This article, co-authored with Benjamin Weinthal, appeared in The Guardian online edition. Perhaps the most overlooked factor in the demise of the authoritarian Ben Ali regime in Tunisia, and the weakening of Hosni Mubarak’s grip…
This article appeared in both the print and online editions of Solidarity. LabourStart has just completed the first ever large-scale, global survey of trade union use of the net. More than 1,300 union members participated…
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A major study released last month has confirmed that websites belonging to independent media and human rights organisations around the globe are increasingly vulnerable to cyber-attack. The report issued by Harvard University’s Berkman Center for…
The best-selling book A Simples Life by the loveable meerkat Aleksandr Orlov may be unwittingly focussing attention on one of the great mysteries of the twentieth century. No doubt the creators of the British television…
Last week we told LabourStart’s email subscribers about an Amnesty International global appeal to protest arrest threats targetting union leaders in Cambodia. Many of you sent off protest messages — and several of you have…
»Unsere Gegner, die russischen Diplomaten, haben zwei Stimmen verloren«, sagte der georgische Außenminister Grigol Vaschadse. In der vergangenen Woche stimmten 50 Staaten einer Resolution zu, in der gefordert wird, dass aus Abchasien und Südossetien geflüchtete…
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LabourStart held its first Global Solidarity Conference last week at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. The conference opened on Friday, 9 July with a session we called “LabourStart 101”. It was supposed to be an…