Coalition urged to act over lobbyists who use party groups 'to buy influence'
Investigation reveals more than £1.6m was channelled to MPs and lords in last year by corporations and interest groups…
The social network for trade unionists - a LabourStart project.
February 2011 Blog Posts (138)
Class analysis of the Egyptian uprising (Samir Amin, Pambazuka News, South Africa)
Egypt: How to overthrow a dictator
Samir Amin
2011-02-24, Issue 518
http://pambazuka.org/en/category/features/71173…
Added by peter waterman on February 28, 2011 at 23:58 — No Comments
Africa: Social Emancipation not NGO 'Development' (Firoze Manji, Pambazuka News)
Occupied territory: Africa and the oligopolies
Interview with La Decroissance
Firoze Manji
2011-02-24, Issue 518
http://pambazuka.org/en/category/features/71165…
ContinueAdded by peter waterman on February 28, 2011 at 23:49 — No Comments
Networks, Movements, Unions meet in Joint Social Conference, March 2011, thu 10th and fri 11th, Brussels - ITUH / Draft declaration
Added by Orsan Senalp on February 28, 2011 at 21:00 — No Comments
Irregular workers in public corporation of South Korea have struggled over 1,000 days
Over 1,000 days struggle and 100 days sit-in struggle for recognition of labor union and reinstatement of 9 sacked workers is now going on in front of Korean Sports Promotion Organization(KSPO).
Why they are struggling this long time? What I write now is why they are struggling for long time.
Irregular…
ContinueAdded by Donghwan Ko on February 28, 2011 at 11:03 — No Comments
I receive a brief, terse e-mail from Eliot Seide, AFSCME's leader or "main man"
I receive a brief, terse e-mail from Eliot Seide, AFSCME's leader or "main man"
I wake up on this cold, blustery, windy, snowy Sunday morning in northern Minnesota. Get dressed. Take my dog Fred for a walk. Come in and put the coffee on and grab a…
Continue
Added by Alan L. Maki on February 28, 2011 at 6:17 — No Comments
OneMoreDay
Well - the embed code for the video isn't working - so here is the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c97Ri32JvA
BruceLiles and I were chatting via Skype and he saw on Facebook, a friend told him about live video feed from Madison on Ustream - coming up to the time the Union Hall was to be cleared by Walker mandate.
We kept up-to-date via Twitter and Facebook and when the Ustream… Continue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c97Ri32JvA
BruceLiles and I were chatting via Skype and he saw on Facebook, a friend told him about live video feed from Madison on Ustream - coming up to the time the Union Hall was to be cleared by Walker mandate.
We kept up-to-date via Twitter and Facebook and when the Ustream… Continue
Added by MarkDilley on February 28, 2011 at 6:00 — No Comments
26 propositions on networking, labour and solidarity under/against/beyond a globalised and informatised capitalism (P. Waterman)
Added by Orsan Senalp on February 28, 2011 at 0:11 — No Comments
The Lies Told About Unions
Anti-Union people are predictable and so ideologically focused that really reaching them with accurate information is all but impossible. Finding anti union people is usually pretty easy as they reside in the homes of intolernace like the conservative party in Canada and the republican party in America.
The first lie is that Unions have outgrown their usefulness and that current legislation will protect workers. When was the last time that any…
Continue
The first lie is that Unions have outgrown their usefulness and that current legislation will protect workers. When was the last time that any…
Added by Dave Trumble on February 27, 2011 at 23:36 — No Comments
Arabs are democracy's new pioneers / Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri
The leaderless Middle East uprisings can inspire freedom movements as Latin America did before
Added by Orsan Senalp on February 27, 2011 at 22:39 — No Comments
And...an Arab Broadcaster Wags a Finger at the 'Objective' Western Media (Wada Khanfar, al-Jazeera)
At al-Jazeera, we saw the Arab revolutions coming. Why didn't the West?
