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34 posts
23 May
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20:57
popupunicorn.jpg Coming off the back of massive and energetic student campaign and a sordid history of trade unions sell-outs, workers at Sussex University in Brighton have organised the "Pop-Up Union" and have officially entered into dispute with management. See below for more information and (...) -- UK, Pop-Up Union, universities, privatisation, University of Sussex
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15:40
don gallo.jpg Yesterday, in his own city of Genoa, Father Andrea Gallo died at the age of 84. A “street priest”, as he liked to be called, he was much loved by the Catholic and non-religious left for his political and social commitment. In his city, Don Gallo came to attention at the end of the (...) -- Italy
21 May
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08:58
Picture 1.png A detailed look at the production process for our documentary Expect Resistance, which looks at the growing housing justice movement by looking at Take Back the Land Rochester. As many people know, this blog is also tied to a larger film project called Expect Resistance. This is (...) -- occupy movement, housing
20 May
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11:16
lavoratori_sul_tetto_san_raffaele.jpg After months of difficult struggle – in which workers blocked major roads, occupied rooftops and fought with police – an agreement has been reached at Milan’s San Raffaele hospital. The agreement was reached with unions early on the morning of Friday 10th (...) -- health and medicine, Italy, Milan
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11:01
litalia-sono-anchio8_opt-300x199.jpg A country at the crossroads A country at the crossroads Racism, however, comes not only from well-known xenophobes, such as the Northern League, but also from unexpected places. read more -- Italy
19 May
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19:12
Protest and resistance by refugees and solidarity activists in the Netherlands is meeting serious repression. This is now getting media attention, and provoking new protest as well. Asylum seekers in a detention centre in Rotterdam have revolted in recent days. The revolt was connected to a (...) -- Netherlands, No Border Network, Peter Storm, Werkgroep Deportatieverzet, immigrants
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11:22
combabt16th.jpg Merseyside anti-bedroom tax groups get organised It’s been a slog but, after months of meetings and discussion, anti-bedroom tax groups across Merseyside met, on Sat 18th May, to conclusively set in place the Merseyside Anti-Bedroom Tax Federation. read (...) -- UK, bedroom tax, welfare, housing
15 May
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17:17
brescia.jpg Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi called for an unusual rally against the judiciary system on Saturday May 11. Thousands of left-wing activists and M5S supporters protested, while police protected Berlusconi's supporters. Berlusconi has a love-hate relationship with the (...) -- Italy, demonstrations
14 May
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14:04
zero dark thirty.jpg Tom Jennings considers the new softcore torture porn entertaining justifications of crimes against humanity in the name of its greater good. By Any Means Unnecessary. Film/television review – Tom Jennings read (...)
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00:13
marcia per la vita .jpg Pro-life supporters march in Rome on Mother's Day (March 12); meanwhile a hundred of left-wing activist also rallied to remember Giorgiana Masi, the 18-year old who was killed in 1977 during a rally celebrating the anniversary of the victory of the divorce (...) -- Italy, abortion, women
12 May
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20:31
teachers.jpg The Greek government has issued orders for teachers to halt a planned strike over working conditions this week. This weekend the Greek government ordered striking teachers back to work. The union of secondary school teachers(OLME) had voted on strike action to take place starting (...) -- Greece, schools, strikes
10 May
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18:20
genova torre crollata.jpg Two workers are still missing and seven were found dead at the Port of Genoa, after the Jolly Nero, a cargo ship, hit the pilots’ control tower on the night of Tuesday May 7. The city is in mourning. There was a 15 minutes stoppage during the morning of Wednesday, (...) -- docks, Italy, health and safety
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15:14
400px-Soto_socied_obreira600.jpg A chapter on the economic of libertarian communism that argues that distribution is one of the key aspects defining communist economics, and exploring the different approaches to communist distribution across the broad libertarian communist current. (From a (...) -- Scott Nappalos, anarchism, economics, libertarian communism, workers councils
9 May
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11:35
scontri milano.jpg Health workers across the Lombardia region took part in a 24-hour strike on Wednesday 8th May, as part of the ongoing struggle against 244 redundancies at San Raffaele Hospital. Already, 66 workers have been served with redundancy letters, effective immediately. However, (...) -- health and medicine, Italy, demonstrations, Milan, strikes
8 May
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20:20
images-1.jpg Seven dock workers lost their lives on Tuesday May 7, when the cargo ship Jolly Nero hit a pilots' tower in the Port of Genoa. This incident draws attention on the shocking lack of safety of maritime workers in Italy, the country with the highest number of work-related deaths (...) -- docks, Italy, health and safety, killings, strikes
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15:45
Oscar_Alvarez.jpg We, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) want to express our deep concern and strong condemnation of the unfair dismissal of Oscar Alvarez, Union Representative of the IWW at the West Perivale garage. We, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) want to express our (...) -- UK, buses, IWW
