Capital, Volume 1: A Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production Marx, Karl Book 1867 Marx's great work sets out to grasp and portray the totality of the capitalist mode of production, and the bourgeois society that emerges from it. He describes and connects all its economic features, ... Capitalism and the National Question in Canada Teeple, Gary Book 1972 Essays examining a variety of questions about Canada's past, from a Marxist perspective. The Case of Northwest Airlines: Workers' Rights & Wrongs: Against The Current vol. 125 Rachleff, Peter Article 2006 Four years ago, when asked by an academic journal to write about whether the strike was still a viable weapon in labor’s “arsenal,” my title was blunt: “Is the Strike Dead?”(1) As is my style, I intro... Chinese Workers' Resistance: Against The Current vol. 111 Diamond, Norm Article 2004 Norm Diamond interviews Tim Pringle, who lives in Hong Kong, where he participates as an observer and also as a member of the editorial board of the Chinese-language magazine Globalization Monitor. The Chinese Working Women's Network: Against The Current vol. 113 Ngai, Pun; Ming, Yang Lie Article 2004 There is no doubt that China is growing rapidly in importance in the global economy. China has now surpassed the United States as the largest destination in the world for foreign investment. While man... The Civil Wars in U.S. Labor: Birth of a New Workers' Movement or Death Throes of the Old? Early, Steve Book 2011 Steve Early explains why and how the 2008-2010 battles within the progressive wing of the U.S. labour movement occurred. Class Composition and the Theory of the Party at the Origin of the Workers-Councils Movement Bologna, Sergio Article 1972 Re-examines a crucial segment of labour history, the German workers' council experience, which bridges the classical socialist phase of the Second and Third Internationals, and the post-Keynesian peri... Class Struggle at the Waistline Schwalbe, Michael Article 2013 The obesity rate has soared not because lower income earners lack the knowledge to eat wisely, but because they have lost power over the economic conditions of their lives. Close the 49th Parallel Etc: The Americanization of Canada Lumsden, Ian Book 1970 The increasing Americanization of Canada is now evident to all, and it is also becoming evident that the elites in Canada have been anxious to avoid any confrontation of this fact or any examination o... Collective Action - and Victory! France: CPE Goes Down: Against The Current vol. 122 Morder, Robi Article 2006 Millions of young people in France have lived through the experience of collective action and of an important victory, young people who just a few weeks earlier had paid no attention to political orga... Columbia's Paramilitary Politics: Against The Current vol. 135 Gill, Lesley Article 2008 In a surprise move in the early morning of May 13th, Colombian President Álvaro Uríbe announced the extradition of fourteen top paramilitary leaders to the United States, where they are charged with c... Combatting Racism in the Workplace: A Course for Workers Thomas, Barb; Novogrodsky, Charles Book 1983 With the ultimate aim of combatting racism within the labour movement, the Cross Cultural Communication Centre, under the auspices of the Humber Collage for Labour Studies, ran a ten-week, 30 hour pil... Common Sense for Hard Times: The Power of the Powerless to Cope with Everyday life and Transform Society in The Nineteen Seventies Brecher, Jeremy; Costello, Tim Book 1976 Presents a vision of society as it is and as it could be. Putting the problems of contemporary daily life in historical perspective, it reveals that they have their roots in the way our society is org... 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Constitution and By-Laws of Industrial Workers of the World Article 1905 The working class and the employing class have nothing in common. There can be no peace so long as hunger and want are found among millions of working people and the few, who make up the employing cla... Craft Unionism Debs, Eugene Article 1905 The old form of trade unionism no longer meets the demands of the working class. The old trade union has not only fulfilled its mission and outlived its usefulness, but that it is now positively react... Critique of Syndicalist Methods: Trade-Unionism to Anarcho-Syndicalism Bonanno, Alfredo M. Article 1975 Bonanno's 1975 meditation on the means to be used in pursuit of the anarchist project. Emphasizes the utility of unions in propagating capitalist control of industry and agriculture. The Danish General Strike Chester, Eric Article 1998 THE SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES have constituted the foremost outposts on the reformist road to socialism. One of them, Denmark, a small country of five million