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Indefinite teachers strike in Slovakia has started

Submitted by MT on Jan 25 2016 20:45

Teachers in Slovakia have begun an indefinite strike today. They demand higher wages, more money to be invested into education and changes in the system of teachers’ further education. The strike is organized by the Initiative of Slovak Teacher (ISU; www.isu.sk) which is an independent network of teachers regardless of union affiliation.

Opposing the far-right in Dover

Submitted by Anonymous on Jan 19 2016 14:28

On Saturday 30 January, fascists and assorted racists from a range of far-right groups will descend on the port town of Dover. Their aim is to incite racial hatred, primarily against Muslims, exploiting the so-called ‘migrant crisis’ to call for cast-iron border controls and white unity.

Protesters in Chicago take action to reclaim MLK weekend

Submitted by Soapy on Jan 16 2016 18:33
Protesters shuting down Chicago Fraternal Order of Police Credit Union

Protesters in Chicago are marking Martin Luther King Jr weekend with actions targeting the city's mayor and racist police force.

Slandering of the workers' movement will not be permitted

Submitted by Anonymous on Jan 15 2016 06:32

December 3, 2015, over 20 Guangzhou and Foshan labor activists were apprehended by police, launching a crackdown that has as of the latest updates put 4 activists under arrest and closed down several prominent labor organizations in the Pearl River Delta. This piece by labor activist 工弩 is one of the first critiques the limits of the labor movement response thus far to the crackdown and demands a more thoughtful, organized response by worker activists, beginning with the voicing of a clear labor movement position in the current fight.

4 of the Guangdong labor activists formally charged, 2 released - day 37

Submitted by Anonymous on Jan 8 2016 18:49

Today (Jan 8 2016) is the 37th day of the criminal detention of Guangzhou-Foshan labor activists Zeng Feiyang, Zhu Xiaomei, He Xiaobo, Deng Xiaoming, Meng Han and Peng Jiayong. According to law, this is the maximum permissible length of criminal detention. Tang Jian, who was not criminally detained, has also been out of contact for 37 days.

[Newest updates on the Dec 3 Guangzhou-Foshan labor arrests incident] Activsts Under Arrest

Submitted by Anonymous on Jan 8 2016 18:48

Today (Jan 8 2016) is the 37th day of the criminal detention of Guangzhou-Foshan labor activists Zeng Feiyang, Zhu Xiaomei, He Xiaobo, Deng Xiaoming, Meng Han and Peng Jiayong. According to law, this is the maximum permissible length of criminal detention. Tang Jian, who was not criminally detained, has also been out of contact for 37 days.

Mexico: Anarcho-syndicalists in Solidarity with Workers at Lexmark

Submitted by Karetelnik on Jan 8 2016 05:52

An anarcho-syndicalist union in Mexico (Unión Anarco-Sindicalista de Monterrey: UAS) has announced its solidarity with the ongoing struggle of workers at the Lexmark plant in the city of Ciudad Juárez.

American caught up in China's crackdown on labor activists

Submitted by Anonymous on Jan 6 2016 05:33
HK left politician "Longhair" in rally to free the Guangdong 6

Interview with US-based labor activist Ellen Friedman about her interrogation during recent visit to China to visit friends from Chinese labor circles, the December 3 crackdown on the Guangdong Six, and the changing contours of class struggle in China.

The Guangdong Six and the rule of law (of value): Preliminary theses on the December 3 crackdown

Submitted by Anonymous on Jan 6 2016 03:09
the Guangdong Seven

Comrades have been asking questions such as, 'why should we focus on supporting “reformist NGO staff” when workers and peasants are regularly arrested, beaten and sometimes killed for participation in forms of resistance more likely to improve their conditions or lead to more transformative movements?' In response to these questions, we wrote the following theses.

Workplace Conflicts, Protest and Resistance: Actions of the lWA in 2015 (Part One)

Submitted by akai on Jan 2 2016 09:20

A look at some of the actions of the lWA Sections and Friends in 2015. Fighting through direct action has, in many cases, forced bosses big and small to pay up what they owe, to admit they illegally fired someone and pay them compensation, to make improvements in working conditions and give them raises. Without union bosses and leaders, for all categories of workers.