NATO's secret armies - Daniele Ganser
Submitted by Anonymous on Jun 3 2014 13:11
This fascinating book shows how the CIA and the British secret service, in collaboration with the military alliance NATO and European military secret services, set up a network of clandestine anti-communist armies in Western Europe after World War II.
The Raven #28: Chomsky on Haiti
Issue of The Raven from winter 1994, containing a decent article on the restoration of democracy in Haiti by Noam Chomsky. Much of the rest of the content is poor and reproduced for reference only.
Some editions of Communication Worker - 1987-88
Here are seven editions of the bulletin produced by the rank-and-file postal workers' group Communication Workers Group.
On balance: guidelines for the representation of women and men in English language teaching materials
Submitted by Angry Language ... on May 28 2014 22:58
Article by Women in EFL Materials written in 1991 offering a good overview on how to avoid discriminatory language and stereotypical images in ELT publishing.
Dynamite: the story of class violence in America - Louis Adamic
Submitted by Anonymous on May 23 2014 18:22
Complete PDF of Louis Adamic's superb history of class violence in the US. It traces the origins of gangsterism and racketeering in unions in the 1930s to its roots in workers needing to defend themselves from the armed violence of the state and bosses' thugs.
Sydney's burning: an Australian political conspiracy - Ian Turner
Submitted by Anonymous on May 22 2014 19:47
A detailed history of the Sydney 12: members of the radical union Industrial Workers of the World, opponents of WWI, who were arrested in 1916 and charged with treason, arson, sedition and forgery. Workers launched a mass campaign in favour of their release.
Strike: a live history, 1887-1971 - Robert Leeson
Submitted by Anonymous on May 19 2014 10:35
A great set of short, first person accounts of strike action and industrial disputes from a broad range of workers from the late 19th to late 20th century is, compiled by Robert Leeson.
Sabotage: a study in industrial conflict - Geoff Brown
Submitted by Steven. on May 18 2014 13:03
A superb and detailed 1977 study of the practice of worker sabotage of production, particularly by go-slows from the late 19th century to the late 20th.
WSA proposal regarding affiliated industrial networks
A proposal by Mike Kolhoff to the 1992 convention of the Workers' Solidarity Alliance in regards discussion of building affiliated industrial networks. The author argues for affiliating industrial networks to the WSA, instead of keeping them as independent syndicalist formations.
On elder care work and the limits of Marxism - Silvia Federici
Text by Silvia Federici on elder care and its relationship with capitalism, feminism, and the left.
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