people, has become a flashpoint in the conti... DARE's Struggles in Rhode Island: Against The Current vol. 110 Buhle, Paul Article 2004 Let's start in a scene from last summer that will be familiar, not exactly but approximately, to many older readers: the labor awards banquet. The setting is a "casino"— in the 1880s sense of a banqu... Democracy's Oxygen: How Corporations Control the News Winter, James Book 1997 Winter shows that far from providing "democracy's oxygen," the news media legitimize a fundamentally undemocratic system. Instead of keeping the public informated, news organizations manufacture publi... The Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement Glaberman, Martin Article 1969 DRUM was formed in May 1968 during the course of a wildcat strike that protested against an increase in production without an increase in man-power. Most of the plant porkchoppers were off in Atlantic... Doubling Down in Atlantic City Reed, Adolph Article 2016 The casino workers' strike at the Trump Taj Mahal Casino is a defining battle for American labor. Eat Pray Love Strike: The Law of the Bargaining Table Macaray, David Article 2010 We admire underdogs, yet we do not rejoice when underdogs go on strike against corporate fat cats. We admire hard-workers, yet we do not embrace those who are, arguably, the hardest-workers among us ... E-Commerce vs. E-Commons: Communications in the public interest Moll, Marita; Shad, Leslie Regan (eds.) Book 2001 From privacy issues to intellectual property, from universal access to union activism, these essays challenge the rush to deregulate and disconnect communications from the public interest. Everything's on the Line at AAM: Against The Current vol. 134 Feeley, Dianne Article 2008 The strike of 3,600 UAW-represented workers at American Axle and Manufacturing plants in Michigan and New York has forced the idling of more than 40,000 workers in 30 GM plants and shut down a number ... The Exploitation Explosion Article 1991 Female workers in developing countries are undervalued and underpaid. Facing the Toyota "Pattern": Against The Current vol. 131 Feeley, Dianne Article 2007 Highly praised as a “breakthrough” in the mainstream and business press, the new United Auto Workers contract at General Motors is a stunning retreat for the union, threatening the existence of most h... Failure of a Dream?: Essays in the History of American Socialism Laslettt, John H. M.; Lipset, Seymour Martin Book 1974 Examines the reasons for the relative weakness of American socialism. Falling Behind: The State of Working Canada, 2000 Jackson, Andrew, Robinson, David, Baldwin,Bob, Wiggins, Cindy Book 2000 An accessible collation of data and analysis, analyzed from a progressive perspective, about the social and economic realities of working people in Canada. False Promises: A Review Glaberman, Martin Article 1974 False Promises is a strange book. Despite a certain carelessness of presentation, I recommend it to all concerned with the working class for its extensive documentation of the working-class experience... Fight for the Forest: Chico Mendes in His Own Words Mendes, Chico; Gross, Tony Book Chico Mendes talks of his life's work in his last major interview. He recalls the rubber tappers' campaign against forest clearances and their struggle to develop sustainable alternatives for the Amaz... Fighting for Union Autonomy: Mexican Miners On Strike: Against The Current vol. 122 La Botz, Dan Article 2006 On April 20 eight hundred state and federal police launched an assault on 500 striking workers who had been occupying a steel mill in Lázaro Cárdenas. Two were killed, five seriously injured and 40... The Flint sit-down strike, 1936-1937: Jeremy Brecher Steven Article 2013 210,000 auto workers joined the American Federation of Labor (A.F.L.) to take part in the strike but the A.F.L leadership however wanted no part in a strike, and managed to postpone it again and again... From Iron Mines to Iron Bars Garvey, John Article 2010 Exploring some of the consequences of the long-term decline in union membership and the significant shift in membership towards public sector workers. General Strike France 1968: A factory-by-factory account Hoyles, Andree Book 1969 Andre Hoyles analyses the development, organisation and end of the mass strike in France, 1968, with reference to case studies of particular factories. Get Up, Stand Up: Uniting Populists, Energizing the Defeated, and Battling the Corporate Elite Levine, Bruce E. Book 2011 Levine offers insights into the epidemic of political passivity in America and analyzes how major U.S. institutions have created helplessness and fatalism. He proposes ways of recovering dignity, ener... Glaberman, Martin - Writings - Index Glaberman, Martin Article Writings of Martin Glaberman (1918-2001). Globalizing the Left