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The Gurriers 1969

Gurriers

This text was produced in 1969 and handed out at University College, Dublin and also at the anti-apartheid demonstration against the Springbok Rugby tour that year. It was produced by Phil Meyler then living in London and owed heavily to Vaneigen’s Revolution of Everyday Life. Phil was invited to visit the University President and his mother had a visit from the Special Branch who wanted to question him, neither of which happened.

Revolting Kitchens - A worker's perspective on the food industry

Written by the Red Chef (Member of the Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement)

It seems that over the last few years the chef has become a rather in vogue character following the rise of some notorious TV chefs like Jamie Oliver, Gordon Ramsey, Marco White and others. Here in New Zealand the weekly show Masterchef displays the extent to which many individuals would love the ‘opportunity’ to enter the hospitality industry and work in kitchens.

Detroit: I do mind dying. A study in urban revolution - Dan Georgakas and Marvin Surkin

Submitted by wojtek on Jun 2 2013 20:53

Detroit: I Do Mind Dying tracks the extraordinary development of the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement and the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, as they became two of the most vital political organizations of the 1960s and 1970s. Widely heralded as one the most important books on the black liberation movement and labor struggles in U.S. history.

Venture syndicalism: can reviving the strike revive mass unionization?

A short article by Nate Hawthorne on the prospects of AFL-CIO unions taking bigger risks to halt the decline of unionization rates.

It’s surprising how small a fraction of U.S. workers are actually in labor unions. Just over 7 million government employees are union members and slightly fewer private sector employees are in unions. This means that just under 12 percent of public sector workers and less than 7 percent of private sector workers are in unions. These numbers keep falling.

A 100-year-old idea that could transform the labor movement

An article by Daniel Gross suggesting that the old Local 8 of the IWW has lessons to teach the labor movement of today.

One hundred years ago this month, a long-forgotten union powered by a remarkable engine of everyday solidarity and direct action was born. The union's distinguishing feature—that it was directly operated by workers on the job, bears little resemblance to today's traditional labor movement with formal negotiation by a bargaining agent as the end goal of even the most creative campaigns.

The struggle of Asian workers in Britain - Race Today

Submitted by wojtek on May 28 2013 13:19

Pamphlet published in 1983 by the Race Today Collective containing three articles and sets of interviews on the struggles of Asian workers in the UK.

The heretic's guide to the Bible

The worst of the Bible: over 100 passages revealing the Bible to be a contradiction-ridden exercise in hate, misogyny, domination and submission and sadistic power fantasies, edited by Chaz Bufe.

One had better put on gloves before reading the New Testament. Bhe presence of so much filth makes it very advisable.
- Frederick Nietzsche, The Anti-Christ

A Brief History of the IWW outside the US (1905 - 1999)

Submitted by Reddebrek on May 26 2013 07:40
Australian Wobblies 1979

An attempt to curb the American centric focus of the IWW by giving a brief chronology of significant events made possible by Wobblies outside of the United States.

By F.N. Brill - January 1999

Special Thanks to: Gary Jewell (Canada), Alexis Buss, Tim Acott, Jon Bekken, Fred Chase, Gwion, Steve Kellerman and Robert Rush (US), Kevin Brandstatter (UK).

F.N. Brill's Introduction:

Industrial Socialism- Bill Haywood

Haggerty's Wheel illustrating and Industrial society

Written by "Big Bill" Haywood and Frank Bohn this pamphlet describes American Capitalism and the role of the Industrial Union in bringing about the transition to Socialism. The date of original publication is unknown but given the positive comments to the Socialist Party was probably written in the IWW's early days before its relationship with the American Socialist parties soured.

Foreward

I depict a riot - Jonathan Jones

A look at how previous riots in London have been depicted through art.

These are the worst social upheavals in London in living memory, say police. What about beyond living memory? The capital has seen some spectacular riots and rebellions. The early ones were not filmed or photographed, but can be seen in old paintings and prints.