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Interview with Yaw Han from Food not Bomb Mae Sot

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Was Mahatma Gandhi a racist?

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Black Rim / Nigra Rando / 黑环

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In Pakistan the WSF (Workers Solidarity Federation) held their first ever congress with delegations from across the country. Anarchy is everywhere.

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Chen Jiongming:  Anarchism and the Federalist State

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IWA Yangon Initiative website

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Mandarin Speaking Anarchists NEEDED!

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Interview with Thiha, a lifelong anarchist thinker from Burma

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The Proletarian (1909-1910) - IWW Japanese-English Bilingual Newspaper

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Revolutionary People’s War – The experience in Rojava and the current Revolution taking place in Myanmar

The founding of the Yangon Anarchist Association

Ji Bo Şoreşgerên bi Rûmet ên Myanmarê (To all honorable Myanmar revolutionaries)

Ji Bo Şoreşgerên bi Rûmet ên Myanmarê (To all honourable Myanmar revolutionaries)

Can someone explain this thing that happened in China from 1918 to 1920?

StreetZine: A Fanzine from Burma

1915: Two Obituaries of Sifo (Shifu)

Life of anarchist-feminist Noe Itō revisited 100 years after her murder

*Yiching Wu* writes a historical analysis of the libertarian struggles within Maoist China. Encompassing a general overview of the content in my previous posts, this is rather an informative look into the potential the Cultural Revolution fostered, but was extinguished by the Maoist counterrevolutionary Statists.

<div class="md"><p><em>Yiching Wu</em> writes a historical analysis of the libertarian struggles within Maoist China. Encompassing a general overview of the content in my previous posts, this is rather an informative look into the potential the Cultural Revolution fostered, but was extinguished by the Maoist counterrevolutionary Statists.</p>
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Cultural revolution at the margins: Chinese socialism in crisis

Dissertation on the Shanghai Commune which sought social reform in China, following the model of the Paris Commune. The effort was lead by students during the Cultural Revolution to return worker’s emancipation to worker’s self-management and free associations of producers. It was their thesis that worker’s self emancipation takes the form of worker’s councils, federal associations, and autonomous communities.

<div class="md"><p>Dissertation on the Shanghai Commune which sought social reform in China, following the model of the Paris Commune. The effort was lead by students during the Cultural Revolution to return worker’s emancipation to worker’s self-management and free associations of producers. It was their thesis that worker’s self emancipation takes the form of worker’s councils, federal associations, and autonomous communities.</p>
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The Paris Commune in Shanghai

From the Communist Collective *Chuang*. Goes into the history of the Left Communist and Libertarian struggles in Maoist China

<div class="md"><p>From the Communist Collective <em>Chuang</em>. Goes into the history of the Left Communist and Libertarian struggles in Maoist China</p>
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Sorghum and Steel

"SAC is currently a small union. We are about 3000 members. Nevertheless, it is easy to give positive examples of what our sections accomplish. One of many successful sections is the section at a food factory in the county of Skåne. The section has pushed through more permanent employment contracts.

Health and safety

An example of how a minority of syndicalists can improve the working conditions of all employees is a creative notice of action that was declared within Stockholm’s commuter trains. The employer was reluctant to provide staff with warm winter uniforms. The bigger unions within LO and TCO got nowhere in negotiations. The syndicalists therefore announced that they would use extremely ugly uniforms that they had designed themselves, with a photo attached to the notice. The employer then gave the entire staff new uniforms.

Another example is my previous workplace, the University in the city of Umeå. Science teachers and researchers in our section pushed through a move from so-called sick houses (in Swedish: sjuka hus) to healthy buildings.

Wages

A third example of a militant minority is the syndicalists at Eco Glocal, a subcontractor to Volvo Trucks in Umeå. The employer agreed with the local job branch of LO on wage reductions of several thousand Swedish kronor a month. In response, the syndicalists initiated a collective slowdown (i.e. reduction of the pace of work). The old system of remuneration was thereafter reintroduced.

SAC is the only union in Sweden that is fairly successful at organizing migrant workers. One example is Polish workers at the cleaning company Perfect Maid in Gothenburg. They informed the client companies about their low wages and bad conditions and urged them to contact their employer. Those clients who didn’t express sympathy with the cleaners became the object of strikes. As a result, everyone got a pay raise, among other improvements.

Pregnant workers

Another section of migrants is active in Zalando's warehouse. The workers have acquired the right to take breaks every hour and chairs to rest on. They simply took breaks and demanded chairs again and again. Those are important victories, especially for pregnant workers, considering that Zalando is a hellhole similar to Amazon’s warehouses.

The power of agitation

In the Stockholm subway, during the first decade of the 21st century, a section staged a three-year organizing plan. One of several long-running conflicts concerned the right for all workers to take breaks. An interesting experience was that the massive agitation of syndicalists (both oral and written) could unite the work force really fast. Thus, a collective attitude was expressed in certain issues that produced better results than the section’s strikes and blockades. Class struggle isn’t just about putting economic pressure on profits but putting psychological and moral pressure on bosses as well.

Individual wage setting

Another positive example is the section at Eriksdalsvillan in Stockholm. The section has stopped so-called individual wage setting. This means that managers set wages arbitrarily. The section has stopped it and instead equalized wage differences, which is rare in the Swedish labor market.

It is easy to list positive examples but more difficult to explain how you build collective strength and improve conditions. I will try to clarify it below..."

