A Worker Informs Us of a Spontaneous Strike at FIAT

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The following letter was received by our comrades in Italy and printed in Battaglia Comunista 10. It deals with a small but significant episode of class struggle in which the workers for once broke out of the union cage, and were thus able to put the defence of their own interests first. Their anger had built up in the long period in which they had to put up with vicious attacks on their wages...

Iraq - US Imperialism in Disarray

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"Web special" article for RP 44 · For the US ruling class Iraq has become a quagmire in which it remains firmly stuck. On the one hand it must find a way out of the Mesopotamian quicksands, but on the other any exit must not undermine its position and its strategy in the Middle East as a whole. During the last year the impossibility of achieving both these goals has become increasingly apparent.

1905-2005: A Century of the IWW

("Web special" article for RP44 – Originally published in Prometeo 12 (2005)) · This year is the centenary of the historic American union, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). We can do a re-run of their history through the biography of one of their founders: William “Big Bill” Haywood (1869-1928).

The Sub-prime Crisis Shakes the World Economy

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An August Bank Holiday Explosion on the Stock Exchange but Its Nothing to do with the Weather - From Battaglia Comunista 9, 2007 · Last month’s crisis shook the stock exchanges and the whole world financial system, though according to international monetary authorities, governments, and the majority of economic analysts, the crisis should be over in a few months without too many hold-ups.

Conditions and Workers’ Struggles in the World

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Egypt · The powerful struggle that the Egyptian proletariat is waging shows yet again how the conditions of life for workers are ever more unsustainable. · The situation in Egypt has been aggravated by the policy of privatisation of public services and has revealed once again how the union organisations openly side with the bosses.

October Revolution - Ninety Years On

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Is the October Proletarian Revolution Relevant Today? · (We are marking the passing of the Ninetieth Anniversary of the October Revolution with a common statement in its defense. The question of war or revolution is today as urgent as it is relevant. The UK spellings of the original document have been retained.

Housing and Market Turmoil in the US

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The Limits of the Paper Economy · The turmoil in equity markets and sub-prime mortgage lending that broke out this last August in the US shows a deeply imbalanced capitalist system that lurches from panic to boom and back again. The crisis in mortgage lending and equity markets stands revealed in its voracious need to cannibalize itself.

UAW Road to Hell is Paved with Big Concessions

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The Big Three & UAW Usher in a New Round of Attacks on Autoworkers · General Motors and the UAW ushered in a new round of attacks on autoworkers by hammering out a new contract while allowing a token strike to be held by some 72,000 GM workers nationwide. The strike itself forced GM plants in Canada and Mexico to halt production.

Patch and Pray - Minnesota I-35 Bridge Disaster

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Flawed from the Start and Neglected for Forty Years · The collapse of the Interstate Highway 35 Bridge in Minneapolis, that spans the Mississippi river, left some 13 people dead and seventy injured. The disaster made the news for a time, long enough for the capitalist media to capture a human-interest story and compete for advertising dollars.

Canadian Economy - The Capitalists’ Share Grows While the Workers Share Falls

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An economic study, published on June 28th by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), has statistically confirmed what most workers intuitively sense in their daily lives: that despite economic growth, they are not getting a fair shake from their bosses. Last year, 65% of Canadians told Environics Research they felt that a greater share of economic growth is going into the already...

1917 - Introduction

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The Russian Revolution of October 1917 was unique. It was the only time in history when workers themselves took over the running of the state in a conscious attempt to build socialism. The fact that it eventually failed does not diminish its power to inspire. Whatever your views, any understanding of revolutionary experience has to take the October Revolution as its starting point.

1917 - February: The Working Class Against Imperialist War

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In July 1914 the First World War broke out and at the same time a new epoch in history began. Until 1914 the workers of Europe had given their allegiance to the Social Democratic parties which made up the Second International. Although a few of its revolutionary members recognised that it was riddled with opportunism, none of them anticipated the great betrayal of August 1914.

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