ANARCHIST PUBLICATIONS:
WORKERS' SOLIDARITY #118 NOW ONLINE:


The newsletter of the Irish Workers' Solidarity Movement eponymously named "Workers' Solidarity' issue # 118 is now online for your reading or downloading. Here's the plug:
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Workers Solidarity 118 is online
The November - December 2010 Edition of the Workers Solidarity freesheet, an anarchist paper published in Ireland, is now online with a PDF for download

PDF of Workers Solidarity 118 Web Edition 2.28 Mb




1% of the Population, 34% of the Wealth
Democracy in Brazil
Attacks on Welfare Continue
Sacking of Socialist Nurse Overturned
That's Capitalism!
Thinking About Anarchism: Dual Organisation
Film Review: Made in Dagenham


Anarchism and the WSM
As the economic crisis goes from bad to worse, we have been active in a variety of efforts to resist the attacks on our living conditions. Together with Éirígí, Seomra Spraoi social centre and the Irish Socialist Network, we organised the One Percent Network walking tour and Halloween treasure hunt. We also helped organise a demonstration on the reopening of the Dail on 29th September, in conjunction with a Europe-wide day of action against austerity called by the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC). 100,000 attended a similar protest held in Brussels while a general strike in Spain on the same day brought most of the country to a standstill.

At a more local level, we attended a community sector forum in Liberty Hall organised by the unions to fight cuts in community services and were present at the “Claiming Our Future” conference held in the RDS in Dublin on October 30th. Finally, we were amongst those protesting warmonger Tony Blair’s book signing in Dublin, which persuaded him to cancel two similarly planned events in the UK.

In July we reported on the Northern Ireland bill which would have criminalised protests of over fifty people unless they gave police at least thirty-seven days notice. We are happy to report that, after a short campaign by trades unions and community groups, this part of the Assemblies and Parades bill has been withdrawn. Before it was scrapped we had the farcical sight of Sinn Fein members joining protests against a bill drawn up by a joint Sinn Fein and DUP committee at Stormont, and introduced by a Sinn Fein and DUP coalition Executive.

Within the WSM, twenty of our members attended a successful educational weekend in Tipperary, where we discussed strategies for continuing the struggle for anarchism as well as the practical skills required in running our organisation and other campaigns. In the south, our Cork branch continues to operate Solidarity Books on Douglas St, which aims to spread the anarchist message in the city. A successful fundraiser for the bookshop, “Chaos Cabaret”, was held in September while we continue to participate in the anarchist forum, an open discussion group, in Cork.

Also, the Cork branch is running a weekly series of talks on radical and revolutionary politics and history during October and November:

•19th October - Tadhg Barry & Revolutionary Cork (1907-1921)
•26th October - The Lost Revolution
•2nd November - The Spanish Revolution
•9th November - Labour Militancy (1917 - 1923)
•23rd November - The Land War
•30th November - Kropotkin: The Anarchist Prince
With governments North and South now lecturing us on the need for four years of further cuts, we need as many people as possible to join the various campaigns against such measures if we are to maintain any type of civilised society on this island. WSM members are committed to being involved in this process and, if you are also, then we would love to hear from you.


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In This Issue

1% of the Population, 34% of the Wealth
Countless walking tours make their way around Dublin daily; generally educating the masses of tourists on the lives lived on these streets before us. It was a different kind of walking tour, comprising around 200 people, that hit the streets around Stephen’s Green on October 9th last.
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Democracy in Brazil
As this issue of Workers Solidarity goes to print, Brazil is about to elect a new president. After eight years, the Workers’ Party (PT) incumbent, Lula, must step down. His chosen successor, Dilma Roussef, is poised to become Brazil’s first female president, as she holds a 46.9% to 32.6% lead over her closest rival after the first round of voting. Roussef is a former urban guerrilla who was tortured by the western-backed military dictatorship (1964-1985) before throwing her lot in with electoral politics, joining the PT in 2000....

Attacks on Welfare Continue
We spoke with Vincent O’Malley, a community sector employee who advises and advocates for social welfare applicants and recipients, about the effect the recession is having on the operation of the social welfare system....

Sacking of Socialist Nurse Overturned
Yunus Bakhsh, a psychiatric nurse from the north east of England has won a four year battle against his bosses. Sadly his union, the public service giant UNISON, was about as much use as a tailor in a nudist camp. This should be of interest to the 39,000 workers in Northern Ireland who are in Unison....

That's Capitalism!
Last year the Exchequer lost €7.4bn as a result of the tax break regime, over three times the EU average. According to the government’s own Economic and Social Research Institute, 80% of the tax relief available on pension contributions goes to the wealthiest 20% of earners....

Thinking About Anarchism: Dual Organisation
The society we live in is a long way off the kind of society that anarchists advocate. So the question that anyone interested in creating a better society has to answer is: how best to act for positive change? The question of how anarchists should organise is one that has been debated over and over. It is clear that anarchism, rooted in ideals of equality, freedom and democracy, needs to adopt organisational practices which foster rather than stifle these ideals....

Film Review: Made in Dagenham
If you like ‘feel good’ films this is for you. Leaving a cinema feeling both entertained and optimistic is rare enough, and this film scores highly on both points....


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ANARCHIST PUBLICATIONS:

ZABALAZA:

The following notice of a recent publication is from the Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Front in South Africa.