Fryer, John Article 1990 The Canadian trade union movement has to put greater emphasis on using its global ties to prevent multinational companies from shifting their operations to low wage countries. Gramsci & Syndicalism Wetzel, Tom Article In a polemic against the syndicalists, Antonio Gramsci argued that the syndicalists were wrong in maintaining that unions were capable of being organs of workers' revolution. He said this confused a m... The Great Transformation: The political and economic origins of our time Polanyi, Karl Book 1944 Polanyi analyzes the social and political upheavals that took place in England during the rise of the market economy. Polanyi contends that the modern market economy and the modern nation-state should... Harlan County USA Kopple, Barbara Film 1976 An effort of 180 coal miners and their wives to strike for benefits at the Eastover Coal Company's Brookside Mine in Harlan County, southeast Kentucky in 1973. The History of the German Resistance 1933-1945: Widerstand, Staatsstreich, Attentat Hoffman, Peter Book 1969 A thorough portrayal of the plans, hesitations, frustrations, and failures of the opposition to Hitler. How the Unions Killed the Working Class Movement Stratman, Dave Article 2006 An analysis of how the vertical integration of unions disempowers workers and forces them to use captilist systems such as courts instead of relying on friendship and solidarity. How to Make Union Meetings Interesting and Useful Parker, Mike; Gruelle, Martha Article 2016 Meetings should give members a sense of power by bringing them together. They can see and feel that they are not alone, that others have similar problems, and that others have found solutions. They ca... India: Why are Suzuki automobile workers in jail? Article 2017 Why are automobile workers being jailed for murder? The story at Maruti is a familiar one in India's industrial scene. Industrial Unionism Debs, Eugene Article 1905 In capitalist society you are the lower class; the capitalists are the upper class-because they are on your backs; if they were not on your backs they could not be above you. An Injury to All: The Decline of American Unionism Moody, Kim Book The author, a union organizer and activist, details the decline of the American union movement. An Interview with Patricia Campbell: Against The Current vol. 123 Finkel, David Article 2006 Patricia Campbell is President of the Irish Independent Workers Union (IWU), an independent trade union and social movement in both the north and south of Ireland. She is a deputy editor of the journa... It's Never Been Easy: Essays on Modern Labor Macaray, David Book 2009 Most of the labor essays included here were written over the last seven years and appeared originally in various publications, including CounterPunch, The Exception Magazine, Liberalati, Los Angeles T... Jim Crutchfield's I.W.W. Page Crutchfield, Jim Website Historic documents on the Industrial Workers of the World (Wobblies). Karl Marx: Essential Writings Bender, Frederic L. Book 1972 A selection of Marx's writings ranging from his early works on philosophy, religion, alienation, and Hegelianism, through the materialist conception of history, the theoretical analysis of capitalism,... Karl Marx's Theory of Revolution: Volume II: The Politics of Social Classes Draper, Hal Book 1978 Draper ranges through the development of the thought of Marx and Engels on the role of classes in society. The "Labor Aristocracy" and Working-Class Struggles: Consciousness in Flux, Part 2: Against The Current vol. 124 Post, Charles Article 2006 Whatever the theoretical and empirical problems with the economics of the labor aristocracy thesis, its defenders still claim that well paid workers have generally been more reformist and conservative... Labour Left Out: Canada's Failure to Protect and Promote Collective Bargaining as a Human Right Adams, Roy J. Book 2006 Labour Martyr: Joe Hill Smith, Gibbs M Book 1972 The story of the rebel songwriter and union activst Joe Hill, who was murdered by the state of Utah in 1915. Labor on the Ropes: Against The Current vol. 135 Leyshon, Traven Article 2008 In U.S. Labor in Trouble and Transition, Kim Moody focuses on why the organized labor movement went into decline and points to potential signs of revival. The author’s explanation begins with the wors... Labor Politics in Action, 1901-1911: The Union Labor Party of San Francisco: Against The Current vol. 81 Perry, Hayden Article 1999 In 1900 San Francisco had an organized labor movement that reflected the unique development of this metropolis of the West. San Francisco did not experience the slow and steady growth of Chicago and o... Labor Scores at Verizon: Against The Current vol. 89 Douglas, Rachel Article 2000 On August 6 87,000 members of the Communication Workers of America (CWA) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) struck Verizon Communications in twelve states from Maine to Vir... Labor's Disaster at American Axle: Against The Current vol. 137 Feeley, Dianne Article 2008 The 87-day strike earlier this year at American Axle & Manufacturing (AAM) ended in a rout that has devastating implications for the organized U.S. labor movement. Begun on a snowy morning early Febru... Let's Be Practical Stratman, Dave Article 1997 Building a movement to destroy capitalism and create a society which truly reflects the aspirations of most people, though it may sound scary, is actually more practical than trying to reform a union. Let's Get to Work Forman, Erik Article 2017 Instead of asking "What is to be done?", we could start with a different question: "What should I do?" As it turns out, the right-wing hecklers we've all encountered are half right: we should get jobs... Liberal Dreams and Nature's Limits: Great Cities of North America Since 1600 Lemon, James T. Book 1996 An exploration of city life through time, focusing on the life [economically, socially, politically, etc.] of five large North American cities at various times in the past - Philadelphia during the ti... Life After Death for Labor? Cohen, David Book 2015 A review of Stanley Aronowitz's book "The Death and Life of American Labor: Toward a New Workers’ Movement." Life Support for Labor? Schafer, Meredith Article 2015 The Debate Over how to save the labour movement suffers from a serious deficit of books written by organizers. Rarely do we get an entire book by someone who has been organizing for four decades, and ... Live Working or Die Fighting: How the Working Class Went Global Mason, Paul Book 2010 Mason realtes a series of struggles for worker and human rights over the past two hundred years and compares them to current struggles. Loosing Another Round: Against The Current vol. 135 The Editors Article 2008 The strike at American Axle, which we reported on in ATC 134, ended when workers voted to go back under a concessionary agreement. The 25% who voted no didn’t feel they were close to winning but they ... The Making of Jericho Road: Against The Current vol. 132 Williams, Charles Article 2008 An interview with Michael Honey. The paperback edition of Michael Honey’s Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King’s Last Campaign is released this January 2008. Marxism and the Trade Unions Draper, Hal Article 1970 Draper argues that essentially, no Marxist group has ever carried on any systematic revolutionary work in trade unions.
A Marxist History of the World part 102: What is neoliberalism? Faulkner, Neil Article 2012 The ‘free-market’ theory provides a pseudo-scientific justification for the greed and poverty endemic to the system, and the main beneficiaries are the global mega-corporations of neoliberal capitalis... The Mass Strike, the Political Party and the Trade Unions Luxemburg, Rosa Book 1906 Luxemburg writes that "the mass strike in Russia [in 1905] has been realised not as means of evading the political struggle of the working-class, and especially of parliamentarism, not as a means of j... Los Mexicanos: The Struggle for Justice of Patricia Perez Latour, Charles (Director) Film/Video 2009 Every year, some 4000 migrant foreign workers coming mostly from Mexico, labour in Quebec farms to plant and pick our vegetables. In the summer of 2006, Patricia Perez a pro-union militant speaking fo... A Militant, "Minority" Union? Early, Steve Article 2013 At the AFL-CI0 convention in Los Angeles in September 2013, a small group of rank-and-file workers managed to alter the convention agenda -- by threatening to protest the presence of Kaiser Permanente... Mining History Written in Blood Sandronsky, Seth Article 2018 Domestic coal mining history above and below ground lives on the pages of Written in Blood: Courage and Corruption in the Appalachian War of Extraction edited by Wess Harris (PM Press, 2017). The anth... Never Say Die! Stanton, John Book Autobiography of labour lawyer John Stanton with an account of Canadian labour history since the 1930's. The No-Nonsense Guide to Class, Caste & Hierarchies Seabrook, Jeremy Book 2002 Concentrates mainly on the history of social hierarchy in Western civilization, and particularly the struggles of the working class. Notes from a Revolution Dying: Against The Current vol. 134 Pirani, Simon Article 2008 In June 1922, five years on from the Russian Revolution, a group of Moscow communists gathered to discuss a letter by Vladimir Petrzhek, an auto worker, tendering his resignation from the communist (o... Obsolete Communism: The Left-Wing Alternative Cohn-Bendit, Daniel; Cohn-Bendit, Gabriel Book 1968 An account of the May 1968 uprising in Paris, positing a left radical alternative to the encrusted beliefs of the old left and