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Peter waterman's Blog – December 2010 Archive (32)
David Mandel: Union Complicity in Canadian Asbestos Exports to Third World
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Added by peter waterman on December 29, 2010 at 14:38 — No Comments
Asian Woman Leader of Key British Strike Dies
Added by peter waterman on December 29, 2010 at 8:38 — No Comments
US Activists On BDS Campaign against Israeli Policies
Peter sez:
Although this piece does not even mention unions, UnionBook surfers might find it useful if they want to join the growing international labour movement campaign against Israeli imperial/colonial campaigns against the people of Palestine.
Now read on:
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Added by peter waterman on December 26, 2010 at 17:27 — No Comments
The '12 Theses on Wikileaks' Guy
Just wanted to alert folks interested in emancipatory activity online of the website of Gert Lovink, one of the authors of the 12 Theses which I posted recently.
Lovink is a Dutch/Australian guy, and an academic specialist on this whole area.
I have come across his name here and there but not read his several books and numerous essays.
Some of his writings are downloadable.
Let me know if you know more or read more about him.
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One-Hour Documentary on Wikileaks and Julian Assange
Folks--
There's been a lot of attention paid to Julian Assange and Wikileaks this last year, but it's been partial, fragmentary, etc. This is a one
hour documentary from Swedish TV (in English) that looks at it and what
it's done world wide--you will find it well worth your time! I just
watched it and it is excellent. This is extremely well done....
Please pass on widely. It will only be up until January 16, 2011. …
Continue
There's been a lot of attention paid to Julian Assange and Wikileaks this last year, but it's been partial, fragmentary, etc. This is a one
hour documentary from Swedish TV (in English) that looks at it and what
it's done world wide--you will find it well worth your time! I just
watched it and it is excellent. This is extremely well done....
Please pass on widely. It will only be up until January 16, 2011. …
Continue
Added by peter waterman on December 25, 2010 at 9:30 — 2 Comments
ITUC and Friends Hoping to Save the (Capitalist?) World, WSF, Dakar, February 2011
Peter sez:
In so far as this proposed activity for the World Social Forum, Dakar, early 2011, goes beyond the 'Decent Work' agenda of the International Trade Union Confederation/Global Unions family, it might provide a possibility for voices to be heard from those who think its proposals leave capitalism (unmentioned) as something to be saved or rescued. Or, at least, for participants to ask the name of the…
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First National Conference of South African Unions, Social Movements, Civil Society
South Africa: First national Conference of the Democratic Left called
A call to the 1st national Conference of the Democratic Left
Unite to make Another South Africa and World possible!
A call for united anti-capitalist action and for democratic left politics
Issued by the Interim Steering Committee of the Conference of the Democratic Left
December 7, 2010 -- This is a call to social movements, trade unions, other progressive mass organisations,…
Added by peter waterman on December 20, 2010 at 9:14 — No Comments
Global Wave of Action for Education: Joint Statement
http://ia700109.us.archive.org/1/items/JointStatementEng/ism_globalwave.pdf
Joint Statement
Global Wave of Action
for Education
July, 2010
Around the world students, pupils, teachers, parents and employees have been protesting against…
Added by peter waterman on December 16, 2010 at 12:02 — No Comments
David Graeber: The Climate Change Movement and the Labour Movement
Against Kamikaze Capitalism: Oil, Climate Change and the French refinery blockades
by David Graeber, published online November 2010
On Saturday, 16th October 2010, some 500 activists gathered at convergence points across London, knowing only that they were about to embark on a direct action called Crude Awakening, aimed against the ecological…
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COSATU: First Substantial and Public Challenge to ITUC From the Global South
Peter sez:
This is the first serious challenge to the Northern hegemony represented within or by the International Trade Union Confederation. Indeed, it is the first such serious union challenge fullstop. Such autonomous left groupings as the Southern Initiative on Globalisation and Trade Union Rights (mentioned below) and the Labour and Globalisation network within the World Social Forum…
ContinueAdded by peter waterman on December 15, 2010 at 12:06 — 3 Comments
Kim Scipes Article: Why Labour Imperialism?