SASASASASA
Zabalaza No. 11 now available online
We, at the Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Front (ZACF) are pleased to announce that issue number 11 of our organ Zabalaza: A Journal of Southern African Revolutionary Anarchism is now available online.

Zabalaza: A Journal of Southern African Revolutionary Anarchism


In this issue:

Editorial - by the Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Front
South Africa:
At the End of the Baton of South African Pretentions - Warren McGregor (ZACF)
Electricity Crisis in Protea South - Lekhetho Mtetwa (ZACF)
Conned by the Courts - Sian Byrne, James Pendlebury (ZACF), Komnas Poziaris
Death and the Mielieboer - Michael Schmidt
The Crisis Hits Home: Strategic Unionism or Revolt? - Lucien van der Walt
Sharpening the Pangas?: Understanding and Preventing future Pogroms - Michael Schmidt
Riding to Work on Empty Promises - Jonathan P. (ZACF)
Africa:
Short-changed: Egyptian Struggle for Democracy Founders on Obama's Stinginess - Michael Schmidt
Massacre as a Tool of the African State - Michael Schmidt
International:
Chile and Haiti after the Earthquakes: so different yet so similar - Jose Antonio Gutierrez D.
Obama's Imperial War: An Anarchist Response - Wayne Price (NEFAC)
Theory:
Anarchism vs Liberalism: Whose Powers are Separate? - James Pendlebury & Sian Byrne (ZACF)
History:
Industrial and Social Foundations of Syndicalism - Michael Schmidt
Counter-Culture
All in the Name of the Beautiful Gain: A ZACF Statement on the 2010 Soccer World Cup in South Africa



Related Link: http://www.zabalaza.net/pdfs/sapams/zab11.pdf

MOUVEMENT ANARCHISTE DU CANADA CANADIAN ANARCHIST MOVEMENT:

LANCEMENT DU CAUSE COMMUNE #29 / LAUNCH OF CAUSE COMMUNE # 29:


Cause Commune est le journal de l'Union Communiste Libertaire du Québec. Voici l'annonce du lancement de numéro 29. Cause Commune is the journal of the Union Communiste of Québec. Here is the announcement of the launch of issue number 29.

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Lancement du Cause Commune #29 Spécial Budget
Time Wednesday, September 22 · 7:00pm - 11:30pm

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Location Cheval Blanc, 809 Ontario Est

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More Info

L'Union Communiste Libertaire vous invite au lancement du 29e numéro de son journal Cause Commune à la Brasserie le Cheval Blanc. Ce numéro est spécialement dédié au dernier budget du gouvernement Charest, les fausses et les vraies alternatives ainsi que la lutte qui reste à finir pour contrer les mesures néfastes.

Venez discuter de tout ça avec nous et prendre votre exemplaire du journal.

http://www.causecommune.net/
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Launch of Common Cause # 29 Budget Special


Time Wednesday, September 22 · 7:00 pm - 11:30 pm

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Location Cheval Blanc, 809 Ontario East

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More Info
The Libertarian Communist Union invites you to launch of the 29th edition of its journal Common Cause at the White Horse Tavern. This issue is specially dedicated to the Charest government's last budget, the false and real alternatives and the struggle that remains in the end to counter the adverse measures.

Come discuss everything with us and pick up your copy of the newspaper.

http://www.causecommune.net/

ANARCHIST PUBLICATIONS:

WORKERS' SOLIDARITY 116 NOW ONLINE:


The latest edition of Workers' Solidarity, the journal of the Irish Workers' Solidarity Movement is now online and ready for a pdf printout. As usual it's a winner. Here's the promo. @@@@@@@@

Workers Solidarity 116 now online

The July August edition of Workers Solidarity is now available to read online or download as a PDF. 10.000 copies are being distributed for free around Ireland by WSM members and friends. If you live in Ireland and would like to help with that work contact the WSM.

July - August 2010 Edition of the Workers Solidarity freesheet.

PDF of Workers Solidarity 116 Web Edition 2.92 Mb
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There is Another Way
The Hidden Struggle Behind the World Cup
Anarchists Take Over Liberty Hall Once Again!
Letters: In Defence of the Rich / In Defence of the Vast Majority
Don't Hate, Create: Radio Solidarity
Sinn Féin - DUP Add to Armoury
That's Capitalism
Thinking About Anarchism: Storming the Dáil


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Anarchism and the WSM
The past couple of months have been active ones for the WSM. We attended a number of protests around the country following the Israeli attack on the Gaza aid flotilla, which resulted in the murders of nine aid workers. We also organised two anti-capitalist marches that fed into the Right to Work campaign series of Tuesday night protests outside Leinster House. We supported a picket of Anglo Irish bank that took place following a police attack on supporters of a number of Eirigi members arrested following an occupation of the Anglo premises. We attended other Right to Work campaign protests and endorsed and participated in a demonstration in Dublin as part of a Europe-wide week of protest and solidarity against austerity measures being imposed across the continent. We also had our usual presence at the Cork and Dublin celebrations of May day. Finally, our street activity culminated with our participation in the annual Pride celebrations in both Cork and Dublin.