the right. A comment on power, on bureaucracy, and on the paths to libera... On Unions and the Class Struggle Article 1969 Written during the wave of workers' struggles known as the Italian hot autumn of 1969, when the autonomous struggles of the working class reached an unprecedented level, laying bare the character and ... One Big Union: An Outline of a Possible Industrial Organization of the Working Class, with Chart Trautman, Willaim E. Article 1911 This is the first edition of a booklet that was revised and republished many times by both the I. W. W. and Daniel De Leon's "Detroit I. W. W." (later the W. I. I. U.), to which the author defected in... Organizing Unions Cornish, Mary; Spink, Lynn Book 1994 How to form or build a union. Shows how to strength organizing drives by responding to the concerns of all workers, including women, immigrant workers, people of colour, workers with disabilities, leb... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - September 10, 2015: Labour Day issue Diemer, Ulli (editor); Rickwood, Darien Yawching (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 Labour Day issue, with articles examining the relentless pressure put on workers to work ever longer hours, at the cost of their health and family life; anti-worker legislation, Zapatista popular educ... Our Generation: Volume 11 Number 4 Serial Publication (Periodical) Our Generation: Volume 13 Number 12 Serial Publication (Periodical) Pay Cheques & Picket Lines: All About Unions in Canada MacKay, Claire; Illustrated by Peters, Eric Book 1987 A children's book which explains what unions are, how they came to be, and why they exist. Peer Review and the New Teacher Unionism: Mutual Support or Policing?: Against The Current vol. 82 Jordan, Joel Article 1999 This spring, the California state legislature passed a bill sponsored by the newly elected governor, Democrat Gray Davis, making California the first state to mandate peer review in every school distr... The Philippines under fire: New Internationalist March 1990 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1990 An investigation into the political and cultural life of the Philippines, told in the form of a travelogue. The stories of ordinary people are interspersed with historical detail and analysis of the c... Portugal: The Impossible Revolution? Mailer, Phil, Book 1977 The story of what happened in Portugal between April 25, 1974 and November 25, 1975, as seen and felt by a deeply committed participant. Preface to Martin Glaberman's Four Essays on the Working Class Diemer, Ulli Article 1975 Glaberman insists that the working class is not merely a victim of capitalism. Working people are active participants in creating their own consciousness, their methods of struggle and their own histo... The Press and the Class Struggle: Against The Current vol. 131 Eidlin, Barry Article 2007 Early on the morning of August 19, 1997, the U.S. labor movement experienced something it had rarely known in recent years: a victory on a national scale. After two weeks out on strike, over 185,000 m... The Principles of Revoltuionary Unionism Article 1922 Adopted at the Berlin Congress of Revolutionary Unionist organizations, 1922. Promoting your union: Six strategies to get more organizing leads and union members Mann, Jason Book Promoting Your Union is a book to help union organizers get more organizing leads, create outreach plans to bring in new members and build the power of their unions. The ideas in this book are based o... A Proposal to American Labor: 'Open source unionism' could reinvigorate American labor in the age of the Internet Freeman, Richard B.; Rogers, Joel Article 2002 The authors posit that union membership is too restricted by the requirement that unions have majority support in the workplace. They believe that pro-union workers who are a minority in their workpla... Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell): My Decade Fighting for the Labor Movement McAlevey, Jane Book 2014 Today, fewer than 7% of American private-sector workers belong to a union and public employee collective bargaining has been dealt devastating blows in Wisconsin and elsewhere. This book argues that l... Raising the Workers' Flag: The Workers' Unity League of Canada, 1930-1936 Endicott, Stephen L. Book 2012 A history of the Workers' Unity League, the Canadian affiliate of the Communist Red International of Labour Unions. Rank and File: Personal Histories of Working Class Organizers Lynd, Alice; Lynd, Staughton (eds.) Book 1973 A collection of stories and recollections from labour movement organizers. Red and Green: The New Politics of the Environment Weston, Joe (ed.) Book 1986 In order for green politics to work, we need to develop a total policy for the environment, a social policy which views capitalist industry as the