Liverpool Workers' Movements Newswire Archive

23-10-2008 12:03 | 2 comments

Liverpool & Athletico Madrid fans unite!

an account from Wednesday (last night) of Liverpool fans in Madrid to see their team play Athletico Madrid (considered the 'working-class' football side in Madrid) brings back memories of working class unity and solidarity from Liverpudlian anarchists who arrived on Spanish shores to support the anarchist fighting forces during the Spanish Civil War! Read more >>

22-10-2008 01:31 | 1 comment

Work to rule starts to bite at Criminal Records Bureau

Industrial action by 450 workers at the Criminal Records Bureau in Liverpool is causing major backlogs in work according to managers. Read more >>

09-10-2008 21:09 | 5 comments

Class War Classix launch "Introduction to Big Flame"

New publishing venture consisting of reproducing old seminal class war publications from interesting groups and traditions. Read more >>

05-10-2008 20:43 | 2 comments

Ladbrokes staff strike against pay offer

Staff at a Ladbrokes betting call centre on Merseyside are staging a 24-hour walkout in a row over pay. Read more >>

02-10-2008 00:14

The nature of the Labour Party

Please reproduce the article in local bulletins as you please and so desire, but please let us know at the email address classwarATlive.co.uk Read more >>

01-10-2008 21:22 | 2 comments

Why they are getting away with it.

There is a powerful mood amongst the working class against bailing out the rich. It is so strong it defeated the bail out. The problem is there is no vehicle such as a mass workers' party to counter the ideological offensive of capital and through which this mood could channel itself and ultimately produce a more lasting and obvious alternative. Read more >>

25-07-2008 18:58

It’s Chilling: Iraq Before Liberation

Often forgotten are the children whom the British Government also sought to "liberate" before rendering an estimated 4.5 million extra Iraqi children as orphans through "liberation" Read more >>

17-07-2008 20:50

Patchy Support for Public Sector Strike

Support for the local authority workers' two days of strike action was patchy in Liverpool, with a low turnout for picketing council buildings, and some trade union members crossing picket lines. Read more >>

02-06-2008 20:19

North West Aerosols Ltd On Trial For Killing Worker

The Aintree-based company North West Aerosols Ltd was put on trial today at Liverpool Crown Court. The company is charged with two breaches of the Health and Safety At Work Act, after an accident at the factory on 13th December 2005, when one of their workers, Chris Knoop, was burned to death. His co-workers Kevin Armstrong, Gary Ryan and Graham Ryder, spent 10 days in hospital. Read more >>

14-05-2008 21:39 | 1 comment

Love Lane Lives - Film and discussion Thu 22/05/08

A film about Liverpool's transatlantic slave and sugar trade. How Henry Tate became Britain's Rockefeller of the white gold. Rise and fall of the sugar industry and the response of the working class.
Thursday the 22nd May, 7.30 p.m.
Next to Nowhere, Liverpool Social Centre, 96 Bold Street, Liverpool
Read more >>

04-05-2008 00:44 | 1 comment

436,000 Liverpool Residents Snub May Day March

Imagine a May Day march with no chants, no demands, and very few banners. Who'd want to go to that? What if the keynote speaker was a parasitic class collaborator, who had recently sold out tens of thousands of workers? Would that inspire anyone? Not really. Read more >>

25-04-2008 12:38 | 1 addition

May Day Party In Liverpool

Liverpool Social Centre invites all workers & strugglers to our May Day '08 party on Thurs 1st May Read more >>

17-04-2008 15:43 | 1 comment

Pavilion facing bankruptcy?

The Housing Corporation has admitted that at least ten housing associations are facing bankruptcy in the growing credit crisis. Is Pavilion Housing Association one of this select group? Read more >>

14-04-2008 16:05

Coastguards hold second strike

British coastguards took part in a second 24-hour strike last Friday 11th April over pay. Read more >>

09-04-2008 12:58 | 5 comments

Pavilion – the new slum landlords

It used to be the private landlords that were the Rachman landlords, the ones the tenants feared, now it is housing associations who are managing the slum estates. Read more >>

02-04-2008 21:39 | 3 comments

Urban conricerca 2008: inside the Culture of Capital

Starting this Friday, 4th April, a 'conricerca' or workers' inquiry into the class composition of Liverpool will begin. More details will be posted on Indymedia, but here is a short analysis from one of the founding members of the group, who has recently moved to the UK from Slovakia. Read more >>

29-03-2008 11:49 | 9 comments

CDG - the lying continues

The lying at CDG has evolved from little white lies to massive big black lies. Read more >>

24-03-2008 22:52

Three nuts for Cinderella

Last week promised an orgy for everybody who is pissed off with the system and hopes for another life beyond capitalism. Three events promised a badly needed critical food for us. Read more >>

20-03-2008 12:53 | 4 comments

Stopping of benefits

Many claimants are finding their benefits are being stopped on entirely bogus grounds. The intention being to force them off benefits. If they appeal, they usually win and get their benefits reinstated, but at what cost in terms of stress and peace of mind? Read more >>

13-03-2008 20:43

Firebrands of Liverpool

Radical workers' struggle on Merseyside: still relevant or matter of the past? Reading and disscussion Read more >>