After the collapse of the global financial bubble, the working class is being made to pay. In Britain workers have started to fight back, in the form of a series of one day strikes. There are stories in the media warning of a return to ‘union power’, but what does this mean and is it a good thing for the working class?

The meeting takes place from 7pm on Thursday 1st April at Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester M2 5NS. Email uncaptiveminds@gmail.com to express your interest or ask for more info.

Suggested reading:

Work. Community. Politics. War. – prole.info
http://libcom.org/library/work-community-politics-war-prole

Abolish Restaurants – prole.info (Especially the section on unions)
http://libcom.org/library/abolish-restaurants

Theoretical pieces:

Winning the class war – The Direct Action Movement
http://libcom.org/library/winning-class-war-anarcho-syndicalist-strategy

Good old-fashioned trade unionism – Wildcat
http://libcom.org/library/good-old-fashioned-trade-unionism-wildcat

Analyses of Recent Events:

Ford Visteon Enfield Workers Occupation – Alan Woodward
http://libcom.org/history/ford-visteon-enfield-workers-occupation-alan-woodward

2009: The Strike at Lindsey Refinery: a Struggle Entangled in Nationalism – LibCom.org
http://libcom.org/history/2009-strike-lindsey-refinery-struggle-entangled-nationalism