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Another summer of discontent?

jobhuntingjohn 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 →

Tags: Corus, Strike, Unemployment

Review of Why Unions Matter

John Walsh wrote 2 days ago: There is no doubt that workers belonging to unions receive better wages and workplace conditions tha … more →

Tags: Review, labour unions, Work

There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning

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 →

Tags: Blogging, Economics, Politics, selected reading, democracy, Justice, Scum Watch

vestas - the struggle on the horizon12 comments

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 →

Tags: Environment, organising for class struggle, Strikes, Strike, The commune, Vestas, workers climate action

UCU/Unison joint strike action at London Met University today!!

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 →

Tags: Strikes

Review: Ekot från Amalthea (Reverberations of the Amathea bombing)

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 →

Tags: Review, amalthea, polarisation, Politics, Violence

Women's suffrage and trade unionism3 comments

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 →

Tags: Feminism, Labour Party, Women's Suffrage

Why I won't be voting for the Conservatives in the Norwich North by-election....26 comments

Cath Elliott wrote 1 week ago: ….not that I’d ever contemplate voting Tory anyway. The lead up to election day As most … more →

Tags: A bit of Politics, Campaigning, Libraries, Local Politics, Me, Norwich North by-election, Public Services

Workers must not pay the price

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 →

Tags: Economics, Solidarity, uk politics, 2% cap on public sector pay rises, attacks on workers’ terms and conditions, Banks, Global Financial Meltdown, Pensions, Public sector workers

Misunderstanding the miners’ strike

mkcommunists wrote 1 week ago: David Douglass reviews Francis Beckett and David Hencke’s Marching to the fault line: The 1984 … more →

Tags: Books, Solidarity, uk politics, Weekly Worker, Working class history, 84-85 strike, Arthur Scargill, David Douglass, David Hencke

Phew....talk over5 comments

harpymarx wrote 1 week ago: Phew…. just did my talk on women’s suffrage and trade unionism. Majority of the people … more →

Tags: Women's Suffrage

Getting my act and notes together...2 comments

harpymarx wrote 1 week ago: I have been putting my trade union history talk together on women’s suffrage and trade un … more →

Tags: Women's Suffrage

Betty Tebbs: "I've always been a revolutionary!"

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 →

Tags: communism, anti-nuclear, Feminism, Workers' rights, Greater Manchester, Radcliffe, bury, prestwich

update on cleaner activism in london

internationalcommunist wrote 1 week ago: Alberto Durango’s appeal: A very lively demonstration of trade unionists joined victimised rep … more →

Tags: Anti-racism, McDonnell, organising for class struggle, unite, alberto durango, Justice For Cleaners, Lancaster, LRC, Mitie

beyond mousavi: the movement of the iranian masses

davidbroder wrote 1 week ago: by David Broder The explosion of popular defiance following the seemingly fraudulent re-election of … more →

Tags: women workers, Demonstration, The Left, workers' action against war, Iran, Imperialism, The commune, Feminism, Ahmedinejad

The unions - a reality check8 comments

Liam wrote 1 week ago: This piece by Tim Webb appeared in Saturday’s Guardian. It’s a corrective to some of the … more →

Tags: British politics

labour party: no return to the living dead!

internationalcommunist wrote 2 weeks ago: by Chris Kane The much vaunted “green shoots of recovery” from the recession have been revealed to b … more →

Tags: Labour Party, social democracy, The Left, 2008 Financial Crisis, The commune, communism, gordon brown, TUC, bennism

Myopia1 comment

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 →

Tags: Immigration, housing, multi-culturalism

Irresponsible Union Wage Claim Will Push Up Inflation1 comment

supremerat wrote 2 weeks ago: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s new Industrial Relations Law has unleached a wave of new trade uni … more →

Tags: Economy, ABC Radio, Actu', actu president, amwu, australian council of trade unions, australian manufacturing workers union, circular flow of income, comrade unionists


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