destroyer of the world we live in. A Reluctant Memoir of the '50s and '60s: Against The Current vol. 134 Le Blanc, Paul Article 2008 I have been asked to write a memoir that would give a sense of the old left/new left realities of the 1950s and ‘60s. That seems quite odd to me (why would I be writing such a thing?), until I look in... Renewal through Strike Zeise, Fanny Article 2013 Strikes are a major means of trade union self-assertion. A closer look at strikes in Germany reveals interesting trends and developments, indicating new approaches to trade union strategies and practi... Restructuring and Resistance: Diverse voices of struggle in Western Europe Abramsky, Koyla Book 2000 The book consists of 77 individual chapters, almost all of them written by activists based on their experiences of struggle against the different aspects of capitalist globalisation. Those that aren't... Review Essay: Reutherism Redux: Against The Current vol. 112 Early, Steve Article 2004 Despite stepped-up union recruitment, farm workers and poultry processors still haven't taken over the AFL-CIO. But the old guard's fear of being swamped by low-wage workers—expressed by this AFT del... Revolutionary Centennial: Guyana's 1905 Rebellion: Against The Current vol. 114 Westmaas, Nigel Article 2005 1905 was a landmark year in the history of Guyana, as it was for several places around the world. In Russia, the Tsar and his troops shot workers delivering a petition in St. Petersburg. In Bengal t... The Rise and Fall of the Toronto Typographical Union 1832 - 1972: A Case Study of Foreign Domination Zerker, Sally F. Book 1982 The Rosa Luxemburg Reader Luxemburg, Rosa. [Anderson, Kevin; Hudis, Peter (eds.)] Book 2004 A definitive one-volume collection of Luxemburg's writings. Selections from the Prison Notebooks Gramsci, Antonio Book 1951 Gramsci's Notebooks cover a wide range of subjects including history, culture, politics, and philosophy. Socialism and Revolution Gorz, Andre Book 1967 Representative democracy in every industrially advanced country is in a state of profound crisis. But we have been accustomed for so long to accept democracy in the form of its outward appearances and... The Socialist Register 1973: Volume 10: A Survey of Movements & Ideas Miliband, Ralph; Saville, John (eds.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1973 The Socialist Register 1976: Volume 13: A Survey of Movements & Ideas Miliband, Ralph; Saville, John (eds.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1976 The Socialist Register 1982: Volume 19: A Survey of Movements & Ideas Miliband, Ralph; Saville, John (eds.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1982 The Socialist Register 1987: Volume 23: Conservatism in Britain and America: Rhetoric and Reality Miliband, Ralph; Panitch, Leo; Saville, John (eds.) Book 1987 Socialist Register 1991: Volume 27: Communist Regimes the Aftermath Miliband, Ralph; Panitch, Leo (eds.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1991 Socialist Register 1996: Volume 32: Are There Alternatives? Panitch, Leo (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1996 Socialist Register 2013: Volume 49: The Question of Strategy Serial Publication (Periodical) 2013 This, the 49th volume of the Socialist Register examines the choices faced by the left today, the models of strategy available to it, and the innovations that are being made by groups as they organize... Solidarity (Polish trade union): Connexipedia Article Article A Polish trade union federation founded in September 1980, the first non-communist party-controlled trade union in a Warsaw Pact country. South African trade union congress supports CUPE boycott of apartheid Israel COSATU Article 2006 South African workers will never forget the support given by the Israeli state to the apartheid South African regime. In the same way we will never forget the thousands of acts of solidarity of ordina... Spanish Dock Workers Build Union Without Bureaucrats Fitz, Don Article 1989 Containerization has devastated port labor throughout the world. Spanish struggles over containerization have been unique becausea "socialist" government has spearheaded port reorganization and it has... Speech at the Founding Convention of the Industrial Workers of the World Debs, Eugene Article 1905 I realize that I stand in the presence of those who in the past have fought, are fighting, and will continue to fight the battles of the working class economically and politically, until the capitalis... Spontaneity and Organization: Some Comments Montgomery, David Article 1973 A contribution to a symposium on Jeremy Brecher's book Strike!
