A Passover story
Every year, Cindy asks friends and family to say something at the Passover seder she hosts at her home – something about Passover, about what it means to them. This is what I said this…
UNISON: Don’t break ties with Histadrut
This article appeared in Solidarity 3/201 (20 April 2011). One litmus test of whether one is engaged in reasonable criticism of Israel or simple anti-Semitism is whether you think anyone in the Jewish state is…
New website maps strikes in China
The following article appeared in Solidarity on 6 April 2011. Manfred Elfstrom, a PhD student at Cornell University in the United States, has produced an extraordinary resource for the trade union movement. It’s a website…
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What does global solidarity look like? Notes for a panel discussion
The following are my notes for a panel discussion on global solidarity at the UALE conference in New Orleans, 24 March 2011. LabourStart’s extensive experience We have been at this since 1998 At first, we…
Israel, the Middle East and the International Trade Union Movement – notes for a lecture
The following are my notes for a talk given at the headquarters of the American Federation of Teachers in Washington, DC on 23 March 2011. What I will talk about today: The bad news The…
Activism vs Slacktivism: notes for a debate
The following are my notes for the debate on Activism vs Slacktivism held in Oxford on 21 March 2011. I want to talk about three things. First, about the question itself, about whether we should…
How Twitter is like a horse
This article appeared in Solidarity. Later this month I’ve been invited to debate some of the leading online campaigners in Britain on the role of new media in the revolutions taking place in Middle East….
South Africa: Unions are wrong to cheer on the UJ boycott
South Africa’s unions are cheering on the decision by the University of Johannesburg to cut ties with an Israeli academic institution. In a statement issued last week, the municipal workers union (SAMWU) said that it…
Streiken gegen den Pharao
This article appeared in both the print and online editions of Jungle World. Nicht nur über Facebook wurden die Proteste in Ägypten organisiert. Die sozialen Netzwerke der Lohnabhängigen waren entscheidend für den Sturz Mubaraks.