Circuits of recomposition: towards and beyond the #22M logistics workers’ strike
Submitted by ivnbkn on Apr 6 2013 12:11
Can the #22M logistics workers’ strike be a first step towards the generalization of struggles?
Rethinking strike, finding the functional equivalent of the union-form, building up generalization processes. These are the hassles we had to be dealing with during these last years, when the new composition of living labour and transformations of the mode of production made almost all previous organising tools obsolete and unusable.
The General Strike in York, 1926
Submitted by jonthom on Feb 22 2013 14:21
Leaflet produced by the University of York's Borthwick Institute detailing the 1926 General Strike and its how it played out in the City of York.
The French strikes of May-June 1968 - Bruno Astarian
A demystifying review essay and analysis summarizing the events of May-June 1968 in France with an almost exclusive focus on the strikes of the workers, based on reports and testimonies garnered from a voluminous bibliography, providing a sobering reassessment of the largest nationwide strike in French history, which the author defines as a “generalized non-insurrectional work stoppage”.
Translation into English completed January 2013
The 1926 general strike in Hackney
Submitted by Steven. on Jan 8 2013 20:00
Barry Burke's account of the UK general strike of 1926 in the East London borough of Hackney.
When the strike was declared in May 1926, the Hackney Council of Action took over a local boxing hall, the Manor Hall in Kenmure Road [I think at number 16], as the headquarters and ran the strike from there. Throughout the duration of the strike the Council of Action was in continuous session organising the strike locally.
Lisbon on strike: November 14th in Portugal
On November 14th 2012, thousands of people took to the streets of Portugal as part of a European wide general strike. Until recently, the International Monetary Fund held Portugal as an ideal example of the effectiveness of austerity policies, but today, its economy is heading in the same direction as Greece and Spain. This short documentary details the week of the November 14th strike in Lisbon and the events surrounding it.
1926 General Strike photo gallery
Submitted by flaneur on Nov 21 2012 16:13
Photos and documents from the British general strike of 1926. Taken from Woolf Online.
European strike: a list of (about) all demonstrations in Italy
Submitted by StrugglesInItaly on Nov 16 2012 15:00
A list of (about) all the demonstrations which took place in Italy for #14N - the 14 November set of strikes and general strikes across Europe.
Agrigento: demonstration outside the prefecture.
Alessandria: in the bankrupt city, the protest was led by public employees, demonstrating against cuts by the central government.
Europe on strike against austerity: live updates
Submitted by Steven. on Nov 13 2012 22:43
The struggle against austerity steps up a notch as on November 14 an international general strike takes place across several European countries, with demonstrations and solidarity actions across the world. Please post live reports from the area in the comments below.
Greece against austerity: Everything continues
Submitted by Thrasybulus on Nov 13 2012 12:47
Another round of austerity measures has been approved in Greece. Before, during and after the vote people went on strike and took to the streets. And there are signs of resistance stiffening.
There are grounds for both pessimism and optimism when looking at last week in Greece. On the one hand another batch of austerity measures passed through parliament and whilst the mobilisations were big they were also nothing new. On the other hand for a more optimistic view we could point to some moments from the struggles of last week which suggest resistance is shifting and not weakening.
Diary of Virginia Woolf during the 1926 General Strike
Indifferent account of the 1926 General Strike by writer Virginia Woolf.
5th May
An exact diary of the Strike would be interesting. For instance, it is
now a 1/4 to 2: there is a brown fog; nobody is building; it is drizzling.
The first thing in the morning we stand at the window & watch the
traffic in Southampton Row. This is incessant. Everyone is bicycling;
motor cars are huddled up with extra people. There are no buses. No
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