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Video: Beauty Is Resisting

Submitted by Johanna Schellhagen on Aug 16 2018 08:49
Dismissed workers protest in front of Flormar

Since April 2018 at least 132 workers at the Flormar cosmetics factory in Gebze, Turkey have been dismissed for unionising. Flormar, which is owned 51% by France based Yves Rocher, pays its workers the minimum wage under poor safety conditions and has ignored the officially recognised union Petrol-İş.

https://en.labournet.tv/beauty-resisting

Towards an International Meeting in Kurdistan

Submitted by Guerre de Classe on Aug 14 2018 18:02

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In front of the expansion of the Middle-East War and the new Iran-Iraq revolutionary waves:

Towards an International Meeting in Kurdistan

Pre-strike statement from Jailhouse Lawyers Speak

Submitted by R Totale on Aug 11 2018 14:40

A statement from Jailhouse Lawyers Speak, looking at the upcoming August 21 prison strike and the repressive tactics being used against it.

Canvassers Organising in the "Non-Profit" Sector

Submitted by Reddebrek on Aug 7 2018 14:35
Locked out Canvassers

Overview of recent organising efforts by canvassers with the support of the Industrial Workers of the World, and the resistance by their employer.

As #August21 prison strike approaches, repression against organizers escalates

Submitted by R Totale on Aug 1 2018 18:28

A look at the co-ordinated clampdown targeting a number of prominent prison organizers in the run-up to the national prison strike set to begin on August 21st.

Glasgow tenants union statement on Serco evictions of asylum seekers

Submitted by R Totale on Jul 31 2018 17:54

A statement from Living Rent, the tenants' union active in Glasgow, on Serco's eviction of vulnerable asylum seekers. You can also donate to an emergency appeal for the asylum seekers here.

Support the Flemingdon Park Rent Strike!

Submitted by R Totale on Jul 30 2018 18:46

On August 1st, more than 200 tenants in Flemingdon Park, Toronto, will launch a rent strike against their landlord's attempt to raise the rent.

Henri Simon - The story of a (non-)militant

Submitted by Johanna Schellhagen on Jul 29 2018 09:36
Henri Simon

https://en.labournet.tv/henri-simon-story-non-militant

IWW Couriers Network: Our Network, Our Struggle

Submitted by Ed on Jul 28 2018 17:15

Only 7 months on from a meeting between a couple of disgruntled couriers in a dingy pub in Cardiff the IWW Couriers Network is growing across the UK and Ireland.

We Are Not Afraid: Chilean Feminism Rises in the Face of Fascist Attacks

Submitted by R Totale on Jul 28 2018 13:50

A statement from the Black Rose/Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation opposing the fascist attacks and stabbings of three feminist activists in Chile.