On May Day 1886 the struggle of the workers was to obtain the 8-hour workday (8 hours of work, 8 hours of culture, 8 hours of rest) and the State's response was repression and murder. Today, 126 years later, the state of exploitation by the leading castes of the workers is no less widespread.

May Day is the day for working class dignity, for demanding social justice, for remembrance and tributes to those who…

Unpublished letter to the Age for Anzac day. (Sent 24/4/2012) by Jeremy Dixon:



I got the facts about the construction of Anzac Day from the Peter Cochrane book linked below.( A good source on the IWW and conscription is Ian Turner's 

Industrial Politics and Labour). Anyway, I wrote in vain:



One reason there are so many myths about Anzac Day is that it began as a marketing exercise in the first place, to hoodwink the nation into voting…

Save Weekend Penalty Rates: “You Can’t Haz Our Weekend” Protest

 "Hit and Stay", a documentary by Baltimore based Joe Tropea and Skizz Cyzyk, about the nonviolent Catholic draft board raids during the Vietnam War to be released this year.

See trailer here

http://www.hitandstay.com/index.html



A21 REPORT - 40th. anniversary of the Anniversary of Harrisburg 7 Trial - F.B.I. attempt to destroy Catholic Resistance to Vietnam War…

http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/04/13/kick-some-ass-with-the-working-class/

British SAS Iraq War Veteran Ben Griffin (Veterans for Peace UK), his family and other activists in deploying to rural Wales for a series of events around the Welsh National Theatre's performances of Tim Price's new play "The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning".

http://tinyurl.com/82wo88w



We will be heading to Bradley's hometown Haverfordwest, Pembrokshire, where Bradley spent four years at high school.  The…

3CR will celebrate May Day 2012 with a special broadcast on Tuesday 1 May from 7am - 12 noon. Each year on 1 May people from around the world join in celebrations to mark the achievements of workers while recognising the fight for equity in the workplace is far from over. There'll be news and views from local and international workers as well as all the details on events happening on the day and analysis of recent achievements through union activism.…

Blitz The Boss - By Sean Carleton, X364847

This song is part punk rock anthem and part John Brill’s 1916 IWW classic “Dump the Bosses Off Your Back.” It is inspired by the fight of Jimmy John’s workers for sick pay and dignity in the workplace. The first verse can be changed to any issue and the rest of the song still holds together and speaks, loudly, to the need for a “lighting war” against the boss.



Tune: “Blitzkrieg Bop” by The …