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1947 General Strike, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
colombo-1947.jpg An account by T. B. Dissanayake of the 1947 general strike in Ceylon, now Sri Lanka read more
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The post-war strike wave in Sub-Saharan Africa
iva-valley-mine.png From the end of the Second World War until the mid-'60s there was a wave of strikes in Sub-Saharan Africa The history of this class struggle has been neglected by both mainstream...
View ArticleA Victim of Power (Corp) and Police: The La Presse Conflict and the Tear Gas...
A report on the 1971 conflict at La Presse and the police killing of socialist feminist Michele Gauthier. The broader struggle against Power Corp., the impact of the police killing, and the...
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General Strike in South Africa
Numsa.jpegCities and rural towns across South Africa were shut down today as the new South African Federation of Trade Unions, which is independent of the ruling ANC, and driven by the militant...
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Operation Sold Out II: The Failed General Strike in British Columbia in 2004...
fnac general strike poster.jpg This essay, on the brewing general strike that nearly erupted across British Columbia in 2004 but ultimately failed, looks at what brought on the strike, how the strike...
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The March Intifada - Bahrain, 1965
bahrain-1965.jpg The March Intifada in Bahrain, 1965 began with the laying off of hundreds of workers at the Bahrain Petroleum Company, school students protested, were suppressed by the military, and...
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Origins and Development of Workers Autonomy in Spain (1970-1976) – Miguel Amorós
General Assembly at Roca de Gava.jpgA chronicle of the rise and fall of the fortunes of the assembly movement in Spain during the early 1970s, with brief accounts of strike movements all over Spain,...
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1892 New Orleans General Strike
800px-White_and_black_dockworkers_rest_on_cotton_bales_in_New_Orleans_in_1902.jpg An extract from Life in the Teamsters: The Civil Rights Movement documenting an early example of class solidarity in...
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Thunberg's Call for General Strikes: The Confusions of a Liberal Protest
Thunberg_XR.jpgThe Youth Climate Protest have turned to the mass strike as a weapon of protest. Unconsciously, they have grafted one of the major elements in the struggle for working class revolution...
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You say you want a general strike
French-General-Strike-January-29-2009-Tim-Lam-Flickr.jpg Marianne Garneau critiques recent calls for general strikes. This article first appeared on Organizing Work. It turns out that not only would it...
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Some strikes are more general than others
OW strikes.jpgA critique of a recent article from the Organizing Work blog, "You Say You Want A General Strike", examining recent general strike calls in slightly more depth. ...we can see the issue as...
View Article[VIDEO] Power to End Capitalism: The Case for Workplace Organizing
Organizing as workers gives us the power to improve our lives in the short-term and abolish capitalism in the long-term. So to say this is an important topic is an understatement! And that's what this...
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The Seattle General Strike of 1919
general-strike-Seattle1919.jpg A short account of the Seattle General Strike of 1919 read more
View ArticleThe Winnipeg General Strike of 1919
A short account of the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 read more
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Alive With Resistance: Diasporic Reflections on the Revolt in Myanmar
frontier-myanmar-1-1024x576.jpeg A conversation with Geoff Aung, a Burmese American Marxist anthropology Phd candidate at Columbia University living abroad, about the current uprising, repression and...
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Beyond May Day: From Ritual to Resistance
may1strikeposter.jpg The present period offers some new and encouraging openings—windows of opportunity for radical perspectives and movements against and beyond states and capital. To take advantage...
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Anarchism, Mutual Aid, and Self-Organization: From the George Floyd Uprising...
farmersprotest.jpg The following essay examines the explosion of mass struggles in India under the far-Right Modi government while comparing them to the George Floyd uprising in the United States,...
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Colombia Has Lost Its Fear: A Nationwide Uprising Continues in the Face of...
Colombia header.jpg After decades of armed conflict and paramilitary violence, Colombia has seen protest movements return in strength over the past year and a half. The forceful demonstrations of the...
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“Instead, We Became Millions”: Inside Colombia’s Ongoing General Strike
Columbia header.jpg Despite brutal state repression, Colombia’s general strike has continued strong now for 23 days. This article and interview was first published by Crimethinc. Content warning for...
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Report on the general strike in Palestine
Palestine strike.png Laura and Charan interviewed Riya Al'Sanah about the general strike in Palestine. This interview was first published by Notes From Below. With the strike that took place on 18 May,...
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