Our six-monthly national conference was held in May, where we passed a number of motions aimed at increasing our output of alternative news and opinions, with an increased focus on developing our internet presence. A week later, we successfully hosted the fifth annual Dublin Anarchist Bookfair in Liberty Hall (see article for more details). Following two weekends of meetings, many of our members took the opportunity for a well-earned break by attending the Rossport Solidarity Camp annual gathering on the June bank holiday weekend. A combination of workshops, swimming, socialising and beautiful weather ensured that a good weekend was had by all. Our Cork branch capped off this busy period with a public meeting outlining the problems intrinsic to capitalism and advocating the revolutionary alternative. If this goal is to be achieved we will need your help so if you have enjoyed what you have read here please feel free to get in touch with us to find out more!
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In This Issue
There is Another Way

Does the system we live under, capitalism, offer enough scope for achieving lasting solutions to all the problems it causes? Of course, some improvements are made and some problems are alleviated. Yet new kinds of problem also arise in a society which is changing rapidly, constantly seeking new ways to make a profit.

The Hidden Struggle Behind the World Cup

The World Cup is over, the TV crews have departed, and the South African government must be happy. The world’s media portrayed it as the crowning achievement of sixteen years of post-apartheid development. With the African continent’s largest economy and one of the most progressive constitutions in the world, South Africa is considered by most to be a model middle-income developing country. Many in Ireland will look on with pride, happy that they helped play a part in the anti-apartheid boycott movement which helped to bring that terrible racist system to an end.

Anarchists Take Over Liberty Hall Once Again!

Saturday the 29th of May saw the return of the Dublin Anarchist Bookfair to Liberty Hall. It is the 5th Bookfair to be held in the city and what started out as a small event in a community hall in the Liberties is now one of the landmark events in the calendar of the Irish left, organised by the Workers Solidarity Movement.

Letters: In Defence of the Rich / In Defence of the Vast Majority
Dear Sir,

In the … brazenly condescending column ‘That’s Capitalism’ (WS114) I read a very short but very puzzling piece on Aidan Heavey (Founder and CEO of Tullow Oil). You feel it newsworthy to mention that his total remuneration for the year amounted to €25,962,983. By the general theme of your paper and this column in particular I can derive a clear negative slant on any business issues you report on.

Don't Hate, Create: Radio Solidarity

The WSM now has its own monthly radio show on Dublin’s Near FM. Radio Solidarity is broadcast on the first Tuesday of every month on at 15.30hrs and is also available online. We caught up with one of the show’s producers, Dermot Sreenan.

Sinn Féin - DUP Add to Armoury

Any public protest of more than 49 people will have to apply for permission at least 37 days in advance. Otherwise it will be illegal. While emergency protests are allowed, the Bill says it has to be an “extreme emergency” and permission must be applied for three days in advance.

That's Capitalism

Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary received a cheque for nearly €30,000 from the European Union last year to “help” him maintain his Mullingar farm. In 2008 the ‘Squire of Gigginstown’, who has a prize herd of Aberdeen Angus cattle on his 200-acre farm, received €55,821 under the Cap scheme, but he only received €28,746 last year. Other well-known beneficiaries of the Common Agricultural Policy last year were Fianna Fáil senator Francie O’Brien, who was given €80,849, the cathaoirleach of the Seanad, Pat Moylan from Banagher, Co Offaly, who was awarded €11,069, while Clare TD Pat Breen pocketed €23,834.

Thinking About Anarchism: Storming the Dáil

If you’ve been following the news or listening to Liveline over the last few weeks, you’ll have seen a few references to protesters trying to “storm” the Dáil or to the Guards’ attempt to prevent an anti-capitalist march from, well, marching.

ANARCHIST PUBLICATIONS:

THE IRISH ANARCHIST REVIEW:

A new bright star in the anarchist constellation...The Irish Anarchist Review, published by the Irish Workers' Solidarity Movement. Upholding their long tradition of sensible and solid analysis the WSM has produced a winner with this one. Here's the announcement and a foretaste. You can download the full issue here.

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Welcome to the first issue of The Irish Anarchist Review, the new political magazine from the Workers Solidarity Movement. This magazine will explore ideas and practical struggles that can teach us about building a revolutionary movement today. We decided to cease printing Red & Black Revolution, and start this project, aimed at provoking debate and discussion among anarchists and the left. For this purpose, we will be pursuing a non-sectarian approach, taking ideas from various left currents, mainstream discourse, and reflections on experiences of life and struggle. We will take, print, and discuss, anything that we find useful for our needs. We hope that readers will have a similar attitude, and will use the magazine to discuss, debate and develop ideas. We will also welcome submissions and responses to articles.

This issue is shaped by the current financial crisis, and more particularly, by the reactions of the Irish political and capitalist classes, as they pursue an aggressive strategy of cutbacks. We have seen the implosion of the building sector, the foundering of the banks upon corruption and incompetence and the failure of our foreign investment based economic model. Moreover, we have seen that the government response has been to protect the banks and builders by transferring wealth from social services, public pay and increased taxation straight into bank bailouts and NAMAland. This needs to be identified for what it is: an act of outright class warfare.

We are faced with a situation where a strong and organised response to government attacks is absolutely necessary, but is constrained by the prevailing ideology and practice of partnership. The most pressing concern for Irish radicals today is to build a labour movement that rejects the corporatist mentality and service-delivery model of ICTU and poses instead workers self-organisation as the basis for struggle. With this in mind, this and future issues will look for inspiration in revitalising class-based politics.

