An article about the growth of the Saudi Labour movement and additional radical opposition groups, focussing on two strikes at the ARAMCO oil company in 1953 and 1956. Copied to clipboard Files Labour and Opposition in Saudi Arabia.pdf (1.15 MB) nationalism strikes 1970s 1950s Islam Iraq oil Saudi Arabia Bahrain Toby Matthiessen PDF Comments
Gender politics in the Korean transition to democracy Jeong-Lim Nam's essay on Korean women's battles against dictatorship in the 1980s.
Unofficial refinery walkouts 'over foreign workers' spread An assessment of the spread of the refinery wildcat strikes - purportedly over the hiring of foreign…
2009: The strike at Lindsey refinery: a struggle entangled in nationalism Mouvement Communiste's detailed account and analysis of the oil industry construction workers'…
1977: Egypt's bread intifada A short history of the country-wide uprising against the termination of state subsidies for basic commodities in January 1977. Despite savage…
Like a summer with a thousand Julys …and other seasons… Expansive overview and analysis of the early 1980s strikes and riots in the UK.
Tea Break 3 - oil refinery strikes, February 2009 A PDF of the February 2009 issue of the irregular workers' bulletin Tea Break, written and designed by users of libcom.org, for general…
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