Protesting against the decision by the German government to accept the peace treaty of Versailles, a group of soldiers under Wolfgang Kapp took control of Berlin on March 13, 1920. The trade unions called a general strike, which, after some doubt, was supported by the Ebert government. The strike paralyzed life in Berlin and contributed to the failure of the […]
According to the website 'Anecdotes on Kim Il Sung' (http://north-korea.narod.ru/anecdotes.htm) the North Korean leader visited a department store on March 13, 1958. Kim Il Sung (1912-1994) bought a pair of socks of inferior quality so that he would not stand out among the people.
Archiv der deutschen Jugendbewegung; Prof. Dr. Meike Sophia Baader, Hildesheim; Prof. Dr. Alfons Kenkmann, Leipzig Archiv der deutschen Jugendbewegung, Jugendburg Ludwigstein, 37214 Witzenhausen Deadline: 15.03.2019 Nach dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs fand die Zwangsgemeinschaft der Hitlergegner ihr schnelles Ende. Die folgende Konfrontation der politischen […]
John Heartfield (1891–1968) gehört zu den innovativsten und bedeutendsten Künstlern, die sich mit ihrem Werk politisch engagiert und dem Faschismus entgegengestellt haben. Seine Plakate, Buchumschläge für den Malik-Verlag und Zeitschriftencover für die Arbeiter-Illustrierte-Zeitung (AIZ) sind ein wesentlicher Teil der politischen Ikonographie der Weimarer Re […]
A l’occasion de la sortie de son livre Insurrección. Las sangrientas jornadas del 3 al 7 de Mayo de 1937 (Ed. Descontrol, 2017), notre ami Agustín Guillamón (revue Balance) a été interviewé sur la radio Onda Expansiva de Burgos. L’émission (en espagnol) est téléchargeable ci-dessous: https://ia801500.us.archive.org/20/items/Mayo37/Mayo%2037.mp3 […]
Ce 26 juin, l’agence HRANA informe du décès par crise cardiaque du militant ouvrier Afshin Osanloo. Afshin Osanloo, frère de Mansour Osanloo, fondateur du syndicat des travailleurs de la compagnie de bus de Téhéran et Banlieue, était militant syndical dans ce même syndicat. Il avait été condamné à cinq ans de prison pour « assemblée et […]
Vous êtes des milliers à suivre ce blog. 450000 visites en 2015, une prévision de 600000 en 2016. Ce 15 septembre, votre site d’infos change d’adresse web et de formule. Découvrez le message de la Rédaction ci-dessous. Si vous voulez … Lire la suite →
Authors: Jean Drèze, economistKavita Krishnan, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) and AIPWA Maimoona Mollah, All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) Vimal Bhai, National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM) We spent five days (9-13 August 2019) traveling extensively in Kashmir. Our visit began on 9 August 2019 – four days after the Indian […]
As the Indian government resorts to annexation of the state of Jammu and Kashmir at gunpoint, detaining its political leaders and cutting off all means of communication, we extend our solidarity to the people of Jammu and Kashmir as they struggle for their most basic rights and freedoms. The people of Kashmir were never given […]
Malgré une météo capricieuse, plus de 1,7 million de personnes, selon les organisateurs, ont manifesté des heures durant dimanche. Une armée de parapluies se voulant « pacifiste » et tenace face aux menaces d'intervention militaire de Pékin. Le bruit des bottes résonne de l'autre côté de la frontière. Les Hongkongais restent, eux, droits dans les l […]
Upali Cooray, who passed away on 21 August 2009, was a revolutionary socialist; trade unionist; anti-racist; partisan of anti-colonial and national liberation movements; human rights lawyer; university teacher and much more. Upali Cooray: His militancy had no match Upali Cooray (17 September 1939—21 August 2009) was a friend and a comrade of mine for over 40 […]
London_November_23_2018_(26)_Extinction_Rebellion_Protest_Tower_Hill.jpg The first of a three-part critique of Extinction Rebellion, focussing on their attitudes towards the police, legal system and prison. The police are not going to be won over by polite chats, but will continue to be the enemy of the struggle we so desperately need. By working with them, […]
pannekoek_blackboard.jpg This early article by the renown socialist scholar, as well as respected astronomer, Anton Pannekoek, goes a long way to dispel the idea that socialists have held a very productivist view about mankind's relationship with the environment. It deserves a wide circulation within the ecology movement. A rational social order will ha […]
by Ayanda Kota, Pambazuka The Unemployed People’s Movement (UPM) was formed in August 2009 to respond to the crisis of unemployment and the commoditization of essential services in a society dominated by corruption and greed. As Steve Biko said, we blacks are tired of standing at the touchlines to witness a game that we should […]
18 July 2011 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement The Victory in the Kennedy 12 Trial is a Victory for all the Poor in South Africa The Kennedy 12 have been acquitted of all the charges bought against them after the attack on our movement in September 2009. It is a great day for the 12, their […]