The weakening of Irish organised labour through the Celtic Tiger period is examined by James R's article, http://www.wsm.ie/c/unions-after-celtic-tiger and he poses some requirements for the emergence of a class movement that can deal with the threats of the present while bearing a vision of a better future. Andrew Flood looks at some of the positive http://www.wsm.ie/content/consequences-24th-november-public-sector-strike elements of recent struggles,emphasising the possibilities for self-organisation http://www.wsm.ie/c/capitalist-crisis-union-resistance-ireland and direct action made visible in the recent struggles.

We feature two articles that try to learn from the experiences of radicals internationally. Ronan McAoidh reviews the work of Swedish group, KaÌmpa Tillsammans!, http://www.wsm.ie/content/faceless-resistance which argues that affinity between workers, not just union organisation, is the basis of successful struggles. An interview with Alex Foti http://www.wsm.ie/c/mayday-interview-alex-foti explores organising tactics that try to deal with the growing trend of flexible working conditions.

The reviews also tie into this theme, assessing the development of an American working-class counter-culture http://www.wsm.ie/c/iww-revolutionary-working-class-culture and, by looking at workplace blogging, http://www.wsm.ie/c/checkout-life-tills discussing some ways in which this can be done today.

Overall, this issue attempts to learn from the current weakness of the Irish working class, and explores both the origins of this weakness and some routes towards a combative class movement, capable of disrupting the ruling class offensive on living and working conditions and posing an altogether different vision of society, and, most importantly, a way of getting there.

WORDS : DARA MCAOIDH

Articles

Reflections on the 24th November
http://www.wsm.ie/content/consequences-24th-november-public-sector-strike
On the 24th of November something extraordinary happened. Some 250,000 workers acted together in a day-long strike against the public sector wage cuts planned by the government. The vast majority of these workers had never gone on strike before, yet across almost all workplaces the strike involved 90% or more of those working.

Capitalist crisis and union resistance in Ireland
http://www.wsm.ie/c/capitalist-crisis-union-resistance-ireland
Late 2008 saw the Irish capitalist class wage a major ideological struggle against the Irish working class. They called for workers to bear the brunt of the capitalist crisis. Print media, TV and radio carried segment after segment where well-paid commentators argued that workers, in particular public sector workers, were earning too much, had overly generous pensions and that the public had unrealistic expectations of public services.

The usefulness of Faceless Resistance http://www.wsm.ie/content/faceless-resistance
Although Faceless Resistance as a concept has been discussed among radical circles in Sweden for several years, it has only recently begun to be noticed in the English speaking world, primarily due to delays in texts being translated. In this article I will look primarily at the work of Kampa Tillsammans, who developed the core ideas of Faceless Resistance, but I will also situate these ideas in their historical and social context and introduce other tendencies that have been influenced by and adapted some of the theory.

Mayday had become like a funeral - interview with Alex Foti
http://www.wsm.ie/c/mayday-interview-alex-foti
In the middle years of this decade, Alex Foti became known across activist circles for involvement in the Euromayday Parades. In a special themed issue of Green Pepper, Foti and the Chain Workers Collective sketched a very attractive understanding of the work discipline of contemporary capitalism. In their understanding, society had found itself in a situation of profound disjuncture with our working pasts - life today was defined by contingent employment rather than the traditional job for life.

The unions after the celtic tiger http://www.wsm.ie/c/unions-after-celtic-tiger
A rather strange figure is moving to centre stage in Irish politics, that of the trade unions - absent from mass struggles until recently and weakened over the decades of social partnership, they are now the only possible source of a movement that can confront attempts to transfer the cost of the recession to working people. This statement does not come with out some qualms.

Checkout: Life On The Tills http://www.wsm.ie/c/checkout-life-tills
Anna Samâ, as you might guess, is a pseudonym, the handle of a French blogger who decided to put her years behind the till to good use on a website describing the day-to- day experience of supermarket workers in all its tedious glory. In a way it's refreshing to discover that the psychology of the checkout girl / boy appears to be the same wherever you go - my own days at Centra and the like are well imprinted on the brain, but they could have been an atypical reflection of my general misanthropy, grumpiness and ill will towards the rest of the species.

Review: The IWW and The Making of a Revolutionary Working Class Counter culture
http://www.wsm.ie/c/iww-revolutionary-working-class-culture
The book can be read in a number of ways; on one hand it rescues the IWW from Stalinist critics that fashionably flounced after Russian Bolshevism; it gives insight to the politics and personalities of the union itself and rescues Hill the man. But as suggested by the subtitle, itâs Rosemont's treatment of how the IWW built a counter hegemonic working class culture that is the most interesting facet of this brick thick work.

ATM eating your hand for bills

All photos used in this publication were sourced under a Creative Commons License on Flickr.com.
The following user names are credited. Page 3, 4 and 16: Infomatique. Page 6, 12 : Antrophe. Page 7: Asid- script. Page 8 and 10 Cinocino. Page 15: pasukaru Page 14: Mlibrarianus and Laburbuja. Page 15: alam- osbasement Page 18: Artecallejoro. Page 20: Cashen. Page 21: Erikwdavis. Page 23: Bear Clause.
Frontpage illustration: helene pertl Backpage illustration: lisa crowne

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Irish Anarchist Review Facebook fan page
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Launch of Irish Anarchist Review - audio recording of launch at Dublin anarchist bookfair
http://www.wsm.ie/c/launch-irish-anarchist-review

PDF of Issue 1 of Irish Anarchist Review 6.61 MB
http://www.wsm.ie/sites/default/files/IrishAnarachistReview1.pdf

CANADIAN ANARCHIST MOVEMENT:

UPPING THE ANTI #10:

Upping The Anti is a libertarian socialist journal published out of Toronto. For five years now they have been bringing news, views and opinion about the radical movements in Canada and elsewhere. They're now at issue #10, due to be launched next Thursday. Here's their announcement.

