Direct Action #45 (Winter 2008) contents Inside this issue: Direct Action; Inside this issue; The Aims of the Solidarity Federation Editorial - Climate Change & Economic Crisis Economic crisis - Dreaming in the Downturn: will state intervention herald a new dawn for social democrats?; Japanese Lesson Shameful Scenes as BNP Gather in Liverpool Self-Organising in Mental Health Have your say: Anti-Capitalist Feminist Conference; Reforming Parliament?; Address Unknown DIY Politics: solidarity between community, workplace & social movements Anarcha-Feminism or Death! the relevance of anarchism and feminism today Recessive Tendencies: a tale of boom, bust and that old devil called capitalism Workers Control, not Controlled Workers: socialism & workers control the case for libertarian (Italy) Fighting Neoliberal Reforms in Education; (Greece) After the Tear Gas; (Colombia) Repression Continues; Global focus - Cuba: 50 Years of Fidelismo Reviews - Realizing Hope: Life beyond Capitalism (Michael Albert) A Century of Writing on the IWW (Steve Kellerman) Demanding the Impossible: A History of Anarchism (updated edition) (Peter Marshall) Chris Wood – Dulwich, 19th December 2008 A closer look - Oil Be Damned: why global capital, state power and oil dependence is a recipe for disaster Solfed/IWA contacts; locals; other local contacts; other contacts & information; friends & neighbours Attachment Size Direct Action #45 (Winter 2008).pdf (2.71 MB) 2.71 MB Tags library publications Direct Action
By no1, 18 October, 2008 Education Worker #3 In this issue: Migrant Cleaners Confronting Inequality Double Whammy for the Low Paid Unions Derecognised at Nottingham Trent Hera to Zero What we Mean by Direct Democracy Attachment Size ewn3versiona4.pdf (165.7 KB) 165.7 KB Tags library publications newsletters education Education Workers Network (EWN)
Direct Action #44 (Autumn 2008) contents Inside this issue: 4: Have your Say - shock doctrine / surveillance / financial crisis... 6: Credit Crunches & Capitalist Calamities 8: Our Health, our Care, our Say? You must be Joking - reports and comment from the health and social care frontline 10: Housing Associations & Housing Benefit 11: No Such Thing as Class? - health & wealth / tax credits favour the middle class / domestic fuel: the facts 14: Work, Consume, Buy! - why capitalism needs the consumer dream and we don’t 16: Work is Slavery - unsavoury truths of the global capitalist production line 18: Anarchism, Fascism & the State 21: The Social General Strike 23: Farmed & Dangerous - the Human and Environmental Impact of Salmon Farming 24: International - poland / serbia / argentina / greece 26: Argentina: Interview with FORA General Secretary 29: Reviews - rebellious spirit / free comrades / anarchist faq / nowtopia / address unknown 32: Get Rich or Die Tryin’ - a closer look Attachment Size Direct Action #44 (Autumn 2008).pdf (7.2 MB) 7.2 MB Tags library publications Direct Action
Direct Action #43 (Summer 2008) contents Inside this issue: 4: Have your Say - religion / climate / Yarl’s Wood 6: Public Sector Strikes Coming your Way 7: Unison Witch Hunt 8: Pensions under Attack 9: Reclaim Higher Education 10: No Such Thing as Class? - classless society / class in Crewe / low pay trap 13: Hostel Residents Fight Back / Academy Site Occupied 14: A Housing Timebomb? - gentrification, class & social policy 16: Food for Thought - food prices, starvation, obesity and the global disease 18: The Workers’ Friend - Rudolf Rocker & the Arbeter Fraint Jewish anarchist group 21: From Protest to Resistance - opposing globalisation 25: International - Starbucks / Mayday 2008 28: Reviews - past tense / the shock doctrine / under two dictators 30: Workers’ Solidarity, not Immigration Control - a closer look at the immigration ‘debate’ & organising immigrant workers 35: Contacts Directory Attachment Size Direct Action #43 (Summer 2008).pdf (13.24 MB) 13.24 MB Tags library publications Direct Action
By no1, 18 May, 2008 Education Worker #2 In this issue: Bullying HERA Lessons What we think of... Pensions Work Councils Academy Schools Attachment Size ewn2.pdf (185.22 KB) 185.22 KB Tags library publications newsletters education Education Workers Network (EWN)