Introduction Il était tentant, vu la profusion de textes sur le prétendu « mouvement » des Gilets jaunes de continuer, dans ce nouveau numéro, à reproduire seulement des textes d'origines diverses sur cette révolte, articles totalement apologétiques, plus subtils et moins opportunistes, ou simplement moins délirants . Finalement, il m'a semblé plus […]
Aufruf in deutsch STOP THE DEPORTATION OF NIGERIANS - FOR FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT!! Refugee Protest and Solidarity in Gotha together with The VOICE Refugee Forum Saturday, 10.08.2019 Gotha Train Station 10 am | RBB Solidarity Installation 2 pm | Rally 3 pm | DEMONSTRATION Refugee Protest in Gotha: There will be Refugee Black Box Installation - Paint it Black! be […]
#RBB Protest Workshops ab 11.00 Uhr Soli - Party ab 22:00 Uhr Refugee Black Box Solidarity #refugeeblackbox Samstag, 20. 07. 2019 in Jena 11 – 20 Uhr Workshops und Installation. Bringt euer Wissen und eure Erfahrungen mit in die Black Box [mit euren Statements und Slogans] über die Ungerechtigkeit der Abschiebungen. Wir protestieren gegen das neue deutsche G […]
[…] Il s’appelait Khomsi el-Yerfeni, il était chômeur, et selon plusieurs témoins, il serait mort après avoir été percuté intentionnellement par une voiture de police. Cette version est démentie par le ministère de l’Intérieur tunisien, qui parle lui dans un … Continue reading →
Communiqué de soutien de médias libres, ouvert à signature. Après la publication d’un communiqué revendiquant l’incendie d’un garage de la gendarmerie de Grenoble dans la nuit du 20 au 21 septembre, Indymedia Grenoble et Indymedia Nantes ont été menacés par … Continue reading →
Finally published in full, Marx’s notebooks from the 1860s provide important insights into his views on ecology and capital’s destruction of nature. Source
New books for reds and greens. How the Richest Drive Climate Change; Planning from Below; The Scottish Clearances; Slime; Here Comes the Sun; Eco-Socialism and Practical Utopias Source
Desde 1997, en las páginas de nuestra revista se alertaba sobre las amenazas de la narcopolítica y la militarización. Años después, en la guerra que inició Felipe Calderón en 2007 contra el narcotráfico, recurrió a los militares para labores de seguridad detonando una crisis humanitaria y de derechos humanos sin precedente en el país. Los saldos de esa guerr […]
Por tercer año consecutivo, la nueva ola feminista transnacional convoca a un día de movilización global para el 8 de marzo: huelgas legalesen los trabajos asalariados –como los cinco millones de huelguistas del 8M de 2018 en el Estado Español y miles más en Argentina e Italia–, huelgas salvajesde las mujeres sin derechos laborales ni protecciones sociales; […]
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Ecosocialists must stand in support of the millions of democracy protesters in Hong Kong and call on American trade unions and the left to join us. The Chinese Communist Party is on a suicide mission to destroy planet Earth in . . . Read more ›
Marking its 50th anniversary, Vincent Doherty looks at one of the most significant episodes in modern Irish history - iV535 - August 2019 / Britain, Ireland, Historical events, National question
As the Indian government resorts to annexation of the state of Jammu and Kashmir at gunpoint, detaining its political leaders and cutting off all means of communication, we extend our solidarity to the people of Jammu and Kashmir as they struggle for their most basic rights and freedoms. - iV535 - August 2019 / Pakistan, India, Kashmir
We the undersigned labour movement activists stand in solidarity with all women opposing all forms of male violence against women. We recognise that male violence against women is endemic in society, and that our movement is obviously and unfortunately not exempt.
We believe that our trade union and labour movement has the potential to transform society for the better. Therefore we have a particular responsibility to confront and challenge male violence against women within our movement.
Male violence against women is not acceptable in any case. It must not be tolerated from those who hold office or power in our movement.
We recognise the enormous challenges faced by women victims of male violence, and the pressures which women face, including from abusive men, not to complain about violence and abuse. We therefore believe that, when women complain of male violence within our movement, our trade unions and political organisations should start from a position of believing women.
We believe that all women who complain of male violence have the right to be listened to and supported.
All labour movement activists have a responsibility to work to ensure that our movement is a safe space for women. Because we stand in solidarity with all women opposing male violence we accept that we have a responsibility to women throughout our movement, whether or not we are members of the same trade union or the same political organisation.
