UK Workers' Movements Newswire Archive
An interview about the Venezuela Revolution
19-06-2007 18:07
Below is an interview with Marxist author Alan Woods about the ongoing events in Venezuela.You have openly expressed your admiration for President Chávez. However, you have said that you consider that the Bolivarian Revolution is "incomplete". What do you mean by this?
The Bolivarian Revolution is a revolution in the sense that Trotsky explained in The History of the Russian Revolution, that is, a situation in which the masses participate actively in politics and try to take their destiny into their own hands and change society from the bottom. But it is unfinished because it has not yet succeeded in expropriating totally the oligarchy and the old state apparatus remains more or less intact. As long as things continue like this, it cannot be said that the revolution is irreversible. President Chávez once compared it to the myth of Sisyphus, who was condemned to roll a heavy boulder to the top of a hill, at which point it always rolled back to the starting-point. The problem is that if this particular rock rolls backwards, it will crush a lot of people.
Posada Carriles knows too much...
18-06-2007 22:39
They will never have CUBA
18-06-2007 12:38
Film showing, speakers and social in solidarity with women and workers in Iran
17-06-2007 17:08
This night of discussion in solidarity with women and workers in Iran is being organised as part of Ideas for Freedom, the weekend of socialist debate and discussion organised by Workers' Liberty.Fatah exacts revenge in West Bank
16-06-2007 12:50
Fatah fighters went on the rampage against Hamas targets in the West Bank on Saturday, stoking fears deadly factional violence could spread as the Islamists tightened their grip on power in the Gaza Strip.Liverpool Council Makes 150 Care Workers Redundant
15-06-2007 17:29
LIVERPOOL City Council is to make 150 care workers redundant to help pay for Capital of Culture.Once more on the failed transit system fare strike in San Francisco in 2005
13-06-2007 18:22
A brief re-examination of this missed opportunity in working class-based radical mass action in this part of the world...ephemera 7.1: 'Immaterial and Affective Labour: Explored' online
13-06-2007 12:38
The new issue (7.1) of ephemera: theory & politics in organization, entitled "immaterial and affective labor: explored," has just been published at
http://www.ephemeraweb.org. This latest special issue offers a critical engagement with the conceptual and political territory animated by the deployment of such ideas in the work of Hardt, Negri, Lazzarato, Virno and others, and follows previous explorations of class composition and politics in ephemera (for instance in the issues on 'the theory of the multitude' and 'writing: labour').
Turbulence: Ideas for movement (Issue #1 Online Now!)
12-06-2007 16:23
The articles from the first issue of 'Turbulence: Ideas for movement' are now available to read and download online at: www.turbulence.org.ukIraqi Oil Union Victory
11-06-2007 17:52
There is too little good news here sometimes. Here is something important to cheer up the people who supported the striking Iraqi oil workers. Despite having issued arrest warrrants for the Union leaders, the government has agreed to negotiate. So a big pat on the back to anyone who sent an email in support - and if you didn't yet, you still can.Human Rights Issues in Question over Welsh LNG Pipeline Protests
10-06-2007 12:02
Anti Welsh LNG Pipeline a success so far: LEGAL UPDATE:AND 300 Industrial Workers strike for 3days at LNG Terminals at Milford Haven, over safety issues.
Waiting for Eviction @Brecon Tree camp against the Pipe, in the sun and lush countryside soon 2b destroyed. Court Case:Human Rights Issues in Question..
How Legal is the UK New Deal for Employment?
09-06-2007 18:59
The UK government is trying to "force" people back into work with a number of programmes notably the New Deal. However, mandatory courses can be put in place in which poor people could loose all their benefits, and become homeless.'Liverpool Care Slaves' To Strike?
09-06-2007 18:27
Postal workers countdown for strike action
09-06-2007 12:03
Workers in the CWU across the different sectors of the postal industry have given a massive vote in favour of strike action in a national ballot. The results, announced at the CWU conference in Bournemouth on Thursday 7 June, were a victory for activists, militants and the leadership. If Royal Mail does not change course then picket lines could go up within as little as ten days, on the first national postal strike in eleven years.“Police debacle in Heiligendamm” - “Demonstrators outfox police”
09-06-2007 11:57
These are the headlines on the website of the prestigious German news magazine Der Spiegel. Reuters likewise reported “Thousands of protesters successfully blocked delegates from accessing the G-8 venue at Heiligendamm on Wednesday.”Bush's lies and cons
08-06-2007 20:50
Defend Adult Education. Save ESOL. No Redundancies.
08-06-2007 16:30
A demonstration is being called by UCU (University and College Union) in response to government cut backs which are resulting in the loss of over 100 adult education courses at Bradford College as well as a number of redundancies for the teaching staff involved.Hands Off CIPLA - Brazilian occupied factory under attack
08-06-2007 15:39
Sheffield Anarchists launch local community news sheet
08-06-2007 15:38
Solidarity with the Palestinians, not boycott of Israel
08-06-2007 12:12
Statement in opposition to the calls to boycott Israeli institutions in resolution 54 and resolution 53, submitted to the conference of the public services Unison which starts on 19 June 2007. To support this statement, please email us at
links.not.boycott@gmail.com, with your name and Unison branch. All signatories in a personal capacity unless otherwise stated or obvious.