Strike!: The True History of Mass Insurgence from 1877 to the Present Brecher, Jeremy Book 1972 A history-from-below that brings to light strikes as authentic revolutionary movements against the establishments of state, capital, and trade unionism. Strike Lessons from the Last Twenty-Five Years: Walking Out and Winning: Against The Current vol. 124 Early, Steve Article 2006 Labor's strike effectiveness and organizational strength have long been connected. Throughout history, work stoppages have been used for economic and political purposes, to alter the balance of power ... They Are Still Killing Trade Union Leaders: Global Capital's Death Squads and Night-Riders Macaray, David Article 2012 Question: So what happens these days in developing countries when a prominent, charismatic union activist - with the courage to stand up to sinister, government-supported business groups who have, on ... Tony Mazzocchi Lives: Blue-Green Organizer Takes Up 'Just Transition' Mantle Hand, Mark Article 2015 Union and environmental activist Alex Lotorto believes environmentalists should be working more closely with organized labour and following the advice of some of labour's more enlightened leaders. Toronto's Poor: A Rebellious History Palmer, Bryan D.; Heroux, Gaetan Book 2016 Toronto’s Poor reveals the long and too often forgotten history of poor people’s resistance. It details how the homeless, the unemployed, and the destitute have struggled to survive and secure food an... Trade Justice! Yes, but what is it?: New Internationalist April 2006 Serial Publication (Periodical) 2006 Discusses Trade justices and the effects its has had on different parts of the world. Voices the opinions of people from the around the world on the topic of trade justice. 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Trade Unions: The Difficult Path to Solidarity in One's Own Interest Lehndorff, Steffen Article 2013 In both the ideals and the rhetoric of trade unions international solidarity plays a major role. Trade union practice, however, is first and foremost focused on the context of those nation-states, in ... A Troublemaker's Handbook: How to Fight Back Where You Work -- And Win! La Botz, Dan Book 1991 An organizing manual for workers dealing with both major issues and everyday problems in the workplace. 25 Years After the Gdansk Uprising: Against The Current vol. 121 Weissman, Suzi Article 2006 Suzi Weissman interviews David Ost. The occupation of the Gdansk shipyard by Polish workers in 1980, demanding recognition of their independent trade union Solidarnosc, rocked the Eastern bloc and ins... The Two Methods of Trade-Union Policy Luxemburg, Rosa Article 1907 To be sure, revolutions and revolutionary struggles cannot be transplanted artificially, by means of ‘good intentions’, into a country. But the examples and lessons of a neighbouring revolutionary cou... A Union Defeated at United Air Lines: Against The Current vol. 134 Miah, Malik; O'Rourke, Terry Article 2008 The April 1 certification of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) was no April Fool’s joke for the 8600 eligible mechanic and related United Airlines (UAL) employees who voted in the March... The Union in Academia: Against The Current vol. 153 Clawson, Dan Article 2011 Cary Nelson is a distinguished professor of English and the president of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), a group that is part professional association and part union. This bo... Unionism and Socialism Debs, Eugene Article 1907 The labor movement of modrn times is the product of past ages. It has come down to us for the impetus of our day, in pursuit of its world-wide mission of emancipation. Unions Against Revolution Munis, G., Zerzan, J. Book Unions -- as well as employers -- stand in the way of workers' political freedom. Labour militants who become union leaders enforce industrial discipline just as Lenin and Stalin advocated. In the pam... Unions vs. Workers in the Seventies Glaberman, Martin Article 1972 The tightly knit structures of the big industrial unions leave no room for maneuvering. There is no reasonable way in which young workers can use the union constitution to overturn and overhaul the un... Unions with Leaders Who Stay on the Job (a.k.a. Class War Lessons) Weir, Stan Article Stan Weir writes about direct action and on-the-job union leadership as a merchant marine in the 1940s. U.S. Labor's Subterranean Fire: Against The Current vol. 131 Post, Charlie Article 2007 The broad outlines of the crisis of the U.S. labor movement -— sharply declining union density, concession bargaining, failures to organize the growing non-union manufacturing and service sectors, the... U.S. Strikes Drop Dramatically Article 1992 A decade of Reaganism has left employers in a position to destroy unions without fear of significant political and public retribution. Want to Stop Trump? Take a Page From These Dockworkers, and Stop Work Cole, Peter Article 2017 On the day of Donald Trump's inauguration, many Americans wrung