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Sources Experts & SpokespersonsNews ReleasesJournalists and media attacked during general strike in Nepal2015-01-21 International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates, the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) and the Nepal Press Union (NPU), in condemning several incidents of attacks on journa... Sources Select ResourcesAsbestos StrikeConnexipedia Article Article The Asbestos Strike of 1949, based in and around Asbestos, Quebec, Canada, was a four-month labour dispute by the asbestos miners. Biggest Strike In China's History Enters 6th Day: Police Arrested Organizers, Workers Battle SWAT TroopsArticle 2014 Europe Solidaire Sans Frontieres The largest strike in China's history has entered the sixth day, defying state attempts to repress workers struggling against economic and social injustice. Police arrested several organizers of the s... China in RevoltFriedman, Eli Article 2012 Jacobin Magazine Few in the West are aware of the drama unfolding in today’s “epicenter of global labor unrest.” A scholar of China exposes its tumultuous labor politics and their lessons for the Left. Connexions Library: Labour and Unions FocusWebsite 2009 Connexions Information Sharing Services Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on labour and unions. Connexions Library: Organizing Focus PageWebsite Connexions Information Sharing Services Selected articles from the Connexions Online Library. Critique of Nonviolent PoliticsFrom Mahatma Gandhi to the Anti-Nuclear Movement Ryan, Howard Book 1984 Ryan accepts that sometimes nonviolence can be effective, but says that sometimes it is not: "a principled insistence on nonviolence can in some circumstances be dangerous to progressive social moveme... February strike (The Netherlands)Connexipedia Article Article A general strike organized during World War II in The Netherlands against the anti-Jewish measures and activities by the Nazis. The Iceland women's strike, 1975Johns, Steven Article 2016 libcom.org A short history of the strike, or day off, by the of women in Iceland for equality with men on 24 October, 1975. Journalists and media attacked during general strike in NepalSources News Release Article 2015 International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates, the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) and the Nepal Press Union (NPU), in condemning several incidents of attacks on journa... The Making of Jericho RoadAgainst The Current vol. 132 Williams, Charles Article 2008 Against The Current An interview with Michael Honey. The paperback edition of Michael Honey’s Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King’s Last Campaign is released this January 2008. Miners' strike: senior officer was 'appalled' at conduct of other policeTownsend, Mark Article 2012 Guardian A senior police officer breaks ranks to describe how he and others were "appalled" at the behaviour of colleagues during the 1984-85 miners' strike in the UK, as calls mount for a fresh inquiry into t... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - March 12, 2015Organizing Diemer, Ulli (editor); Khan, Tahmid (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 Connexions The focus of this issue is organizing. How can we challenge and overcome entrenched structures of economic and political power? Our own source of power is our latent ability to join together and work ... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - May 7, 2015Urban agriculture and local food production Diemer, Ulli (editor); Rickwood, Darien Yawching (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 Connexions This issue of Other Voices ranges widely, from increasing worker activism and strikes in China, to advances in battery technology that make it much easier and cheaper to store solar and wind energy fo... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - June 18, 2016Serial Publication (Periodical) 2016 Connexions This issue of Other Voices features a wide range of issues. The topic of the week is homophobia, the hate that led to 49 deaths in Orlando last week, but which is present in greater or lesser form in ... The Real Cost of a Cheap BurgerFastfood Workers Go Hungry: Is that the American Dream? Frank, Thomas Article 2014 Le Monde Diplomatique America’s fastfood outlets are not restaurants but food systems serviced by cheap labour in de-skilled jobs — employees so badly paid that they need state aid and charity. They went on strike in North... Review of the Press - November 21, 1975Article 1975 The Varsity It's probably no surprise to most people that Toronto's three dailies are all anti-union and anti-working-class. But it takes a big strike, like the postal strike or the school strike, to bring out th... Saga of the Neptune JadePerry, Hayden Article 1998 Against the Current ON SEPTEMBER 28, 1997, a container-ship sailed through the Golden Gate into San Francisco Bay and tied up at the Yusen Terminal in the port of Oakland. This precipitated an international drama that ra... Seeds of FireA People's Chronology Diemer, Ulli Article 2012 Connexions Information Sharing Services Recalling events that happened on this day in history. Memories of struggle, resistance and persistence. Violence and the Newspaper StrikeBernick, Thomas Article 1997 Against the Current To those who still allow their anti-union biases and their exposure to employer misinformation to cloud their perception of reality, I would pose the following question: If the employer and its suppor... Why I'm on the Picket LineEhrcke, Tara Article 2014 Our Times Teacher Tara Ehrcke talks about why she voted to strike in Greater Victoria, British Columbia: The "public" in public school shouldn't mean just providing a building, with some tired teachers to deliv... Why No Reporters in Suez?The Real Revolution Will Not Be Televised Cramer, Mary Lynn Article 2011 CounterPunch What is happening in Tahrir Square Cairo has been built on the backs of millions of Egyptian workers who waged 3,000 strikes over the past eight years. Winnipeg General StrikeConnexipedia Article Article The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 was one of the most influential strikes in Canadian history, and became the platform for future labour reforms. In March 1919 labour delegates from across Western C... Worker Resistance in TelecommunicationsMoody, Kim Article 1998 Against the Current LABOR RESISTANCE SEEMS to be spreading, capturing public support, and even winning some gains here and there. Such diverse groups as New York cabbies and construction workers, California nurses and t... Sources BookshelfSeeds of FireA People's Chronology Diemer, Ulli Article 2012 Recalling events that happened on this day in history. Memories of struggle, resistance and persistence. LabourA bilingual journal holding no rigid position on the definition of labour. The editorial board hopes to foster imaginative approaches to both teaching and research in labour studies through an open ex... |
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