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Comment by Rhys Harrison on December 30, 2012 at 20:41

Hello friends, I've been building an archive of pdf's of history and theory of labour struggles. I thin some of you may be interested in a few of them

http://www.mediafire.com/?zax29ra2u3nna

Comment by Hamad Maqsood Gill on December 28, 2012 at 15:25

 

Labor-lore and Working Class Culture use"guidelines.

f you’re a serious revolutionary, then you are not looking for an autocratic revolution, but a popular one which will move towards freedom and democracy. That can take place only if a mass of the population are implementing it, carrying it out, and solving problems. They’re not going to undertake that commitment, understandably, unless they have discovered for themselves that there are limits to reform.

A sensible revolutionary will try to push reform to the limits, for two good reasons. First, because the reforms can be valuable in themselves. People should have an eight-hour day rather than a twelve-hour day. And in general, we should want to act in accord with decent ethical values.

Secondly, on strategic grounds, you have to show that here are limits to reform. Perhaps sometimes the system will accommodate to needed reforms. If so, well and good. But if it won’t, then new questions arise. Perhaps that is a moment when resistance is necessary, steps to overcome the barriers to justified changes. Perhaps the time has come to resort to coercive measures in defense of rights and justice, a form of self-defense. Unless the general population recognizes such measures to be a form of self-defense, they’re not going to take part in them, at least they shouldn’t.

If you get to a point where the existing institutions will not bend to the popular will, you have to eliminate the institutions. May Day started here, but then became an international day in support of American workers who were being subjected to brutal violence and judicial punishment. Today, the struggle continues to celebrate May Day not as a "law day" as defined by political leaders, but as a day whose meaning is decided by the people, a day rooted in organizing and working for a better future for the whole of society.

Comment by DAta Miners Travailleurs Psychiq on December 27, 2012 at 10:25

heres a rough mix of a new tune coming soon... http://traitorsinternational.bandcamp.com/track/work

Comment by Julie Horne on December 23, 2012 at 15:36

Thanks for your comment about your new CD Nathan. I just sent you & email as suggested.

Comment by Nathan Moore on December 23, 2012 at 0:02

Folklorist Jim Leary has a new website on the "The Cultures of Icleandic Workers."  Check it out!

Comment by Nathan Moore on December 22, 2012 at 23:46

Thanks, Julie, for the kind words!  If you send us an email at lowtidedrifters@gmail.com, I'll put a copy of our CD in the mail for you (when we get our next shipment).  

Comment by Julie Horne on December 22, 2012 at 20:02

As soon as I saw your latest comment Nathan, I listened to "Already Home". It has beautiful lyrics & harmonies. Thank you for the free download Nathan. Brilliant title and concept I think. It is so good to hear poetry like this. Nice post about Joe Strummer on your website recently too.

Comment by Nathan Moore on December 22, 2012 at 19:36

Low Tide Drifters has a free download of "Already Home," a song that honors the contributions of all of the immigrants in the United States.  Check it out at: http://lowtidedrifters.wordpress.com/

Comment by Nathan Moore on December 22, 2012 at 19:34

Al Bradbury is the new editor of Labor Notes, too! 

Comment by Julie Horne on December 22, 2012 at 19:19

Thanks Nathan for your addition below of et and the boy - Al Bradbury.

I really like it a lot.

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