The question of counter-power and ‘municipalism’
Submitted by AngryWorkersWorld on Sep 4 2017 12:54
We had a splendid time and good discussions at the Plan C Fast Forward Festival 2017. Below you can find our contribution to the discussion about counter-power in the final assembly.
‘It’s only the beginning’: UK McDonald’s staff take historic strike action
Submitted by RosalindR on Sep 3 2017 21:15
Workers at McDonald’s stores in Cambridge (East England) and Crayford (Southern England) are mounting historic strikes on Monday morning. Organised by the BFAWU (Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union), they will be the first ever unionised strikes at a UK McDonald’s.
DSEI: A supermarket for state surveillance and border wars
Submitted by Shoal Collective on Sep 3 2017 15:06
As borders are increasingly militarised and their operation privatised, migration, more than ever before, is also an anti-militarist struggle, write Amy Hall and Sara Woods of Shoal Collective.
The revolving door between the government and the arms trade
Submitted by Shoal Collective on Sep 2 2017 17:40
The involvement of high-ranking Tory ministers at the DSEI arms fair highlights the thin line between government department and the arms industry, writes ELIZA EGRET
‘War starts here, let’s stop it here’: Anger as death-dealers head for London
Submitted by Shoal Collective on Sep 2 2017 07:44
In the final essay of a three-part #StopDSEI series, originally published by Ceasefire Magazine, Paul Cudenec reports on the toxic politics at the heart of DSEI, the world's largest arms fair, and the protest action set to greet it in London's Docklands next week, with opponents aiming to physically to stop it being set up.
All out! Birmingham bin strike back on
Submitted by Ed on Sep 1 2017 08:59
Bin workers in Birmingham are back on the picket line after the council went back on the agreement they reached with the union only two weeks ago.
Don’t let the world’s biggest arms fair turn 20
Submitted by Shoal Collective on Aug 31 2017 15:24
Once again, Docklands’ ExCeL Centre will host the DSEI (Defence and Security Equipment International) arms fair next month. 1,600 exhibitors will showcase equipment including drones, tanks, guns, bombs, warships, crowd control weaponry and covert surveillance equipment.
Original article at http://www.redpepper.org.uk/dont-let-the-worlds-biggest-arms-fair-turn-20/
Picturehouse workers vote more than 90% for more strike action
Submitted by fingers malone on Aug 30 2017 22:36
Picturehouse workers have voted over 90% for further strike action in their dispute over pay, conditions, and union recognition.
London women tram workers: equal pay strike 1918
Submitted by Steven. on Aug 29 2017 18:45
Interesting additional information about the 1918 strike of women workers on London transport.
London mass strike, 1889
Submitted by Steven. on Aug 29 2017 15:10
A short account of the mass strike in London which spread from the great docks strike in the East End and peaked on 1 September with up to 300,000 strikers.
