The Union makes us Strong? Syndicalism: a Critical Analysis
30 March 2009Posted by AFed
A series of three articles from the Anarchist Federation’s Organise! magazine, nos. 46, 47 & 48 (published 1997-98).
Anarchists on G20 ‘Put People First’ march and rally – 28 March 2009
29 March 2009Posted by AFed
Just a few links to media from Saturday 28th March ‘Put People First’ march & rally (2009) … Links to Indymedia UK: Photos from the…
The Future Society
24 March 2009Posted by AFed
Here is the text of the afternoon session of the joint Anarchist Communist Federation/Subversion discussion meeting at Sheffield Red and Black Centre on 7/6/97, presented by Claire and Mike (ACF Nottingham).
New Labour’s New Deal = Dirty Deal
23 March 2009Posted by AFed
We’re used to changes in welfare benefits happening so slowly and quietly you’d hardly notice them. So unless you’re getting benefit yourself, you might be forgiven for not even knowing that unemployment benefit and income support were put together as the Job Seekers Allowance in October 1996. Then there was Project Work, a Conservative experiment being tried out in 30 towns from last April onwards, continuing under the Labour government up to the present day.
Austria’s EU Presidency, Work and Welfare
23 March 2009Posted by AFed
This is an electronic mail message sent to the Anarchist Commuinist Federation, containing some interesting views concerning the EU and work,including Euromarch. They are interested in discussion with as many groups as possible.
Religion and Materialism
23 March 2009Posted by AFed
Introduction to the religion discussion at ACF conference, Glasgow, August 1996.
Note – this intro quotes freely from Bakunin’s God and the State in places, which is why the language is sometimes a bit old-fashioned. BAKUNIN, GOD AND THE STATE
One of the linchpins of traditional anarchist thought is an opposition to religion, which finds its basis in materialism. By this we mean that our material existence as humans is solely due to our development from animals.
Untying the knot: The Tyranny of Structurelessness and The Tyranny of Tyranny
20 March 2009Posted by AFed
With an introduction by the AF, we reproduce two important texts on libertarian organisation from the 1970’s & 80’s, The Tyranny of Structurelessness by Jo Freeman and a reply to it The Tyranny of Tyranny by Cathy Levine. The two texts were previously published together as Untying the Knot: Feminism, Anarchism and Organisation (Rebel Press, 1984) and we have kept this title. Those who may tend more towards anti-organisational currents in anarchism but also those who may unwittingly verge towards centralised structures in a desire to become more organised, will find much to think about in these two texts.
London Olympics site – workers without frontiers
3 March 2009Posted by AF
“BRITISH JOBS FOR BRITISH WORKERS” is a slogan that’s become very familiar in the past few months. Energy sector workers across the country have staged wildcat strikes and demonstrations to protest at the fact that workers have been brought in from outside the UK while local people go jobless. Now the protests are spreading to the construction industry. The union Unite is planning pickets and unofficial action at construction sites where foreign workers are employed, and the Olympic site in East London is being highlighted as a high-profile potential target for the campaign.
The Racialisation of the Power Station Strikes
3 February 2009Posted by AF
Scottish Unite official Bobby Buirds’ comments that the current strike are “not against foreign workers, it’s against foreign companies discriminating against British labour” confirms that the strike is against bosses, not fellow (foreign) workers. The foreign workers are just doing what any of us would do if we were desperate for work, but the media have turned this into some “foreigners go home” trip again. Foreign workers regularly suffer appalling living and working conditions, along with low wages and little in the way of representation. Given that the contract was awarded to the lowest-bidding tender, it is likely that these are the same conditions being faced by the Italian workers on Humberside.
Walkouts in refineries by an oil worker
3 February 2009Posted by An oil worker
I work for a contracted company in charge of the maintenance of a oil refinery in south Wales. The start of the strike occurred due to an Italian company being contracted to increase refinery capacity at the Lindsey refinery. The strikes quickly spread across the rest of the refineries sporting the slogan “British Jobs for British workers”.
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