Direct Action #42 (Spring 2008) contents Inside this issue: 3: Editorial: Them & Us - the class war and economic slowdown 5: Letters - respect / football fans bite back 6: With Friends like these - what we can do about unions failing to protect us 7: S. London SF Act against Underpaying Restaurant 8: London Coalition Against Poverty 10: Tenant Privacy Breached / Education Workers 11: No Such Thing as Class? - poverty / education / health 14: War is Murder for Profit - Iraq, Afghanistan & the War on Terror 16: The First Casualty of War - Harry, the Media & Afghanistan 17: International - Colombia / Poland 18: The ‘May Days’ - a turning point in the Spanish Revolution 22: International - Mexico / Iran 23: Unione Sindacale Italiana - interview with Italian anarcho-syndicalist 26: Reviews - beyond bullets / making a killing / the anarchist past / my revolutionary life / red mutiny 31: Anarchism, Sex & Freedom - a closer look at the fight against capitalism, patriarchy & repressive religious morality 35: Contacts Directory Attachment Size Direct Action #42 (Spring 2008).pdf (4.68 MB) 4.68 MB Tags library publications Direct Action
Direct Action #41 (Winter 2007) contents Inside this issue: 3: Editorial - Against all politicians 5: Letters - Al Bangura / Mujeres Libres 6: Silent Nightingales - Karen Reissmann, the NHS and the threat of a good example 9: Death by Superbugs 10: The Caring Face of New Labour - Part 2 11: Casualisation Kills / Education Workers Network 12: Safety First / Lackeys of the Rich 13: A Load of Hot Air - reformist ‘solutions’ to global warming 14: Gaining Respect? - Galloway & co split 16: Supermarket Sweep - the impact of global capitalism 18: The International Workers Association - the founding of the anarcho-syndicalist International 22: No Such Thing as Class? 23: International - Spanish CNT / Germany / Russia / Venezuela 27: Reviews - the subversion of politics / anti-fascist action / Emilio Canzi / drowning dog / deletist / monarchy / art against authority 32: Capitalism is Boring!!!! a closer look at situationism 35: Contacts Directory Attachment Size Direct Action #41 (Winter 2007).pdf (5.53 MB) 5.53 MB Tags library publications Direct Action
Direct Action #40 (Autumn 2007) contents Inside this issue: Letters: page 5 National: Are we all proud now?: page 6 NSSN: Time to organize in the workplace: page 8 No new Trident: page 10 Bush, Bin Laden and the clash of civilisations: page 11 City academies: page 14 The ‘caring’ face of New Labour: page 21 The scourge of humanity: page 22 Manchester Solfed and the Police: page 25 History: Factory committees in the Russian Revolution: page 17 The Revolution that never was: page 18 International: Egyptian class struggle in 2007: page 26 Colombian Embassy picketed: page 29 The plight of the Penan of Sarawak: page 30 The back end: Reviews: page 32 Football: take back the people’s game: page 33 Contact Directory: page 35 Attachment Size Direct Action #40 (Autumn 2007).pdf (5.07 MB) 5.07 MB Tags library publications Direct Action
Direct Action #39 (Summer 2007) Inside this issue The Aims of the Solidarity Federation Editorial - Labour: an anti-working class party Comment - Happy 50th Birthday EU Why does the scum always rise to the top? Hedging their bets Labouring under delusions Lose the Levy (your union subs are keeping Labour afloat) 200 more Years of Slavery Derailed: how the trains are in deep crisis Environ-mental: Why capitalism is destroying the planet New Labour REACHes new depths SolFed conference: where we're heading Rationing by stealth: How market forces in the NHS attack our social wage 57 Varieties - All unfit for consumption - Why all political parties have nothing to offer the working class International - IWA: Solidarity with Colombian workers Thatcherism Down Under May 1st 2007 Review - Dancin' in the Streets: Anarchists, IWWs, Surrealists, Situationists and Provos in the 1960s. Edited by Franklin Rosemont & Charles Radcliffe Comment - The cult of celebrity and the poverty of everyday life Solfed/IWA contacts Friends & neighbours Attachment Size Direct Action #39 (Summer 2007).pdf (1.98 MB) 1.98 MB Tags library publications Direct Action
By no1, 18 May, 2007 Education Worker #1 In this issue: HERA What we think of... Crichton Campus Union Partnership Health & Safety Attachment Size ew20071a4.pdf (750.88 KB) 750.88 KB Tags library publications newsletters education Education Workers Network (EWN)