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11:15
napoli_polizia.jpg A rally of students was brutally charged by the police in Naples on Tuesday morning. The images of the attack went viral immediately, shared both on mainstream and independent media, from Repubblica to youreporter.it. Surprisingly, almost all sources unanimously introduce (...) -- Italy, police, fascism, Naples
7 May
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20:16
Friedman.jpg A sex worker's response to columnist Mia Freedman's blog in which implied that she does not respect the right of women with mental illness to become sex workers. A few weeks ago both Dr Brooke Magnanti and Mia Freedman appeared on an all women panel on Q and A. Quite a (...) -- Australia, sex industry, feminism, mental health, sex and sexuality, women
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14:39
6 May
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17:44
migranti torino.jpg Over two months after the Italian Government has officially declared the end of the so-called North African Emergency, thousands of refugees lack social provisions or support, proper housing and basic rights. Here is an account of some of their struggles across the Italian (...) -- Italy, migration
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00:26
abc_bellevue_evac_kb_121031_wg.jpg An article about the role of power in the medical system from the perspective of a healthcare worker. In The Subject and Power, Michael Foucault lays out a framework for understanding relationships between how we are placed as subjects, power, (...) -- health and medicine, Michel Foucault, Scott Nappalos, USA
4 May
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06:52
Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around East Asia during April 2013 and related resources. The most important stories appear on my Twitter feed as soon as I find them: http://twitter.com/spartacusnews. This month there has been news from Cambodia, China, Indonesia, (...) -- Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam
3 May
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14:43
BristolCommuteG_468x314.jpg An article about transit, it's relationship to work and capitalism, and an exploration of a revolutionary anti-capitalist orientation towards transit struggles. The film Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a surreal comedy-fantasy depiction of a city run on (...) -- buses, rail, Scott Nappalos, trams, USA, anarchism, Florida, Miami, prices
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14:40
Fel_chile_en_valparaiso_2005.JPG Using the concept of the intermediate level, an exploration of what a new workers movement in the US might entail. It’s a tired truism that the workers movement in the US is floundering without a real base or path forward. A new generation of experimentation, (...) -- Scott Nappalos, anarchism, unions, workplace activity
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14:33
cigarworkers.jpg This piece looks at Malatesta's anti-syndicalist arguments, and critiques them for not having a perspective that looks at workers struggle across time. Looking at the role of struggle in cognition, it argues for seeing workplace struggle as a shifting plane of social (...) -- Errico Malatesta, Scott Nappalos, anarchism, unions
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14:25
483px-popova_air_man_space.jpg A look into revolutionary cognition that argues for the necessity of cultivating radical subjectivities. Arguments for automatic consciousness are critiqued, and the role of struggles, ruptures, and breaks is explored. How is liberation possible? Or (...) -- Scott Nappalos, anarchism, psychology
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14:15
Occupy-Wall-Street-Anti-B-007.jpg An exploration of the 2008 global crisis and responses. This article looks at militant reformism and the role of existing means and channels of settling disputes in society. Equilibrium and social forces of stability are identified for their central role in (...) -- Scott Nappalos, anarchism, insurrectionism, social movements, state socialism
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14:05
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13:59
Riot_Porn_by_liquidroot.jpg An essay on the form and content of struggles, and the fetishization of militant forms of action. Moving away from believing tactics to have inherent potential, it argues for the central role of the social relationships and process of protagonists in struggle. (...) -- Scott Nappalos, anarchism, insurrectionism, violence
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13:54
2 May
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20:02
P5010089.JPG The celebrations of May Day have emphasized the rift between the union confederations and the base unions, with protests, scuffles and clashes happening in major cities like Bologna, Naples and Turin. There was a clear split in the May Day celebration in Bologna. read (...) -- CGIL, Italy, demonstrations, unions
1 May
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00:36
foto-1.jpeg Over the past ten years, many squats across Italy have begun opening self-organized sports centres, offering mostly (but not exclusively) combat disciplines and promoting anti-fascist values alongside a non-commercial training philosophy. In this article, we provide an overview of (...) -- Italy, fascism, mixed martial arts, social centres, sport
28 April
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22:35
Palazzo-chigi.jpg Information has started circulating about Luigi Prieti, the man who opened fire early today against a group of carabinieri guarding Palazzo Chigi, the Palace of the Italian Government, injuring two police officers, Francesco Negri and Giuseppe Giangrande (who is in a critical (...) -- Italy, Rome, unemployment
26 April
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15:53
no progetto eleonora 2.jpg Last Saturday morning (20 April 2013), in Arborea, Sardinia, a thousand people gathered for the Earth March, organized by ProgReS (Progetu Repùblica de Sardigna, a Sardinian separatist party) and the No to Project Eleonora civic committee. This was a curtain-raiser (...) -- Italy, environment
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