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UTA #10 Launch Party—Toronto
Please join us on Thursday May 20th, 2010 at the Anitafrika Dub Theatre (62 Fraser Ave—Just East of Dufferin and South of King) at 8pm to celebrate the launch of Upping the Anti #10. $10 at the door (includes new issue) no one turned away for lack of funds. Subscribers get in free. For more information please contact uppingtheanti@gmail.com .

From the Introduction of Issue 10

Introduction

Five years isn’t a long time. In the history of struggle, it’s barely a blip. Radicals learn early that, if we’re not in it for the long haul, we’re not really in it at all. But for a radical grassroots publication like ours with no external funding, a volunteer editorial team, and an ambitious mandate of rigorous analysis and broad coverage, five years is quite an accomplishment. Although other radical publishing projects have recently fallen by the wayside, we’ve managed – incontrovertibly – to thrive. For this reason, we’re pleased to bring you Issue 10 of Upping the Anti.

When we started UTA in 2005, we could only guess at the resonance that a forum such as ours would have. We envisioned it as a space to critically assess the interwoven tendencies that define the politics of today’s radical left: anti-capitalism, anti-oppression, and anti-imperialism. We believed that, although they were inexact in their proclamations, these “antis” pointed toward a radical politics outside of the party-building exercises of the sectarian left and the dead end of social democracy. Judging from our growing subscription base and the increasing number of pitches and international inquiries we receive (not to mention the fruitfulness of our interactions with authors and readers), it seems that many others agree.

Because the current political period is fraught with difficulties, many radicals seem to recognize that it’s increasingly necessary to scrutinize our prevailing assumptions. And, while it’s never easy to step away from day-to-day activist work to engage in analysis, UTA has managed to become a dynamic space where organizers converge to discuss, debate, and devise movement strategies.

In Issue 10, contributors once again examine the vicissitudes of the current political moment. We begin with a series of letters submitted in response to the content of Issue 9. As always, these responses reveal gaps in analysis and illuminate the challenges of inter-movement dialogue. As editors, we have always conceived of this section of the journal as a unique space in which to develop habits of activist correspondence and analytic exchange, so please feel free to join the conversation!

In our Editorial, we highlight the opportunity for anti-capitalist mobilization that arose with the financial crisis of 2008 and ask the urgent question: did we miss it? As we watch capitalism reinvent itself, we’re forced to come to terms with the fact that the left has lost the initiative and, for the most part, has adopted defensive postures. For radicals who want more than the preservation of past gains, this conjuncture demands that we carefully consider both our priorities and our strategies. In order to orient to this question, we refer to the lessons of BC’s Solidarity movement in the 1980s and the Days of Action against the Ontario Tories in the mid-90s.

Kicking off our interviews section, Sharmeen Khan, David Hugill, and Tyler McCreary engage with well-known feminist activist and scholar Andrea Smith as she highlights the importance of “unlikely alliances” to movement building. Next, Chandra Kumar speaks with Patrick Bond about the challenges and possibilities confronting the climate justice movement. We conclude with Robyn Maynard’s discussion with Jessica Yee and Nandita Sharma as they consider sex work, migration, anti-trafficking, and Indigenous struggles.

In our articles section, AK Thompson assesses activist responses to Avatar and proposes that, rather than dismissing the film, our political objectives are better realized by highlighting the promise that mainstream audiences identified in it. Next, Tom Keefer critiques Frances Widdowson and Albert Howard’s claims in Disrobing the Aboriginal Industry and shows how Marxism and indigenism can mutually inform common struggles against capitalism. In our final article for this issue, Antonis Vradis and Dimitrios Dalakoglou explore the aftermath of the Greek revolt of 2008 and assess its impact and significance for ongoing struggles around the right to the city.

Our roundtables begin with Nicole Cohen’s discussion of the challenges of radical publishing with participants from Left Turn, Canadian Dimension, The Dominion, Briarpatch, and Z Communications. Next, Samir Shaheen-Hussain brings together a group of former police trainees and officers who have quit the force and are now engaged in working against police repression. Our final roundtable, convened by Kelly Fritsch, considers the new wave of student occupations on US campuses and their implications for how we understand social change.

In our reviews section, Jerome Klassen examines the relationship between imperialism and Canadian foreign policy in Yves Engler’s Black Book of Canadian Foreign Policy. Next, Pat Harewood tackles David Austin’s important collection You Don’t Play With Revolution: The Montreal lectures of C.L.R. James and Noaman Ali considers John Saul’s Revolutionary Traveler. In our final review, Sara Falconer discusses Safiya Bukhari’s The War Before.