Peter sez:
This abstract of an article by Kim Scipes in Working USA argues that the AFL-CIO's strategy in the Global South should be seen in terms of 'labour imperialism' rather than any other, and that it should be understood primarily in terms of ideology.
This particular issue of the journal (of which only abstracts are available free) is on the history and present of the anarchist or autonomist tradition. I am…
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From Marco Berlinguer: Labour Preparations for World Social Forum, February 2011
Peter sez:
Marco Berlinguer is the key person or coordinator of the Labour and Globalisation network, that represents, I guess, the left labour tendency within the World and European Social Forums. If attending the coming WSF in Dakar, Senegal, or interested in so doing, contact him as indicated.
Now read on...
Dear all,
I hope this…
Added by peter waterman on December 14, 2010 at 16:00 — No Comments
Steve Early Reviews 'Made in Dagenham'
From Working In These Times and MRZine, December, 2010:
Made in Dagenham: Lessons for Today from the Golden Age of Factory Unrest?
by Steve Early…
Added by peter waterman on December 14, 2010 at 12:23 — No Comments
Lovink and Riemens: 12 Theses on Wikileaks
Peter sez:
Wow!
Best piece on Wikileaks I have so far found. Note criticism also of its own practices as a 'single person operation' and distance from the 'another world is possible movement'.
Now read on...
http://www.eurozine.com/pdf/2010-12-07-lovinkriemens-en.pdf
Geert Lovink, Patrice Riemens
Twelve theses on…
Added by peter waterman on December 13, 2010 at 14:51 — No Comments
Textile Strike and Deaths in Bangladesh (Received From Jeff Ballinger)
The company hopes to reap $430 million in export turnover by the end of this year from its Bangladesh operations, mainly producing such outfits for world top brands. The Korea-based manufacturer of outdoor wear, sportswear and shoes that are sold by top brands like North Face, Nike and LL Bean is the single largest contributor to…
Added by peter waterman on December 13, 2010 at 14:31 — 1 Comment
Numbers and trends of UB visitors? Statistics?
Eric:
In the course of a private exchange a labour-oriented cyber specialist says that UB gets 2,600 visitors per day. Is this true? And how does it relate to the 100,000 figure that I seem to recall being mentioned by you, as well as to the 1,000,000 campaign you are promoting?
I would not myself be worried if the 2,600 per day figure was true. Any new social movement begins with one or ten. But I would like to see a breakdown of UB statistics, including…
ContinueAdded by peter waterman on December 10, 2010 at 18:36 — 2 Comments
Canadian Example of Social Movement Networked Unionism in the Making?
Added by peter waterman on December 10, 2010 at 16:50 — No Comments
Global Campaign for Decent Work and Rights for Domestic Workers
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Added by peter waterman on December 10, 2010 at 16:34 — No Comments
FaceBook, UnionBook, Wikileaks, (Anti-) Social Media and the Crisis of Capitalist Civilisation as We Know it?
Just a few thoughts provoked by events in and around cyberspace the last wiks or even daze:
1. Michael Albert, the cyberspace gen/ie/ius behind the humungous libertarian left US webspace, Zcommunications, Znet, Zwhatever, thinks that FaceBook eats your brain (or at least the brains of those who live on cloud FaceBook rather than Planet Znet). An energetic exchange has followed his challenging… Continue
1. Michael Albert, the cyberspace gen/ie/ius behind the humungous libertarian left US webspace, Zcommunications, Znet, Zwhatever, thinks that FaceBook eats your brain (or at least the brains of those who live on cloud FaceBook rather than Planet Znet). An energetic exchange has followed his challenging… Continue
Added by peter waterman on December 9, 2010 at 11:51 — 2 Comments
New Book on AFL-CIO Operations in in the Third World
Added by peter waterman on December 8, 2010 at 19:55 — No Comments
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