their hands. Some took to social media to express their discontent while others protested. But, perhaps, the most dramatic and important... What Happened - and Didn't: Behind New York's Transit Strike: Against The Current vol. 124 Downs, Steve Article 2006 Early on December 20, 2005, Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 100, representing some 33,000 of New York City's subway and bus workers, called a strike. When dawn broke, there was no public transport... What's left of Pakistan's left?: For those in Pakistan who want to explore a non neo-liberal, non-right wing option, the Left is there in some form. Menon, Meema Article 2017 Menon recounts her discovery of the emerging political Left in Pakistan and reflects on its future. Awami Workers Party featured. What's the Matter With That Union Boss?: The Real Yes Men Engler, Yves Article 2013 Why do the most right-wing politicians and corporate news outlets always use the term “union boss”? Because the worst thing they can think of is to say the leader of a labour organization acts like a ... When the UAW Was Young: Against The Current vol. 131 Feeley, Dianne Article 2007 An interview with Erwin and Estar Baur. Who Advocates Spontaneity? Brecher, Jeremy Article 1973 The working class can come to understand its power to act only by acting.
Who Killed Chea Vichea? Cox, Bradley (Director) Film/Video 2009 Chea Vichea served as president of Cambodia's garment workers' union until he was gunned down on the street in 2004. Filmed over four years, this film explores motives for Vichea's assassination and u... Why Bosses Hate Unions Henwood, Doug Article 2015 Unions vastly improve the wages and working conditions of their members. No wonder they're still under attack. Why Unions Matter: 2nd Edition, 10th Anniversary Update Yates, Michael Book Shows why workers need unions, how unions are formed, how they operate, how collective bargaining works, the role of unions in politics, and what unions have done to bring workers together across the ... Why Workplace "Accidents" Happen: Safety Costs Money Macaray, David Article 2013 Many industrial and manufacturing companies resort to almost any means (some of them not entirely legal) to dissuade employees from joining a union because besides having to offer higher wages and imp... Women's Trade Union League: Connexipedia Article Article A U.S. organization of both working class and more well-off women formed in 1903 to support the efforts of women to organize labour unions and eliminate sweatshop conditions. Workers in a lean world: unions in the international economy Moody, Kim Article 2016 In a comprehensive study of current labour relations worldwide, Kim Moody surveys both sides of the picket lines. A bracing riposte to the conventional wisdom concerning the irresistible power of glob... Working Class Experience: Rethinking the History of Canadian Labour, 1800-1991 Palmer, Bryan D. Book 1983 From nineteenth-century tavern life to late twentieth-century cinema, from rough canallers and the first stirrings of craft unionism to contemporary public-sector strikes, this books provides a sweepi... A Working-Class Hero Is Something To Be: Against The Current vol. 133 Early, Steve Article 2008 As a 35-year veteran of union activity in America, I can personally attest that Tony Mazzocchi of the Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers (OCAW) was a rare bird, perhaps the last of his kind. The Working-Class Mini-Revolts of the Twenty-First Century: Low-Level Insurgencies Brecher, Jeremy Article 2014 The start of the twenty-first century has seen a continuing decline in union membership and strikes. But it has also seen the emergence of unpredicted mini-revolts. Workmates: direct action workplace organising on the London Underground Kay, Joseph Article 2011 An online pamphlet detailing resistance in the late 1990s by London Underground employees to outsourcing via a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) scheme. Workers organized outside the Rail, Maritime and... Year of the Strike: A Short Story Yates, Michael Article 2012 A short story about a boy's money-making scheme during the year his father and other workers go on strike at the town glass factory. Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesAgainst the Current Bi-monthly magazine oriented toward movements for social and economic justice; radical, socialist and feminist in orientation. ACTRA The union representing Canada's 21,500 performers, writers and broadcast journalists. Concerned about free trade, cultural sovereignty, censorship, public broadcasting, copyright, Canadian film. Confederation of Canadian Unions To promote the study, defense and development of the economic, social and moral interests of all workers in Canada.
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