As always, we hope you find this, our tenth issue, to be engrossing and provocative. Your readership inspires us. And your money sustains us! If you read UTA regularly, please consider joining our monthly sustainers program – go to http://www.uppingtheanti.org . We’re gradually nearing our goal of having 100 sustainers by the end of 2010. With your help, we’ll be able to focus less on fundraising and more on bringing you the radical commentary and debate that makes this project worthwhile. In addition to sustainers, we’re also always looking for people who are interested in distributing UTA. Bulk discounts are available. If you feel like you could take on distributing 10 or more copies per issue, please get in touch with us at uppingtheantidistro@gmail.com .

On the housekeeping front, we would like to extend our thanks to Christopher Dobbie, who helped to redesign our website at http://www.uppingtheanti.org . PDF versions of all our articles are online and available to all subscribers. The site has been re-organized so as to provide a better and more accessible archive of our content.

We would also like to welcome Thomas Nail, Shelley Tremain, and David Shulman to our advisory board, and thank Gary Kinsman and Danielle O’Hearn for their contributions to the project.

Finally, if you are interested in contributing to Issue 11 – scheduled to launch in November 2010 – please send a pitch (about 500 words) to uppingtheanti@gmail.com describing your proposed contribution. Pitches are due by June 13, 2010. The deadline for first drafts is July 20, 2010. For more information, please visit our website at www.uppingtheanti.org .

Enjoy the issue! We look forward to your letters, submissions, and support.

In solidarity and struggle,

Aidan Conway, Kelly Fritsch, David Hugill,
Tom Keefer, Chandra Kumar,
Clare O’Connor, AK Thompson
Toronto, May 2010

PUBLICATIONS ANARCHISTES:

CAUSE COMMUNE #28:

Numero 28 de 'Cause Commune' de l'UCL du Québec est maintenant disponible sur le web. Voice l'avis de Voix De Fait. /Number 28 of Cause Commune from the UCL of Québec is available on the web. Here`s the news from Voix De Faits.

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Cause commune no 28

Le numéro 28 de Cause commune, le journal de l'Union communiste libertaire (UCL), est maintenant disponible sur le web.

3500 exemplaires papier de ce journal sont distribués gratuitement par des militantes et des militants libertaires, membres ou non de l’organisation. Cause commune se veut un tremplin pour les idées anarchistes, en appui aux mouvements de résistance contre les patrons, les proprios et leurs alliés au gouvernement. Vous pouvez soumettre un texte ou nous faire part de vos commentaires en écrivant à journal@causecommune.net. Si le journal vous plaît et que vous voulez aider à le diffuser dans votre milieu, contactez le collectif de l’UCL le plus près de chez-vous (voir la liste sur http://www.causecommune.net).


Au sommaire du numéro 28:


Budget antisocial - Il faut faire reculer le gouvernement!

L’anarchie de A à Z - X comme... XXX

Il y a 40 ans en Italie, l'automne chaud de 1969

Camarade Michel Chartrand

Livre : Les Jacobins Noirs - Toussaint Louverture et la révolution de Saint-Domingue

Un monarque élu au Saguenay

Sur les lignes...

Du côté des patrons...

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Cause commune no 28

No. 28 of Common Cause, the journal of the Libertarian Communist Union (UCL), is now available on the web.

3500 paper copies of this newspaper are distributed free by militant activists and libertarians, members of the organization or not. Common Cause wants to be a springboard for anarchist ideas, in support of resistance movements against the bosses, owners and their allies in government. You can submit a text or send us your comments by writing to journal@causecommune.net . If you like the newspaper and want to help distribute in your community, contact the group at UCL nearest you (see list on http://www.causecommune.net ).

Contents of No. 28:


Antisocial Budget - We need to make the Government back off!

Anarchy A to Z - X as ... XXX

40 years ago in Italy, the hot autumn of 1969

Comrade Michel Chartrand

Book: The Black Jacobins - Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution

An elected monarch in Saguenay

On the lines ...

On the part of the bosses ...

ANARCHIST PUBLICATIONS:

ANARCHIST VOICES MAGAZINE:

Molly doesn't hold to strict ideological lines in terms of her politics, no matter what it may seem to be from the majority of the posts at this blog. Am I an individualist with collectivist sympathies ? Or am I rather a collectivist with individualist sympathies ? It depends on the day. Personally I think this is wisdom as anarchism should not restrict itself to either any particular issue, mode of action or 'end goal' in terms of economics. So...here's another publication I like, this one from the individualist side of the the anarchist community. Anarchist Voices Magazine has brought out their first online edition. Check it out. Authors include Larry Gambone, Richard Livermore, Peter Good, Richard Griffen, Colin Johnson, Chris Butler, Steve Booth and Padi Phillips. Also, as blasts from the past Michael E. Coughlin and Colin Ward. Good for opening minds. Look to the above link for what it's all about, how to subscribe and a link to the pdf of the latest issue.

ANARCHIST PUBLICATIONS:

IDEAS AND ACTION:

The American Workers' Solidarity Alliance is an anarcho-syndicalist group that has existed since the early 1980s. They are pleased to launch an online version of their magazine 'Ideas and Action'. Here's the promo. Well worth taking a look.

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W.S.A. Launches on-line ideas & action Journal
Workers Solidarity Alliance Press Release - May 1st 2010
We are proud to announce the launch of our online version of ideas & action, the journal of Workers Solidarity Alliance (W.S.A.)

