As the U.S. marks the 150th anniversary of the Civil War this year, some attention has been given to African-American resistance to slavery and to the northern radical abolitionists. Increasingly, it is admitted, even in the South, that the Confederacy’s supposedly “noble cause” was based upon the defense of slavery. Yet to this day this [...] Continue reading → 
On October 6, Wal-Mart warehouse strikers won their demand to be rehired with strike pay for lost hours. Workers had been on strike since Sept 15, after being fired for presenting a letter to management. We sat down for a brief interview with strikers John and Holly. Listen: And Visit : Warehouse Workers for Justice (WWJ) Continue reading → 
This Saturday, November 17th, Wal-Mart warehouse workers and their supporters marched on the bosses in Elwood, IL. Following a strike last month, in which the workers won back their jobs, workers delivered letters of complaint to two managers. Workers chased managers down, marching through the warehouse and talking to fellow workers, as police are being called. Continue reading → 
Jakarta In November 2011 a planned strike in Jakarta by 85,000 unionised workers was called off after the city governor agreed to raise the minimum wage by about 20 per cent.[1] Freeport More than 8000 workers and 1600 contractors struck at the Freeport copper mine in Papua. The three month strike, from September to December, [...] Continue reading → It is sometimes said that while anti-capitalist and alternative globalization movements are clear on what we do not want, we are less clear on what we do want (socialism, anarchism, specifics). Certainly, recent movements have not been as effective as their predecessors (labor in the 1910s and ‘30s; the social movements of the ‘60s and [...] Continue reading → By John Jacobsen of Trial by Fire Arizona sate employees’ unions were caught off guard this week with news that the state’s republican controlled senate was passing a series of bills which, amongst other provisions, would completely ban unions from engaging in any negotiation which effects the terms of a persons employment with state, county [...] Continue reading →