Unions: Don’t boycott Palestine
The decisions by major unions in the UK and Canada yesterday to promote peace in the Middle East by encouraging boycotts have come in for a lot of criticism. But I want to understand the…
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How to set up a trade union email list
If one thing has become clear in trade union use of the Internet over the last decade, it is this: without a list of your members’ and supporters’ email addresses, there is almost no point…
From BibiWATCH to the Blogosphere
[Editor’s note: Several issues of BibiWATCH are now available once again to read on this blog. Click here.] Palestinian suicide bombers attack Tel-Aviv. The Israeli government blames Hamas. As support within Israel for any kind…
Workers of the world – you have nothing to lose but your ZIP codes
Workers of the world — okay, it’s too much to ask for you to unite. But at least try to understand that there are some workers who do not live in your country. If that…
Mozilla takes sides in 100 year old split in the Russian Social Democratic Party
More than 100 years after the Russian Social Democratic Party split into its Menshevik and Bolshevik wings, the open source web browser Mozilla has clearly taken sides. This screen shot taken from the Mozilla email…
Against Zionism, neo-cons and US oil wars? This party’s for you
I just found this on the website of a political party here in Britain. If you agree with it, perhaps you should consider joining: We will also withdraw all British troops with immediate effect from…
Towards a new labour media movement?
“The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas” — this well-known quotation from Karl Marx was chosen by one speaker to open his presentation at an extraordinary conference which has…
New technology – new dangers
Imagine, if you will, a secret meeting of the directors of an un-named evil corporation. As they sit around their conference table, plotting and scheming, one of the directors comments on the growing problem of…
Global campaigning: Beyond protest emails and solidarity messages
The following paper was presented at the “Global Companies – Global Unions – Global Research – Global Campaigns” conference organized by Cornell University in New York City.
From Gdansk to Tehran
According to reports coming out of Tehran, security forces last weekend began arresting hundreds of striking bus workers employed by the state-owned Vahed bus company. The majority of the union leadership is already in jail,…