New Forms of Worker Organization: The Syndicalist and Autonomist Restoration of Class Struggle Unionism
This is the first book to compile workers’ struggles on a global basis, examining the formation and expansion of radical unions in the Global South and Global North.
Libertarian Socialism: Politics in Black and Red
The history of the left is usually told as one of factionalism and division. This collection of essays casts new light to show how the boundaries between Marxism and anarchism have been more porous and fruitful than is conventionally recognised.
Black Friday strikes at Amazon warehouses in Italy and Germany
Submitted by Cipo Fraioli on Nov 24 2017 13:27
The CGIL, Italy's biggest trade union confederation, Cisl, Uil and Ugl have called for a strike on Friday at Amazon’s main distribution hub, following a failure to negotiate bonuses with the company.
Dead fascist poets society: why CasaPound are no book club
Submitted by libcom on Nov 10 2017 12:38
The liberal commentariat seems to be completely unable to resist the allure of the far-right. The latest example: an article on Literary Hub that portrays violent neo-fascist gang CasaPound as some sort of edgy poetry club.
Down with the Bourgeois Republic! Down with Its Constitution! – Amadeo Bordiga
An article from 1947 by Amadeo Bordiga in which he discusses the debate over the constitution of the new Italian republic, the role of religion and secularism in Italian history, the opportunism of the Communist Party, “conformism” in Italian politics, the incompatibility of religion and socialism, the idolatry of the “sacred and inviolable” rights of the “Individual”, the fraud of political decentralization (which he correctly saw as opening the door of politics to the Mafia), the “demagogic appeal to labor” in modern “totalitarian” ideologies (the goal of the workers movement is “a society founded not on labor, but on consumption”), the illusion of self-management, etc.
Giuseppe Pinelli - Death of an Anarchist
Submitted by Reddebrek on Oct 30 2017 18:41
A radio interview by the BBC History Hour program on the death of the Anarchist Railway worker Giuseppe Pinelli and a discussion of the Strategy of Tension period of Italian politics.
Reflections on the Counsel of Clowns, Anarchists and Social Movements
Submitted by Crossly on Oct 23 2017 12:47
Ex-Caserma Liberata thought it had something to learn from my movie but I knew the real reason I was in Bari, Italy was to learn from Ex-Caserma Liberata.
意大利菲亚特铸造厂1963年的野猫斗争
Submitted by sjzc on Oct 18 2017 09:24
意大利1960年代“工人主义”的经典作品，关于1963年菲亚特汽车公司铸造厂的“夜猫”式斗争。早期“战斗性工人调查”的探索，也介绍了“阶级构成”、“阶级重组”等概念，关于工会如何限制了工人自我行动的分析。
Until Victory: film about struggles in Italy's meat industry
Submitted by Johanna Schellhagen on Oct 12 2017 08:34
New film about the struggle of workers organized in SI Cobas in the meat industry in Modena, Italy, in the winter of 2016/17. The material was filmed almost exclusively by workers and supporters themselves with their smartphones. It gives an impression of the physical violence and brutality perpetrated against superexploited workers.
Solidarity strikers accuse bosses of blacklisting in Bologna
Submitted by Ed on Sep 27 2017 16:18
After days of being locked out of their warehouse for showing solidarity with colleagues on strike in Carpiano, workers at SDA Bologna are being allowed back in based on a list, which the union says is targeting their members.
