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During the Cold War, the demand for higher pay became the demand for “income equality.” The reason appeared obvious: for the past five decades the income gap between the top and bottom has grown …

Kevin Van Meter discusses the 1947 pamphlet "the American Worker," its international impact and the significance of workers' inquiry.

Sergio Bologna on workers' historiography, first published in Common Sense no.11/12 in 1987.

Italian autonomist Sergio Bologna discusses the rise of Nazism and its relationship to the German working class.

Organizing our workplaces isn’t just about wages, hours, working conditions, and obtaining rights non-unionized workers lack—such as the right to have a steward present during disciplinary proceedings. It’s also about having a say during our workdays and in our working lives. As we build collective power with coworkers, negotiate with management, and make demands of employers, workplace democracy is a way of talking about having a say. But what does that mean?

Italian autonomist Sergio Bologna discusses the rise of Nazism and its relationship to the German working class.

ROBERT POOLE and HENRY FOWLER introduce a new book club to help activists get organised and share ideas

How many strikes are there in the United States? It’s a question with obvious importance to labor activists, yet there is no readily accessible answer. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) releases an annual work stoppage summary in February reporting the number of strikes and lockouts over the prior year—but only those that involved at least 1,000 workers and lasted an entire

How many strikes are there in the United States? It’s a question with obvious importance to labor activists, yet there is no readily accessible answer. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) releases an annual work stoppage summary in February reporting the number of strikes and lockouts over the prior year—but only those that involved at least 1,000 workers and lasted an entire

What an utter shit-storm - AngryWorkers look back on their 2020 Hope to see you all back in the pit soon... At the end of this messy heap of muffled days, we thought of looking back so as to look forward in anger. This is not a political assessment of the wider social situation, but a summary of stuff we did and circulated during 2020. And the year had started out all good, with some tasty kebabs and Cobras at our favourite Punjabi Kitchen in Greenford, all happy and mask-free together, celebra...