By Joe Thorne An important struggle is brewing on the Isle of Wight: we all need to take note, both of what has happened so far (and the lessons we can learn from it); and the possibilities in the com… more →
the communejobhuntingjohn wrote 2 hours ago: I don’t know about you but I have a feeling that widespread strikes are not far away in the UK … more →
John Walsh wrote 2 days ago: There is no doubt that workers belonging to unions receive better wages and workplace conditions tha … more →
leftoutside wrote 2 days ago: A big thanks to Jim over at the Daily (Maybe) for pointing this out to me. I hope he doesn’t m … more →
tomcwu wrote 4 days ago: By Joe Thorne An important struggle is brewing on the Isle of Wight: we all need to take note, both … more →
harpymarx wrote 5 days ago: Very remiss of me as I meant to post about this before and reading Jon’s blog reminded me. Goo … more →
Pella wrote 5 days ago: Despite the book being swedish language I chose to write my review in english, and the reason is the … more →
harpymarx wrote 6 days ago: No cause can be won between dinner and tea, and most of us who were married had to work with one han … more →
Cath Elliott wrote 1 week ago: ….not that I’d ever contemplate voting Tory anyway. The lead up to election day As most … more →
mkcommunists wrote 1 week ago: No-one can doubt what the future has in store if the ruling class is allowed to get away with it, wr … more →
mkcommunists wrote 1 week ago: David Douglass reviews Francis Beckett and David Hencke’s Marching to the fault line: The 1984 … more →
harpymarx wrote 1 week ago: Phew…. just did my talk on women’s suffrage and trade unionism. Majority of the people … more →
harpymarx wrote 1 week ago: I have been putting my trade union history talk together on women’s suffrage and trade un … more →
sarahrosalind wrote 1 week ago: Betty Tebbs joined her first trade union at 14, lost her first husband in WWII and spent her entire … more →
internationalcommunist wrote 1 week ago: Alberto Durango’s appeal: A very lively demonstration of trade unionists joined victimised rep … more →
davidbroder wrote 1 week ago: by David Broder The explosion of popular defiance following the seemingly fraudulent re-election of … more →
Liam wrote 1 week ago: This piece by Tim Webb appeared in Saturday’s Guardian. It’s a corrective to some of the … more →
internationalcommunist wrote 2 weeks ago: by Chris Kane The much vaunted “green shoots of recovery” from the recession have been revealed to b … more →
Julian Ware-Lane wrote 2 weeks ago: Stephen Glover’s article in the Daily Mail shows that it is he who is myopic. I will not deny … more →
supremerat wrote 2 weeks ago: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s new Industrial Relations Law has unleached a wave of new trade uni … more →