100 Inmates in Shakopee, Minnesota, Wear Blue to Support Demands Made by LGBTQ Prisoners
Submitted by R Totale on Jun 25 2019 17:37
Inside Shakopee Prison on Saturday 25th June, prisoners wore blue - the only color they can wear without getting in trouble - to protest in favor of changes demanded by LGBTQ prisoners. This story was first published by the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee.
A Union at Amazon?: Organize the Class, not the Shop
An Amazon worker in the United States reflects on the strategic point of the company in the global economy and the new social composition it has created. Looking at the limits of union campaigns in a high-turnover sector with a lack of solidarity, he argues for the creation of regional Worker and Tenant Leagues based on direct action and mutual aid. This article was first published by Notes from Below.
Delaware Admits Failure, Drops Last Remaining Vaughn 17 Cases; Retaliation Against Prisoners Continues
Submitted by R Totale on Jun 19 2019 20:19
E21-22: The Stonewall riots and Pride at 50
Summer 2019 marks 50 years since the iconic rebellion against the police raid of the Stonewall Inn in New York City. The LGBTQ patrons and locals, many of them people of colour, and most of them working class, fought back against the police in 6 days of rioting. Then they organised, revolutionising the LGBTQ rights movement, and sparking Pride.
Interview with Anti Racist Action (Minneapolis)- Maximumrocknroll, 1989
Interview with Kieran of Anti Racist Action by Martin Sprouse and Tim Yohannan. From Maximumrocknroll #78, November 1989
Working Class Decomposition and Gig Economy Work
Submitted by Hieronymous on Jun 9 2019 01:27
On 8 May 2019 around 300 protesters, mostly Uber and Lyft drivers, blocked Market Street in San Francisco in front of Uber's international headquarters as part of a global strike by drivers timed to coincide with Uber's IPO. This brief analysis attempts to situate these struggles against working class decomposition, with its roots in neoliberal deregulation, and the rise of so-called "gig economy" work.
Quien Sahara El Salvador? Who Will Save The Savior?
Midnight Notes' critique of the protests against the US intervention in El Salvador.
Credit to the Parties in Brixton: Malcolm X Day at Attica
Midnight Notes visit Attica prison.
WCH Crime: The Columbia Eagle mutiny
Working Class History are delighted to be launching the first season of our new occasional podcast, WCH Crime, where true crime meets the struggle for a better world. Our first series is about the Columbia Eagle mutiny in 1970, perhaps the most spectacular act of resistance to the Vietnam war, when two sailors hijacked their ship transporting thousands of tonnes of napalm for US forces, and sailed it to Cambodia. But they never could have predicted what would happen next...
Striking the Gig: Why Uber and Lyft Drivers Are Calling For a National Strike on May 8th
Submitted by R Totale on May 7 2019 17:51
On May 8th, workers are organizing a national single day strike against rideshare firms like Uber and Lyft. They’re calling on app users to join them by refusing to request rides for the duration of the 24 hour action.
Salvo investigates what set the stage for this clash, how gig workers in precarious states of employment are organizing, and how we all may soon be in a similar position to them.
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