Some 25 years ago, the workers at the Austin, Minnesota plant of the Hormel Corp. embarked on a long and brave fight. A fight which was not only right but fought “from below”. This fight and the rank-and-file efforts to …
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The BP Oil Spill
By Kevin Limiti and Frank Rizal
Sometimes we spend so much time focusing on past events that we forget the alarming and most damning evidence against Capitalism and the State is right in the headlines of the New York Times. …
Read moreInterview with José Antonio Gutiérrez, Part 1
Interview conducted by Kevin S.
José Antonio Gutiérrez is a regular writer for the international anarchist site Anarkismo and a Chilean immigrant in Ireland. Before immigrating, he participated with anarchists in the labor and student movements in Chile, and has …
Read moreThe Tactical Utility of VIOLENCE, Part 1
Old Joke:
On Ellis Island, early in the 20th century, an elderly eastern European man is being processed for immigration into the United States. He stands before the desk of the immigration officer who loudly asks him, …
Interview with José Antonio Gutiérrez, Part 2
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Kevin: So, speaking personally again, have you been keeping busy still with organizing in Ireland? You have written a lot on international solidarity with folks in Colombia, Palestine, Haiti among others…. How long …
Read moreUpdate on the German Free Workers Union
By Tom Wetzel
A struggle by the workers at the New Babylon Cinema in Berlin – a relatively small firm – has now blown up into a fight with much larger legal consequences for German workers. A December 11, 2009 …
Read moreFreedom Farmworker March
By Steve P. and Frank Rizal (WSA Pensacola local)
On April 18, 2010 approximately 1500 people from all over the U.S. came to participate in the Freedom Farmworker March organized by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers in Lakeland, FL. The …
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