December 2008
19 posts
Union-Made Lattes: The Industrial Workers of the... →
The Bombing of Gaza - An eyewitness account (from... →
“Right now I feel very anxious about what’s going to happen. I’m worried about how many more people are going to die.” This whole situation is fucked. End all nation-state borders now!
My fave new songs of 2008, so far - download and...
Japanther - “$100 Cover”
No Age - “Here should be my home”
Skoal Kodiak - “Cruel Tic”
Cut Copy - “Hearts on Fire”
Crystal Castles - “Vanished”
Girl Talk - “No Pause”
Doomtree - “Dots and Dashes”
Atlas Sound - “Quarantined”
Bon Iver - “Creature Fear”
The Bell - “I Am...
Anomalous Wave :: Videos of blocking railway... →
“They’re blocking our future, we’ll block the city”.
"Twin Cities Starbucks Baristas to Spill the Beans...
Starbucks Workers Union Invites Public to ‘Look Behind the Brand’
(Press Release) Blog: http://tcsbuxunion.com Minneapolis, MN– the Starbucks Workers Union announced today that Twin Cities Baristas have launched a new blog to document their struggle against poverty wages, inconsistent scheduling, and job insecurity at the world’s largest coffee chain. Union Barista Aaron Kocher said,...
Weapon of Class Instruction: a las barricadas →
(Zach’s report on the New School occupation and police brutality):
””“Spent some time today over at the occupied new school, watched the NYPD, particularly Officer Singer of the 6th precinct harrass and assault people for no reason whatsoever, until the administration got smart and diffuesed the very hairy situation by letting the new school students trapped outside the...
New School University has been occupied! →
The students first public statement (indymedia):
“From New York City :
We have just occupied New School University . We liberate this space for ourselves, and all those who want to join us, for our general autonomous use. We take the university in explicit solidarity with those occupying the universities and streets in Greece, Italy, France and Spain . This occupation begins as a...
Wow, Keith is really famous now - SPIN's 2nd best... →
Anomalous Wave :: Generalized strike in Italy... →
Detailed report on the strike - over 1.5 million people participated in demonstrations all over Italy.
After 15 Years, North Carolina Plant Unionizes -... →
This is inspirational - after a 15 year struggle, the UFCW unionized this hog-killing plant without a card check.
General strike cripples Italy (BBC NEWS) - over a... →
Anomalous Wave :: Strike for real, block... →
(from: anomalia): “Tomorrow is the day of the generalized general strike in Italy. The Wave will organize autonomous parades and blockades in cities all over the country. Not only students, but also other precarians, migrants, movements that struggle for housing and commons. Once again the slogan is “We won’t pay for their crisis!” From Greece to Italy, with Alexis in our heart, we’ll sweep...
Senate Abandons Auto Bailout Bid - NYTimes.com →
“Senator Richard C. Shelby of Alabama, the senior Republican on the banking committee and a leading critic of the auto bailout proposal, said: “We’re hoping that the Democrats will continue to negotiate but I think we have reached a point that labor has got to give. If they want a bill they can get one.””
Dear “labor” (i.e., the UAW), please don’t give shit to these...
In Factory Sit-In, an Anger Spread Wide (NYT) →
Chicago workers sit-in at their factory to protest their owners’ closing it on only three days notice. Jesse Jackson and Obama commend the workers’ actions. See Nate’s blog for info on what you can do to help. I wonder if this could be the beginning of a movement in the US to reclaim workplaces and make them cooperatively run, similar to what has happened in Argentina, as seen...
Tariq Ali: The Assault on Mumbai →
In this counterpunch article, Ali makes a similar argument to the one I made recently against the Indian government and media being too quick to point the blame for the Mumbai attacks at Pakistan, rather than at the failures of capitalism within their own country. In a much more well-supported and carefully worded argument than mine, Ali notes that:
“… Why should it be such a...
Anomalous Wave :: Videos from the national... →
Well-made videos of thousands of students protesting in Italy, occupying buildings, giving passionate speeches - so inspirational! ”We won’t pay for your crisis!” Let’s generalize the Anomalous Wave - General Strike, Dec. 12th!
Op-Ed Contributor - The Real Bill Ayers -... →