It is our desire to make ideas & action a vibrant forum for insight and analysis from a class struggle anarchist point of view. Since we all learn from each other’s arguments and experiences, we hope ideas & action will contribute to raising the understanding of the movement as a whole and aid in developing a collective approach towards the struggles of our class. We invite broad participation in the project. The journal will publish original articles in clear and accessible language tackling basic issues, such as the struggles of social and economic classes, how to organize, strategies for social change, the nature of the state, advocacy for self-managed solidarity unionism, for workers self-management and libertarian socialism as an objective, the nature of structural racism and gender inequality, socialized health care and other basic working class issues.

Our History

Ideas & Action was created in July, 1981 as an independent anarcho-syndicalist semi-annual print magazine. After Workers Solidarity Alliance was founded in November, 1984, ideas & action became the magazine of WSA (with issue #5), and continuing through the publication of issue #17 in 1997.

Who We Are

Ideas & Action is the publication of Workers Solidarity Alliance, an anti-capitalist, anti-authoritarian organization of activists who believe that working people can build a new society and a better world based on the principles of solidarity and self-management. For a much more in depth look at our politics and ideas, please read Where We Stand.

We can be found at http://ideasandaction.info/

Please contact us at info(at)workersolidarity.org .

We welcome unsolicited submissions. Please review our Editorial Policy before submitting.

Workers Solidarity Alliance
May Day 2010

ANARCHIST PUBLICATIONS:

ANNOUNCING 'ESPECIFISTA':

As anarchism grows more and more popular across the world the desire to have a more coherent and effectively organized movement grows as well. Here's more evidence of the latter from the Amanecer group in California who are bring out a new journal 'Especifista'. Here's the announcement from the Anarkismo website.

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ESPECIFISTA #1 is out!

A publication by Amanecer
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Amanecer: For a Popular Anarchism is proud to present the first issue of its publication - Especifista.


Especifista is a sporadic publication by Amanecer: For a Popular Anarchism. Especifista aims to start a conversation with those involved in different struggles, be in the community, in labor or any other, about the roots of society’s ills, the possibility of fundamental change and how we can achieve it.

Especifista is a publication by anarchists, that is to say, people who believe that society should be organized in a manner that provides for all based on their needs, and where the power and decisions flow from the bottom up, in a real democratic way.

We selected the name Especifista because it best describes our political perspective.

Especifismo is a practice of anarchism originated in South America, and first theorized by the Federacción Anarquista Uruguaya in the 1950’s.

With other parallels in the anarchist movement, it is based on the idea the anarchists should primarily be involved in the struggles of the people, not to control them but to preserve their democratic and radical character. This is called social insertion, and comes from the belief that popular movements are not only the hands of revolution, they are also its brain.

Anarchists should organize into their own, specifically anarchist organization to theorize and strategize about their involvement in the social movements and to learn from them.

The organization of anarchists should also be a voice for the principles of solidarity, democracy and anti-capitalism in the popular movements.

With Especifista, we aim to add to the voices that continue to promote these principles inside social movements.

For contact, please e-mail us at especifista@gmail.com

Related Link: http://especifista.wordpress.com/

CANADIAN ANARCHIST MOVEMENT- ONTARIO:

LINCHPIN APRIL 2010:

Linchpin is the online (and occasional print) newsletter of the Ontario platformist organization Common Cause. Their April 2010 edition is now available. Here's the announcement. Go to the website to read the full articles.

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Linchpin.ca - April 2010

**With the Ontario budget recently announced Ann Stuart analyzes at the devastating cut that eliminated the "Special Diet" supplement from social assistance in Ontario and argues that the Cut to Special Diet isn't about health.

**Bringing the view from the street, Mick Sweetman reports on a defiant and rowdy public meeting by poor people in East Downtown Toronto that was held just a day after the cuts were announced.

**In response to federal cuts to the Aboriginal Healing Foundation 6 women were arrested at sit-in at Chuck Strahl’s office. Ottawa correspondent Greg Macdougall reports on the hypocritical policies that see Stephen Harper's government apologize for horrors of residential schools then cut the funding to help the survivors of them.

**Meanwhile in Montreal, over 15,000 people protested against the Quebec provincial budget there and we are proud to reprint a statement by Union Communiste Libertaire (UCL) against privatization and price increases as well as a photo essay and video from the mobilizations.

**Northern Ontario correspondent Scott Neigh continues to bring us great stories this time taking us inside the first time Israeli Apartheid Week hit Sudbury, Ontario last month.

**Last but not least we are happy to to welcome Sara Falconer and 4strugglemag to our pages as we reprint an interview with An Interview with Laura Whitehorn on The War Before. A book by and about the life-story of former Black Panther and U.S. Political Prisoner Safiya Bukhari.

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BLACK FLAME BOOK TOUR:

Molly has previously mentioned the book tour of Ontario and Quebec by author Michael Schmidt to promote his book 'Black Flame:The Revolutionary Politics of Anarchism and Syndicalism'. The tour is sponsored by the Ontario platformist organization Common Cause. Here's an update on the stops during the tour.

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“Black Flame” Ontario Book Tour - March 15-21 kicks off tonight!‏
March 15, 2010 3:01:51 PM
South African writer and activist Michael Schmidt, co-author of “Black Flame: The Revolutionary Class Politics of Anarchism and Syndicalism” will be in several Ontario cities between March 15 and March 21 to promote and discuss this important new book on the global history of anarchist movements and ideas. The tour, organized by Common Cause with support from AK Press and several local sponsors, is scheduled to pass through the following cities listed below.

