The Struggle of the Iranian Oil Workers Goes On
Submitted by Internationalis... on Nov 9 2021 22:50
Following our last report on the Iranian oil workers' strike, when the strike had reached its 81st day (it started on 19 June 2021), on 12 September, the Council for Organising Protests by Oil Contract Workers issued statement no. 20, under the title of "What have been our achievements?", which we are publishing here. However, since then there have been reports that sections of striking workers are going back on strike.
Cuban Protests and The Two-Step Strategy
Submitted by Ivysyn on Oct 8 2021 02:59
article I wrote about the Cuban protests on my blog when it was in the news
Iran: Oil Workers Reject Trade Unions
Submitted by Internationalis... on Sep 18 2021 11:27
In the capitalist world, whatever the subject, it naturally only hits the headlines if the rulers of all factions are in control of it. If the news is about a war, climate change, economic downturn, regime change, elections, protests, immigration, in fact any issue where the working class as a class is absent, so it can be manipulated in a way that suits the ruling class, then not only is it covered by mass media, it also grabs the attention of “independent” media and journalists. They usually follow it up with tedious discussions, seminars, films and even more news.
Iran: On Oil and Troubled Water
Submitted by Internationalis... on Aug 24 2021 12:35
As we write, comrades are translating the bulletins emerging from the struggles of the oil workers’ strike committee in Iran which have now been ongoing for two months. They can be found on our website (and we publish Statement No. 12 below). The oil workers are not alone.
South African Riots: The Social Crisis Erupts
Submitted by Internationalis... on Aug 18 2021 19:33
In mid-July the social crisis in South Africa (SA) exploded in a week of rioting, looting and arson which swept across the provinces of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. By the end of the month over 330 people had been killed and a trail of destruction left across the major cities and shopping centres.
After the Cuban Protests: Discussion with Proletarios Cabreados
Submitted by Internationalis... on Aug 17 2021 15:51
We are publishing here our translation of a further document on the Cuban protests in July, entitled Análisis de la actual crisis y revuelta en Cuba desde la perspectiva comunista radical, by a group in Ecuador which goes under the name of Proletarios Cabreados (Pissed off Proletarians). You can find them at proletariosrevolucionarios.blogspot.com
Revolts in Myanmar
Submitted by Internationalis... on Feb 23 2021 13:43
Since 1 January the streets of what used to be known as Burma have filled with demonstrations nearly every day. The straw that broke the camel’s back was the army’s coup which overthrew State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, destroying her party (NLD) through the heavy repression meted out to the demonstrators demanding “liberty and democracy”.
Letter from Russia: On the Protests of January 23
Submitted by R Totale on Jan 24 2021 14:47
A report from anarchists in Russia, describing the situation there during the protests of January 23, in which tens of thousands across the country rallied in response to the arrest of opposition leader Aleksei Navalny—expressing anger that runs much deeper. This article was first published by Crimethinc.
Two months of the uprising against dictatorship in Belarus
A Belarusian activist gives a talk and timeline of the current situation in Belarus and the protest movement in the country. Recorded for the London Anarchist Book fair on the 17th of October 2020
Against Police Reform - For the Abolition of Capitalism
Submitted by Internationalis... on Sep 5 2020 21:09
Just as this piece was ready to go online, yet another blatant police shooting of a black US citizen in full sight has triggered angry protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Jacob Blake has been left paralysed from the waist down. Added to the re-run of nightime curfews, tooled-up police and National Guard lining up against protesters came a follower of "Blue Lives Matter": 17 year old Kyle Rittenhouse, with loaded rifle, promptly shot three people, killing two of them.
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