We therefore address these demands to all trade unions and political organisations which are part of our labour movement. Marshajane Thompson and Cath Elliott
„It shouldn’t matter. It really shouldn’t matter, should it, what goes on in the Socialist Workers Party. Their membership is roughly the average home gate at Mansfield Town. By the time I left them, in 2007, the most common comment I heard about them was ‘Oh. Are they still going?’ the way you might refer to Bernard Cribbins.
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Since writing the start of this I’ve looked up the average home attendance of Mansfield Town, and this season it’s been 2,389, which is much higher than the SWP membership. After all this I’d guess they’ll be close to Braintree, on 624.“
auf Grund einer grossen sozialistischen Verschwörungeiner Korruptionsaffäre musste Liam Fox als Verteidigungsminister im Oktober 2011 seinen Posten verlassen … offenbar haben sich seitdem bei ihm die sozio-ökonomischen Wahrnehmungsstörungen verstärkt:
„The great socialist coup of the last decade was making wealth an embarrassment. It is not. It is the prize for aspiration and hard work, and its side effects are higher tax revenues, more jobs and more investment.“
Wahrscheinlich freut Fox sich auch auf das Remake von Die Rote Flut und hält das Ganze für einen Dokumentarfilm:
„Say what you will about John Milius’s 1980s rightwing cold war flag-waver Red Dawn, at least it had the courage of its convictions. The new remake – released three years after completion, thanks to the MGM bankruptcy restructuring – can’t even decide who its real enemies are. When it wrapped, the invading superpower was still Red China; in the interim, some wise suit remembered the billion-plus Chinese moviegoing market and decreed that the enemy should henceforth be North Korea, a black hole for Hollywood releases. Cue some retroactive digital adjustments – commie signage, uniforms, etc – a new opening voiceover, a couple of reshoots and, voila! – a new enemy. The late Kim Jong-il, a budding auteur himself, would have been charmed by the attention.
He might also have wondered, just as I did, what the hell was going on. After the sky fills with paratroopers one bright morning, we never really learn why this one Pacific north-west town is under siege. Is there a wider zone of occupation? Do the Koreans have allies? Or is Spokane, Washington, really all they can manage?“
das vermutlich letzte Update für 2012, auf Syndikalismus ein Artikel zur Bakuninhütte bei Meiningen und the journal weist auf Geheimdienstdokumente von 1923 zu Jim Larkin hin … und die komplette MEW online beim Verlag Olga Benario und Herbert Baum:
Die BRD hat ihre NSU und das UK förderte in den 1980ern intensiv loyalistische Todesschwadronen in Nordirland: Pat Finucane: State sponsored murder zum kürzlich publizierten Untersuchungsbericht zur Ermordung des bekannten Anwalts 1989 auf LibCom
offenbar hat der britische Gewerkschaftsdachverband TUC gemerkt, dass er einen Griff ins Klo gemacht hat und die Stellenausschreibung zurück gezogen, der Guardian berichtet:
„The Trades Union Congress has scrapped the search for a deputy general secretary, after a controversial start when the organisation demanded a candidate with a university degree.
The umbrella organisation for six million trade unionists was criticised by members, and the reference to a degree was removed following protests from some members of the executive committee, who include union general secretaries and officials.
However, in a „shot across the bows“ of the TUC leadership, the committee has now decided to replace the post with an assistant general secretary role.
According to an internal TUC document, seen by the Guardian: „It is proposed that the current vacant post of deputy general secretary be replaced by a new post of assistant general secretary. The new post would be similar, but „without an explicit role in deputising for the general secretary“. The move came during a week of changes in the upper echelons of the trade union movement, with the head of Unite, Len McCluskey, announcing that he will stand for re-election next year despite promising in 2010 to seek one term only. His counterpart at the GMB, Paul Kenny, announced that he will step down next year.
Sources close to the TUC process said senior union figures were concerned that the TUC’s general secretary-designate, Frances O’Grady, would effectively be choosing her own successor if she presided over the selection of a new deputy. O’Grady is deputy to the current general secretary, Brendan Barber, who was also deputy to his predecessor, John Monks.
According to a union source, the internal furore over the call for a deputy with a university degree stoked concerns among TUC affiliates about a lack of on-the-ground industrial experience at the TUC – such as handling disputes and organising in workplaces. „The job spec ruffled a lot of feathers,“ said the source, adding that the executive committee decision to scrap the post was a „shot across the bows“. The source said: „This is the logical conclusion to a build-up of tension that has centred on the TUC’s own perception of what the organisation should be like, and the different perception of some of its member unions.“
Another source said there had been disquiet over the TUC’s stance during last year’s public sector pension dispute, when the organisation agreed to re-enter talks with the government soon after a mass strike on 30 November.“