To promote the tour Common Cause has also produced a short video which can be seen here and set up a Facebook page. Copies of "Black Flame" will be available for purchase at each tour stop.
March 15

- Waterloo,

4PM to 6PM

School of Business and Economics,

Room 2260

Wilfrid Laurier University

75 University Avenue West
Sponsored the Communication Studies and Global Studies departments.
London - March 16,
2pm to 4pm
Sommerville House Rm. 2348
University of Western Ontario Campus
7pm

Tonda Room, Central Library

251 Dundas St.
March 17 - Hamilton

McMaster University,

12-2pm

MUSC Rooms 311 and 313

1280 Main St. West

Limited seating.

Please RSVP at commoncauseontario@gmail.com
Sponsored by the LIUNA-Mancinelli Professorship in Global Labour Issues and the School of Labour Studies.
Sky Dragon Centre,

7-9pm

27 King William Street

Hamilton, ON

Organized by Common Cause Hamilton

commoncausehamilton@gmail.com
March 18 - Montreal

6:30pm

DIRA

2035 St-Laurent
Organized by Common Cause Ontario, the Union Communiste Libertaire (UCL) with support from AK Press.
March 19 - Ottawa

two separate times/venues
3:00pm

Desmarais Building room 3120 (DMS),

University of Ottawa

(the newer building at 'Laurier Station' on the Transitway)
7:00pm

Exile Infoshop,

256 Bank St 2nd floor (at corner of Cooper)
Ottawa stops co-sponsored by Common Cause Ottawa, Exile Infoshop, OPIRG/GRIPO-Ottawa and PIDSSA (Univ of Ottawa)
March 20 - Toronto

3:00p.m. - 5:00p.m.

Bahen Centre,

Room 1220,

40 St. George Street(University of Toronto)
Co-sponsored by the Pan African Solidarity Network, CUPE 3902 & 3907, IWW Toronto GMB, and the Work and Labour Studies Program, York University.
For more information contact commoncauseontario@gmail.com and check www.linchpin.ca for updates.
About the book from AK Press:
“Black Flame (Counter-Power, Volume 1) is the first of a two-volume set examining the democratic class politics of the worldwide anarchist movement, its vision of a decentralized planned economy, and its impact on popular struggles on five continents over the course of the past 150 years. From anarchism's first glimmers as a nineteenth-century ideology to today's anticapitalist struggles, Black Flame traces anarchism's lineage and contemporary relevance, outlining the movement's insights into questions of race, gender, class, and imperialism. With Black Flame, Michael Schmidt and Lucien van der Walt, both writers and activists in South Africa, have begun what promises to be the definitive synthetic account of the international anarchist tradition. Nearly exhaustive in scope, and rigorous in its scholarly detail, this first volume significantly reframes the work of previous historians and, especially, examines coherent alternatives to Marxist and nationalist approaches to revolutionary theory and practice. An indispensable conceptual roadmap to the history and continuing relevance of anarchist praxis”
Reviews:
“In recent years, there has been an upsurge in class struggle anarchism or social anarchism. In these circumstances, there is a need for a clear and more forceful theoretical statement of principles, and Black Flame serves as an excellent opening statement of the relevance of class struggles anarchism in a twenty-first century context...this book is an impressive introduction to the history of anarchist theory and anarchist movements.” Sean Benjamin, Upping the Anti no. 9, November 2009.

"This highly worthwhile book represents the fruit of considerable scholarship and deep reflection. The authors have done a remarkable job in drawing together a vast international body of literature. They show convincingly that anarchism and syndicalism were far more significant political forces in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century world than historians have generally given them credit for. They provide excellent accounts of the movement's global political reach, supported by an impressive knowledge of disparate literatures. Schmidt and van der Walt also make a powerful and lucidly written case for anarchism as a serious and coherent political philosophy." —Jonathan Hyslop, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
"This book fulfills a daunting task. Covering anarchism in all parts of the world and emphatically tying it to class struggle, the authors present a highly original and challenging account of the movement, its actions and ideas. This work is a must for everybody interested in non-authoritarian social movements." —Bert Altena, Rotterdam University

"A well-thought out and nuanced study of the intellectual, political, and social history of anarchism." —Steven Hirsch, University of Pittsburgh
About the authors:
Michael Schmidt is a Johannesburg-based investigative journalist and journalism trainer, with more than twenty years experience in the field as a reporter for South Africa's leading newspapers including the Sunday Times and This Day, and as a co-editor of the anarchist news and analysis website anarkismo.net. A seasoned activist, his work has taken him to Chiapas, to Guatemala during the civil war, to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Rwanda, Darfur, Lebanon, and beyond.

Lucien van der Walt is based at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, where he teaches in development, economic sociology, and labor studies. His recently completed PhD on the history of anarchism and syndicalism in early twentieth-century South Africa was awarded the prestigious Labor History international prize for the best doctoral thesis of 2007. He has written and lectured widely on contemporary working-class struggles and the relationship between race and class, and, together with Steven Hirsch, he is the editor of the forthcoming volume, Anarchism in the Colonial and Postcolonial World, 1880-1940 (Brill 2009).

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