By Wadah Khanfar
Friday, February 25, 2011; 5:00 PM
DOHA, QATAR
On Feb. 11, the day Hosni Mubarak stepped down as president of Egypt, al-Jazeera faced a welcome…
Added by peter waterman on February 27, 2011 at 21:27 — No Comments
Something is Rotting in the State of Westminster (James Ball, The Guardian)
Added by peter waterman on February 27, 2011 at 17:07 — No Comments
Political economy of social networking
Added by Viola Wilkins on February 26, 2011 at 23:25 — 2 Comments
Is the US (Becoming) Fascist? (John Pilger, Antiwar.Com)
http://original.antiwar.com/pilger/2011/02/24/behind-the-arab-revolt-is-a-word-we-dare-not-speak/
Antiwar.com February 24, 2011
Behind…
Added by peter waterman on February 26, 2011 at 21:17 — No Comments
Remember Rolan Adams
Only recently I wrote a blog post about the racist murder of Kelso Cochrane in 1958 here. I didn’t think that I would be writing on anything similar for some time.
Then at the beginning of the week I received an email reminding me that last Monday, 21 February, marks 20 years since the racist murder of Rolan Adams in Thamesmead, South East London.
Rolan, and his brother Nathan, were standing…
ContinueAdded by Steve Silver on February 26, 2011 at 21:11 — No Comments
Eye-Witness Report and Commentary on Madison, Wisconsin (Kim Scipes, Chicago, USA)
Peter Sez:
This is one of the things Kim Scipes apparently does when not seriously disrespecting the Foriegn Policy of the AFL-CIO.…
Continue
Added by peter waterman on February 26, 2011 at 20:46 — No Comments
Students and Precarious Workers of Europe Call!
Call for Rise Up!
24th-25th-26th of March, 2011
Common Knowledge Against Financial Capitalism
We, the student and precarious workers of Europe and all around the world met in Paris over the weekend of the 11th-13th of February, 2011 to discuss and organize a common…
Added by peter waterman on February 26, 2011 at 17:20 — No Comments
Students and Precarious Workers of Europe Call!
Call for Rise Up!
24th-25th-26th of March, 2011
Common Knowledge Against Financial Capitalism
We, the student and precarious workers of Europe and all around the world met in Paris over the weekend of the 11th-13th of February, 2011 to discuss and organize a common…
Added by peter waterman on February 26, 2011 at 17:16 — No Comments
The Political Economy of Peer Production – M. Bauwens
Added by Orsan Senalp on February 26, 2011 at 13:13 — No Comments
Self-Expression of Interests versus Interest-Representation / NetzwerkIT
The website is in German, in general. Below text is taken from their leaflet in English [About Us page].
NetzwerkIT is an impressive and developed case for our Social Network Unionism project! It is very similar to new transnational social network union …
ContinueAdded by Orsan Senalp on February 25, 2011 at 21:00 — No Comments
Featured Blog Posts
- Union campaign against very real global internet censorship threat at UN
- Italy: Stop victimisation of anti-fascist activist and trade union leader
- Is this a better logo than the one we're using?
- May Day event where it all began - needs your help
- Two new articles of mine on Egypt
- Results of the first annual survey of trade union use of the net
- "The workers are angry!" - Press release from CTUWS, Cairo
Latest Blog Posts
- Defilado kaj ĝenerala striko kontraŭ multekosta vivo
- Defilado kaj ĝenerala striko kontraŭ multekosta vivo
- * Social Networking and Revolution
- Why Canada's Neo-Liberal (and Viciously Anti-Labour) Government is so Pro-Israel
- Marikana, South Africa: A Downward Spiral into Assasinations?
- * Fighting Forward: Big Labour Studies Conference in the USA
- Report One Day National Seminar on the Rights of Children and the Role of Trade Unions 0n 13th May,2013 at Hotel Ambassador Lahore
Most Popular Blog Posts
- "The workers are angry!" - Press release from CTUWS, Cairo
- Arab world in revolt! Solidarity with the pro-democracy demonstrators!
- Occupy Poster for General Strike, NYC, May 1, 2012
- DONT LET OURSTREET FALL: URGENT CALL FOR ACTION TO SUPPORT OCCUPY WALL STREET
- Egypt: New trade union federation formed
- Top Groups on the front page
- Labour laywer
Blog Topics by Tags
Monthly Archives
Union Jobs
Groups
© 2013 Created by Eric Lee.
