Grenfell Tower – the smoke & the mirrors
There is an ever-growing stream of media commentary on the Grenfell fire, increasing daily as the public enquiry unfolds. There are some elements in the media with the goal of obscuring or excusing the plain facts as part of a pre-emptive defence manoeuvre to protect those most implicated in what caused the fire and the 72 deaths. That they feel the need to use such distortions to defend the Grenfell landlords and those who ordered and oversaw the Grenfell refurbishment that fitted the lethal cladding only increases the suggestion of a general doubt on all sides about their innocence.
The Broken Promises of Vietnam
Class Struggle and Gender Trouble
Reopen or Close Schools: A Lose-Lose Situation for the Working Class
Article from 1919 (mcmxix.org), the new journal of the North American affiliates of the ICT.
Domestic Violence is a Workplace Issue
Paano Magsimula ng Bodegong Bayan/ How to Start a Community Pantry
Ενάντια σε μια καραντινα με χαρακτηριστικά στρατιωτικού νόμου
Written by Simoun Magsalin with input from the Bandilang Itim Collective and translated into Greek by alerta.gr.
布朗诉弗格森案——21世纪美国反种族主义运动史
Kill the Bill? Change the System!
Left Nationalism and Support for Imperialist War in the United States
Article from 1919 (mcmxix.org), the new journal of the North American affiliates of the ICT.
A Plague on Both Your Houses – The Position of the Working Class in the Current Crisis
This pamphlet is product of our collective debate and conversations with fellow workers over recent months. You can read a summary of over a dozen interviews about changing power-relations during the lockdown here. Feel free to print this text as a pamphlet and share it with your comrades and co-workers.
UK Asylum Policy: No Sanctuary from Capitalism
Asylum has long been a thorny issue for the British ruling class. As a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention the UK is obliged to grant asylum when, in the opinion of the Home Office, an asylum seeker has demonstrated that they have a well founded fear of persecution on the grounds of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership of a particular social group. Yet asylum seekers are continuously vilified in the popular press as criminals and scroungers overwhelming the benefits system, the vitriol often being fuelled by the cynical statements of government ministers.
Vaccine Nationalism
Article from 1919 (mcmxix.org), the new journal of the North American affiliates of the ICT.
French lessons – What we can learn from the 1988 hospital workers’ strike coordinations in France
We translated the following two texts from 1988, because we think that there are still things we can learn from the strike movement back then. Today in the UK we are confronting similar questions: how can we organise the struggle for higher wages in the NHS and defeat the insulting 1% pay offer? How can we overcome divisions into different unions and professional groups and regions (e.g. with the government in Scotland offering a still puny 4% increase)
Asia Art Tours Interviews Bandilang Itim: Philippines & Anarchism
Asia Art Tours interviews Bandilang Itim.
Taken from: Part 1, Part 2.
To better understand the history of Anarchism in the Philippines and the state terror unleashed by Rodrigo Duterte, we were thrilled to speak with the Bandilang Itim collective.
Summary and thoughts: The Magneti Marelli Workers Committee – The ‘Red Guard’ tells its story
Eat the rich: My experience in hospitality work during the pandemic
Closing Intransigence
Editorial from 1919 (mcmxix.org), the new journal of the North American affiliates of the ICT.