UK Workers' Movements Newswire Archive
Three docs analyzing the Occupy movement in the San Francisco Bay Area, USA
29-05-2013 02:02
"Revolution is the only form of warfare where a final victory must be preceded by a long series of defeats."Rosa Luxemburg
VIOME: A Workers' Experiment with Global Appeal
24-05-2013 13:53
“No worker who is not a shareholder, no shareholder who is not a worker,” say the workers of VIOME (Industrial Mineral), a factory in northern Greece. Their plan to take over the factory and to manage it themselves has generated waves of encouragement and support throughout the world. In this report for UNFOLLOW magazine, Christos Avramidis and Antonis Galanopoulos investigate the background to current events, and ask what the future might hold for these workers and their plan, what the reaction of the Greek government is likely to be, and whether workers’ self-management is feasible in a capitalist context.Sheffield Workfare Protest, June 1st
20-05-2013 21:29
The government is running scared of protests over workfare. They've been to court to try and keep the names of workfare exploiters from being published because they're scared that protests will cause the whole scheme to collapse. If we keep the pressure on, we can turn their fears into reality.Facebook Bans Message to Peter Jackson About Filming Bilderberg Protests
20-05-2013 11:57
Most of the mainstream media is refusing to publish or broadcast any news about the protests against the secret world government of the Bilderberg Group and even Facebook has banned a message to Peter Jackson proposing the filming of the reality TV show for the children about the imminent extinction of the human race by global warming as a result of the burning of fossil fuels.
International hip hop & spoken word benefit - 8th June @ LimaZulu, London
19-05-2013 13:38
Come down to LimaZulu, north London, on 8th June for a night of excellent spoken word, poetry & international hip hop, with a headliner from Mexico! All in the name of an excellent cause, that being the Anti Raids Network (
https://network23.org/antiraids/) & SLSF (solfed.org.uk/?q=south-london/)
UG#637 - The Preliminaries Of A Vision (Of A World We Might Want)
13-05-2013 16:21
3 Cosas Campaign, ULU and the Industrial Workers of Great Britain
08-05-2013 14:01
The 3 Cosas Campaign, ULU and the Industrial Workers of Great Britain launch 'summer of action' for sickpay, holiday and pensions against University of London management.Culling the Middle-classes
05-05-2013 11:53
This article looks at the continuing destruction of blue and white-collar working and middle-class occupations and considers the implications of this in the developing crisis of the capitalist mode of production. It also considers the current 'poverty of politics' and the other side of this coin - the 'politics of poverty'. The latter being used to blame the victims of this corrupt and exploitative system.Protection Not Profit! Cov Sol-Fed calls for pressures to be put on Primark.
05-05-2013 10:35
Details of yesterday's protest in Coventry.UK-Savar Solidarity: a summary of protests against Primark
04-05-2013 23:46
Sharing information about Bradley Manning at Chester May Day Fair
04-05-2013 21:14
I went along to the May Day fair in Chester today where local campaign groups such as CND, Palestine Solidarity, Cuba Solidarity, Shrewsbury 24 Pickets, various benefits campaigns and others had a presence, along with the unions and a few political parties. Having put up a Free Bradley Manning banner, I handed out 100+ flyers about 1 June International Day of Solidarity Action and made a point of speaking to at least one person on every stall to ask them to circulate information about Bradley Manning via their networks.
Istanbul's Shameful May Day
04-05-2013 20:31
uk mayday - a few pics and short report
03-05-2013 22:38
Thatcher memorial unveiled in Birmingham for International Workers Day
02-05-2013 10:07
May Day protestors target Edinburgh workfare exploiters
02-05-2013 00:55
May Day in Edinburgh saw anti workfare demonstrators touring companies and charities using unpaid forced labour. Starting with an excursion into the giant Homebase at St Leonards the protestors from Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty went on to visit no fewer than 7 exploiting employers.
On Known and Unknown Self (dis) Organisation.
01-05-2013 21:47
Brighton Green Party compares staff strike proposals to winter of discontent
29-04-2013 21:21
Having voted for Council officers to implement cuts to staff take home pay of up to £95 per week a leading Brighton Green Party Councillor has said compared staff strike proposals to the winter of discontentThis Thursday 2nd May: Demonstrate at Primark Brighton
29-04-2013 20:34
- Remember the Dhaka workers and all those killed by capitalismThursday 2nd May
People have been taking to the streets in Bangladesh since Thursday and
there will be mass strikes on 2 May. Let’s show them some solidarity!
2nd May, 4.30pm, Primark, Western Road, Brighton
Why You Should Join An Anarcho-syndicalist Union
29-04-2013 18:20
Talk by 2 members of the FAU, the sister organisation of the Solidarity Federation in Germany, in English, about why you should join an anarcho-syndicalist union. It includes first hand experience from a FAU member of two small, but successful teachers' struggles using direct action tactics:Protection not Profit, Protest against Primark's Treatment of Bangladeshi Worker
28-04-2013 09:45
