Labor/ Work

div class=field field-type-filefield field-field-photo div class=field-items div class=field-item odd div class=filefield-fileimg class=filefield-icon field-icon-image-jpeg alt=image/jpeg icon src=http://libcom.org/sites/libcom.org/modules/contrib/filefield/icons/image-x-generic.png /a href=http://libcom.org/files/images/library/cigarworkers.jpg type=image/jpeg; length=89655cigarworkers.jpg/a/div /div /div /div div class=field field-type-text field-field-introduction div class=field-items div class=field-item odd p This piece looks at Malatesta#039;s anti-syndicalist arguments, and critiques them for not having a perspective that looks at workers struggle across time. Looking at the role of struggle in cognition, it argues for seeing workplace struggle as a shifting plane of social action and the construction of proletarian subjectivities. /p /div /div /div p There is an old argument amongst anarchists. The argument starts with the nature of unions, and ends with the conclusion that revolutionaries shouldn't attempt to build libertarian alternatives outside the unions, and instead should enter into the established unions and agitate for anarchism there. /p pa href=http://libcom.org/library/anarchism-unions-critique-malatestas-ahistorical-perspective target=_blankread more/a/p

div class=field field-type-filefield field-field-photo div class=field-items div class=field-item odd div class=filefield-fileimg class=filefield-icon field-icon-image-jpeg alt=image/jpeg icon src=http://libcom.org/sites/libcom.org/modules/contrib/filefield/icons/image-x-generic.png /a href=http://libcom.org/files/images/library/483px-popova_air_man_space.jpg type=image/jpeg; length=89151483px-popova_air_man_space.jpg/a/div /div /div /div div class=field field-type-text field-field-introduction div class=field-items div class=field-item odd p A look into revolutionary cognition that argues for the necessity of cultivating radical subjectivities. Arguments for automatic consciousness are critiqued, and the role of struggles, ruptures, and breaks is explored. /p /div /div /div p How is liberation possible? Or alternatively how can it be brought about? It was likely the Russian Revolution or perhaps the failures of the Paris Commune that stimulated the left’s appetite for strategizing on these issues. Faced with possibilities laid in front of revolutionaries, and without a clear path ahead, the appeal of a coherent move, revolutionary judo, is enticing. /p pa href=http://libcom.org/library/cultivating-radical-subjectivity-against-death-stars target=_blankread more/a/p

div class=field field-type-filefield field-field-photo div class=field-items div class=field-item odd div class=filefield-fileimg class=filefield-icon field-icon-image-jpeg alt=image/jpeg icon src=http://libcom.org/sites/libcom.org/modules/contrib/filefield/icons/image-x-generic.png /a href=http://libcom.org/files/images/library/Occupy-Wall-Street-Anti-B-007.jpg type=image/jpeg; length=37704Occupy-Wall-Street-Anti-B-007.jpg/a/div /div /div /div div class=field field-type-text field-field-introduction div class=field-items div class=field-item odd p An exploration of the 2008 global crisis and responses. This article looks at militant reformism and the role of existing means and channels of settling disputes in society. Equilibrium and social forces of stability are identified for their central role in determining the depth and potential of crises, and distinguish simple crisis from situations with more radical potential. /p /div /div /div p “Es siempre la descomposición del viejo régimen, del Viejo sistema de Estado, acentuado por el impulso de las masas escalavas hacia la libertad, lo que hace surgir y desarrolla esos elementos[1]”. Peter Arshinov, Historia del Movimiento Maknovista /p div class=field field-type-text field-field-key-quote div class=field-items div class=field-item odd This element was always born and grew out of the soil of [i]the disintegrating old regime[/i], the old State system, and was nourished by the existence of a movement for freedom among the enslaved masses /div /div /div div class=field field-type-text field-field-kq-attribution div class=field-items div class=field-item odd Peter Arshinov /div /div /div pa href=http://libcom.org/library/bring-fire-castle-crisis-militant-social-democracy-insurrection-existing-means-settling- target=_blankread more/a/p

div class=field field-type-filefield field-field-photo div class=field-items div class=field-item odd div class=filefield-fileimg class=filefield-icon field-icon-image-jpeg alt=image/jpeg icon src=http://libcom.org/sites/libcom.org/modules/contrib/filefield/icons/image-x-generic.png /a href=http://libcom.org/files/images/library/cierre_paro_campo_junin_11dic06_001.jpg type=image/jpeg; length=52821cierre_paro_campo_junin_11dic06_001.jpg/a/div /div /div /div div class=field field-type-text field-field-introduction div class=field-items div class=field-item odd p A critique of belief in the inherent radical nature of forms such as direct democracy in the context of the anti-austerity movements, and an appeal to politics based on a process of struggle across time deepening breaks with capitalist normalcy. /p /div /div /div p Today society is in transition. Workers in the capitalist core are seeing the stability and benefits that many enjoyed slip away. The relationships that defined the capitalist periphery nations are fundamentally being transformed by deeper integration into the world economic system. /p pa href=http://libcom.org/library/movement-abolish-present-state-power-direct-democracy-forms-power target=_blankread more/a/p

