Posts tagged: labour

Militancy in Many Forms: Teachers Strikes and Urban Insurrection, 1967–74

Marjorie Murphy looks at the often fraught relationship between rank-and-file public school teacher militancy and the urban uprisings of the late 1960s and early 70s.
Daughters of the Strike: A May Day Statement

We were born from the confluence that is taking place between workers in neighborhoods, in factories, in the popular economy, between domestic workers, care workers, precarious workers, among those organized in unions and multiple other feminist collectives, among those who don’t have a visible boss but engage in piece work in their homes and those who are unemployed workers.
A Statement from the SENS-UAW Strike Committee at The New School

The New School administration has been unrelenting in its effort to push back against student and cafeteria workers' demands for fair working conditions and basic dignity.
Why Marx Now?

McKenzie Wark considers the question "Why Marx now?" through a close reading of one of the Communist Manifesto's most famous lines.
Workers Leaving the Factory: From May 68 to October 05

May 1968 stands at the precipice into which the historical labor movement will descend.
Antonio Negri Replies to Striking Railworkers

Railworkers engaged in the rolling strike action in the area to the north of Paris asked Antonio Negri to answer a few questions connected with the current struggle against the rail reform and the meaning of solidarity.
Étienne Balibar Replies to Striking Railworkers

Railworkers engaged in the rolling strike action in the area to the north of Paris asked Étienne Balibar to answer a few questions connected with the current struggle against the rail reform and the meaning of solidarity.
The Teacher Uprising Hits the University

The recent strike wave has once again made the entire field of education a key site in the class struggle.
Victory for the Education Sector Strike in Brazil

An examination of the recent strike by Brazilian education workers in opposition to proposed pension reform.
Jacques Rancière Replies to Striking Railworkers

Railworkers engaged in the rolling strike action in the area to the north of Paris asked Jacques Rancière to answer a few questions connected with the current struggle against the rail reform and the meaning of solidarity.
French Students are Right to Rebel: Against an Order Based on Selection and Repression

An open letter in support of the current student revolt, the railworkers’ strike, and the struggles in defence of public services in France.
Striking Teachers and Wildcat Politics

Capitalism needs teachers. Teachers are learning that they don’t need capitalism.