Category: International

Starbucks union strike in Chile

Update (Nov 13, 2013): this post has now been updated to include the formal announcement of the end of the strike. Editorial Note: In September of this year US based member of the IWW were able to meet and connect with members of the Starbucks Union in Chile. They are now waging a strike over […]

Posted: November 8th, 2013 under International, Labor, Solidarity, Syndicalism.

La Alzada: “The revolution must include the feminist struggle, with and inside the libertarian”

By José Antonio Gutiérrez D. Note from translator:  The word “alzada” is the feminine form of the Spanish word that means rebel, instigator, or escalator. The term “territorial work” refers to community and neighborhood work.  In Chile territorial work can refer to community organizations within, as well as those who support and offer solidarity within […]

Posted: October 26th, 2013 under Culture, Gender & Sexuality, International.

President Maduro and the “Anarcho-syndicalists” in Venezuela

Editorial note: The subject of the short article below by the Venezuelan anarchist group El Libertario is of particular salience, as Maduro’s attack happens to parallel recent developments here in the U.S. where top Democratic politicians and the Chelsea Manning prosecution have both used the term ‘anarchist’ to slur their opponents. As for the strike […]

Posted: October 13th, 2013 under Anti-capitalism, Austerity, Economy, International, Labor, Syndicalism.

A History of the Solidarity Federation

By Martin, South London SF The Solidarity Federation was formed in 1994, at a conference in Blackpool, Lancashire, called by the Direct Action Movement, industrial networks and Norwich Solidarity Centre. To understand why and how this came about, we need to look back into developments happening in the Direct Action Movement in the 1980s and […]

Posted: October 13th, 2013 under History, International, Labor.

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