Back of an envelope: Trident and jobs
As Labour has decided the prospect of spending vast sums on Trident renewal wasn't worth debating, I thought I'd do a quick back-of-the-envelope thing on the numbers being bandied about. Obviously Trident is, in terms of defence, a non-starter, as reasonably well outlined by Diane Abbott in her recent Guardian column. But people do like to go on about how many jobs it provides, so I thought I'd take a look at that.
The real movement we need
Chicago, Illinois rail conference report-back
Language workers got Tallents!
Seeing past the luxury label part II: H&M in Hamburg, Germany and their suppliers in Delhi, India
Happy birthday to Recomposition!
China crash: the faltering of economic transition
Concrete examples of non-Labor Relations Board union: part 1 - Phinneas Gage
The experiences of Kamunist Kranti and Faridabad Majdoor Samachar
The comrades in Faridabad (an industrial area on the outskirts of Delhi) reflected critically on their former Marxist-Leninist trajectories, e.g. the trade union question, in light of both practical experiences in their industrial area and theoretical efforts to re-read Marx and to familiarise themselves with the international left communist debate since Lenin.
5 reasons to steer clear of the Labour Party bandwagon
The schoolchildren's strikes, 1889 - Steven Johns
Rail safety conference #3, Chicago Illinois, 19 September 2015
After two well-attended Rail Safety Conferences, the first on Saturday, March 14, 2015 in Richmond, California and the second on Saturday, March 21 in Olympia, Washington, a third -- titled "Railroad Safety: Workers, Community & the Environment" -- will be held on September 19, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois.
Necessary steps in tough economic times: New York students take to the streets in the wake of Occupy
A piece by Marianne LeNabat that takes us through an overview of how students in recent decades have become saddled with debt, how a student movement rose up in NY during the height of Occupy Wall Street, some of the lessons we can draw from organized resistance, and the ripples that student fights caused spreading solidarity throughout various sectors of society.
Solidarity in action: housing and labor groups support workers at Janus negotiations
On the ‘social strike’: Contribution for the Plan C Fast Forward Festival September 2015
On America, part 4: I hate my job
Housing for all: the tenants movement takes the streets
On America, part 3: Solidarity
They called a strike and no one came
A few thoughts on the fake strike of Polish immigrants.
Reflections on "Straight Outta Compton"
I just saw Straight Outta Compton near my home, in a tiny theater that dates back to the silent era (1913) and which has miraculously survived the wrecking ball. It brought up so many vivid memories and thoughts since N.W.A.'s music was kinda the soundtrack of my life as I grew into adulthood and was politicized by events depicted in the film.