<div class="md"><p>&quot;SAC is currently a small union. We are about 3000 members. Nevertheless, it is easy to give positive examples of what our sections accomplish. One of many successful sections is the section at a food factory in the county of Skåne. The section has pushed through more permanent employment contracts.</p>

<p>Health and safety</p>

<p>An example of how a minority of syndicalists can improve the working conditions of all employees is a creative notice of action that was declared within Stockholm’s commuter trains. The employer was reluctant to provide staff with warm winter uniforms. The bigger unions within LO and TCO got nowhere in negotiations. The syndicalists therefore announced that they would use extremely ugly uniforms that they had designed themselves, with a photo attached to the notice. The employer then gave the entire staff new uniforms.</p>

<p>Another example is my previous workplace, the University in the city of Umeå. Science teachers and researchers in our section pushed through a move from so-called sick houses (in Swedish: sjuka hus) to healthy buildings.</p>

<p>Wages</p>

<p>A third example of a militant minority is the syndicalists at Eco Glocal, a subcontractor to Volvo Trucks in Umeå. The employer agreed with the local job branch of LO on wage reductions of several thousand Swedish kronor a month. In response, the syndicalists initiated a collective slowdown (i.e. reduction of the pace of work). The old system of remuneration was thereafter reintroduced.</p>

<p>SAC is the only union in Sweden that is fairly successful at organizing migrant workers. One example is Polish workers at the cleaning company Perfect Maid in Gothenburg. They informed the client companies about their low wages and bad conditions and urged them to contact their employer. Those clients who didn’t express sympathy with the cleaners became the object of strikes. As a result, everyone got a pay raise, among other improvements.</p>

<p>Pregnant workers</p>

<p>Another section of migrants is active in Zalando&#39;s warehouse. The workers have acquired the right to take breaks every hour and chairs to rest on. They simply took breaks and demanded chairs again and again. Those are important victories, especially for pregnant workers, considering that Zalando is a hellhole similar to Amazon’s warehouses.</p>

<p>The power of agitation</p>

<p>In the Stockholm subway, during the first decade of the 21st century, a section staged a three-year organizing plan. One of several long-running conflicts concerned the right for all workers to take breaks. An interesting experience was that the massive agitation of syndicalists (both oral and written) could unite the work force really fast. Thus, a collective attitude was expressed in certain issues that produced better results than the section’s strikes and blockades. Class struggle isn’t just about putting economic pressure on profits but putting psychological and moral pressure on bosses as well.</p>

<p>Individual wage setting</p>

<p>Another positive example is the section at Eriksdalsvillan in Stockholm. The section has stopped so-called individual wage setting. This means that managers set wages arbitrarily. The section has stopped it and instead equalized wage differences, which is rare in the Swedish labor market.</p>

<p>It is easy to list positive examples but more difficult to explain how you build collective strength and improve conditions. I will try to clarify it below...&quot;</p>
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Union lessons from Sweden

50,000 healthcare workers in South Korea to go on nationwide strike on Thursday

<blockquote class="twitter-video"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HongKong?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HongKong</a> Prisoner of Conscience, Chow Hang Tung, initiates a 34-hour hunger strike in jail on June 4. It both commemorates those tragically lost in the Tiananmen Square Massacre 34 years ago and protests against her unjust solitary confinement. <br><br>Retweet to show support.<br><br>#6434 <a href="https://t.co/i5YLeJKvls">pic.twitter.com/i5YLeJKvls</a></p>&mdash; Nathan Law 羅冠聰 (@nathanlawkc) <a href="https://twitter.com/nathanlawkc/status/1665061515039326209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 3, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Chow Hang Tung, initiates a 34-hour hunger strike in jail on June 4. It both commemorates those tragically lost in the Tiananmen Square Massacre 34 years ago and protests against her unjust solitary confinement.

Looking for a libertarian analysis of the PRC under Xi vs Deng

[Myanmar] The military has imported at least $1 billion USD worth of equipment since the 2021 coup

<blockquote class="twitter-video"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Open Letter to the Citizens of China and the Worldwide Chinese Diaspora<br><br>Letter No: 6/PP/2023<br>Date: 14/5/2023<br><br>Unyielding against tyranny.<br>Blood debts shall never be debated.<br>For a fortified federal democratic union.<br>With Revolutionary Faith,<br>General Strike Coordination Body <a href="https://t.co/3a0KKR5S8v">pic.twitter.com/3a0KKR5S8v</a></p>&mdash; New Light Federation of Labor Unions Myanmar (@new_light2023) <a href="https://twitter.com/new_light2023/status/1657604914250665985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 14, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Open Letter to the Citizens of China and the Worldwide Chinese Diaspora by Federation of General Workers Myanmar

Annexation of Tibet circa 1950 colorized

[Thailand] Anarchist symbol & anti lese majeste law on the wall in royal palace area

On March 2012, Bales walked into 3 different homes and killed 16 Afghan civilians including 9 children. 4 of them were girls between the ages of 2 and 6. Bales reportedly dragged the children by hair and shot them in the mouth. “It’s the very essence of Imperialism what transforms men into beasts"

On this day in 1968, the My Lai Massacre took place when U.S. troops in the Vietnamese Sơn Tịnh District massacred hundreds of unarmed civilians, including women, children, and infants. The war crime was suppressed by the U.S. govt.

Thanks British

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