div class=field field-type-filefield field-field-photo div class=field-items div class=field-item odd div class=filefield-fileimg class=filefield-icon field-icon-image-jpeg alt=image/jpeg icon src=http://libcom.org/sites/libcom.org/modules/contrib/filefield/icons/image-x-generic.png /a href=http://libcom.org/files/images/library/Riot_Porn_by_liquidroot.jpg type=image/jpeg; length=511868Riot_Porn_by_liquidroot.jpg/a/div /div /div /div div class=field field-type-text field-field-introduction div class=field-items div class=field-item odd p An essay on the form and content of struggles, and the fetishization of militant forms of action. Moving away from believing tactics to have inherent potential, it argues for the central role of the social relationships and process of protagonists in struggle. /p /div /div /div p Militancy is revered on the left. Whether insurrectionary violence or mass militancy of social movements, the form and level of militancy serves as a marker of the relative power and progressive nature of a movement. Insurrectionists fetishize either mere acts alone (independently of who does them, groups or individuals) or fetishize violent acts as signs of collective will. /p pa href=http://libcom.org/library/importance-liberatory-process-critique-fetishized-militancy target=_blankread more/a/p

div class=field field-type-filefield field-field-photo div class=field-items div class=field-item odd div class=filefield-fileimg class=filefield-icon field-icon-image-jpeg alt=image/jpeg icon src=http://libcom.org/sites/libcom.org/modules/contrib/filefield/icons/image-x-generic.png /a href=http://libcom.org/files/images/library/Lunch-Atop-a-Skyscraper-a16.jpg type=image/jpeg; length=108495Lunch-Atop-a-Skyscraper-a16.jpg/a/div /div /div /div div class=field field-type-text field-field-introduction div class=field-items div class=field-item odd p A response to a debate on unions in the United States today started between a number of groups and individuals including Unity amp; Struggle and Advance the Struggle. This piece attempts to argue against militant reformism growing in the union movements towards a politic of ruptures and revolutionary workplace organizing drawing from the concept of equilibrium. /p /div /div /div p Recently a debate has arisen around the nature of workers, workers’ struggles, and unions amongst the broad libertarian or autonomist left[1]. The aftermath of Occupy in the United States has corresponded to a number of happenings that have pushed unions to the center of debate. /p pa href=http://libcom.org/library/thrown-balance-workers-struggles-against-equilibrium target=_blankread more/a/p

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div class=field field-type-filefield field-field-photo div class=field-items div class=field-item odd div class=filefield-fileimg class=filefield-icon field-icon-image-jpeg alt=image/jpeg icon src=http://libcom.org/sites/libcom.org/modules/contrib/filefield/icons/image-x-generic.png /a href=http://libcom.org/files/images/history/482478_372434359523496_1193501142_n.jpg type=image/jpeg; length=90070482478_372434359523496_1193501142_n.jpg/a/div /div /div /div div class=field field-type-text field-field-introduction div class=field-items div class=field-item odd p The full of autobiographies of each of the Haymarket martyrs: eight Chicago anarchists who were sentenced to death and in whose memory we celebrate May Day, International Workers#039; Day. Originally written for the Knights of Labor journal. /p /div /div /div p span style=font-style:italic Digitised by libcom.org on 1 May 2013 /span /p

div class=field field-type-filefield field-field-photo div class=field-items div class=field-item odd div class=filefield-fileimg class=filefield-icon field-icon-image-jpeg alt=image/jpeg icon src=http://libcom.org/sites/libcom.org/modules/contrib/filefield/icons/image-x-generic.png /a href=http://libcom.org/files/images/library/tumblr_m88iffsS8o1rz1nmdo1_1280.jpg type=image/jpeg; length=20711tumblr_m88iffsS8o1rz1nmdo1_1280.jpg/a/div /div /div /div div class=field field-type-text field-field-introduction div class=field-items div class=field-item odd p Libcom.org#039;s guide to class struggle films, showing realistic portrayals of the working class and revolutionary situations. /p /div /div /div p To watch any of these films, install a href=http://www.utorrent.com/downloads/complete/os/win/track/stable class=bb-urluTorrent/a. Search using a href=http://pirateproxy.net/ class=bb-urlThe Pirate Bay/a and click the magnet or arrow to start the download./p h2a name=AmericanAmerican/a/h2 pspan style=font-weight:boldShari Springer Berman/span/p ul class=bb-list style=list-style-type:circle; /ul pa href=http://libcom.org/library/working-class-cinema-video-guide target=_blankread more/a/p