Out of this Capitalist Impasse - A New World Has to Take Shape
Submitted by Internationalis... on Aug 27 2018 11:59
The post-war boom melted away decades ago. It produced a mass consumer society unheard of in history. This society was based on the colossal destruction and devaluation of capital in the Second World War.
Beware False Friends!
Submitted by Internationalis... on Aug 21 2018 18:42
Many working class people do not believe that their class has the potential to change the world. Indeed many of us do not even recognise the idea of class, let alone see themselves as part of the class of “women and men of no property”. This is not surprising. The ruling capitalist class have powerful tools to confuse and distract the working class.
Operation Sold Out II: The Failed General Strike in British Columbia in 2004 – Paul Finch
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 caught steam then crumbled, and the lessons we can learn moving forward. It was published in the Northeastern Anarchist (#10, Spring/Summer 2005) – the English-language magazine of the Northeastern Federation of Anarchist-Communists (NEFAC).
Starting an Anarchist Black Cross – A Guide
This handy guide covers tips and suggestions for organizing an Anarchist Black Cross (ABC) chapter, including suggestions on fundraising, days of solidarity, and beyond.
Anarchism and Revolutionary Strategy: Insurrectionary Councilism
This piece is a companion to another from the Radical Education Department, “The Insurrectionary Campus: A Strategy Proposal”, which originally ran on It’s Going Down. That article was a specific application of the wider theoretical and strategic framework developed here.
It deals with how anarchists can help mobilize mass revolutionary struggle in America through a new tactic of organization.
200 Years On Marx Still Haunts Capitalism
Submitted by Internationalis... on May 5 2018 20:28
Karl Marx – political philosopher, historical materialist, economic analyst of capitalism and its class society; above all, revolutionary fighter – was born in Trier, Germany on 5 May 1818. For anyone today fighting for an end to capitalism his life is cause for celebration.
WCH E5: Workmates - organising with agency workers on London Underground
An interview with Andy Littlechild, a rail track charge hand and rail workers' union official, about Workmates: a fighting organisation of permanent and agency contract workers on London Underground in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
No Compromise - No Political Trading: The Marxian Socialist Tradition in British Columbia Family Tree
Submitted by jondwhite on Apr 10 2018 21:46
No Compromise - No Political Trading: The Marxian Socialist Tradition in British Columbia Family Tree
