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,…
Labour website competition teaches us how the net has changed
With nearly 7,000 votes cast, a winner has emerged in the 9th annual Labour Website of the Year competition — and for the third time, it goes to a British website. The 200,000 member NASUWT…
A tale of two cities
When friends of mine from New York City visit me in London, they often refer to our city-wide underground rail system as “the subway”. I explain to them that here in England, we have subways…
Ajax: A powerful new tool for trade union activists on the web
Ajax was a mythical Greek hero who faught against Troy. Ajax is also a powder you’d use to clean dishes and sinks. And today it is the name of a group of technologies which together…