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Austria: 12-hour work day approved by the parliament

  With the votes of the coalition government of Chancellor Sebastian Kurtz’s conservative People’s Party (ÖVP) and the far-right Nationalist Liberal Party, as well as the votes of the neo-liberal...

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Freedom of Speech or Freedom to Hate?

By (Guest Contributor) Pink Panther They call themselves the Free Speech Coalition. The leading lights of this group are: Dr. Michael Bassett – Former Labour Party Minister and critic of all who...

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Russia: Union Busting at University

Maxim Balashov, a professor of mathematics, has been working at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) for nineteen years. He also serves as chair of the trade union at his university,...

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UK (Press Release): Trans woman files landmark transgender discrimination...

  17 July:A trans woman has launched the first ever transgender discrimination claim against a so-called “gig economy” employer, in a case that will highlight the way in which companies deny workers...

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Nth Ireland: THE DUP NOMINATES BIBLICAL CREATIONIST

  In the United Kingdom the Conservative and Unionist Party, to give the mainstream right-wing political group its full title, is effectively in a form of coalition government with the Democratic...

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Amazon Strikes

  Amazon warehouse workers came out on strike against appalling conditions for three days from July 16th in Madrid. 96% of the workers came out on strike. Many of these are temps. On the second day of...

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USA: Burgerville Workers Fight

  Report from the Burgerville Workers Union of the IWW who recently fought and won the rehiring of a co-worker. Meet Brookelynn, a longtime Burgerville worker at the Gladstone store and a strong union...

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PUSH

  The Melbourne Anarchist Communist Group is pleased to announce that we have participated in the launch of a new anti-Fascist organisation. The initial callout is reproduced below. PUSH! Organising...

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Iran: Free Mohammed Habibi

  Iranian teacher trade unionist Mohammed Habibi was sentenced to ten and a half years in prison on 4 August 2018. The sentence by the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Court also included prohibition of...

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Greek Police Arrest Three Activists For…

Greek police have arrested Syrian swimmer Sara Mardini and two other activists on charges of smuggling migrants into Greece. All three are members of the Emergency Response Center International (ERCI)...

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Universal Credit? Universal Household Debt

  There are now 870,000 claimants for Universal Credit, the [UK] Government’s new flagship welfare scheme. By the end of 2018 the plan is for every area of England to be covered by this digitally...

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Peace Action Wellington-Weapons Expo Events

  The Weapons Expo is just around the corner (put the dates in your diary – 30th, 31st October & 1st November!) so we’re getting ready here in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. Aotearoa and the Arms Trade,...

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Glasgow Tenants Take Action Against Slumlords

  On the 23rd of September a collective of Glasgow tenants took back a block of tenements from notorious slumlord Harpal Singh. This is their statement on the events that followed. On the 23rd...

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From Croatian Anarchists

  Greetings, We are BEK collective that started the BEK social centre which opened this spring in Zagreb, Croatia. Our squat/social center is completely DIY, based on non-hierarchical structure and...

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Victory to The Bus Workers!

  Aotearoa Workers’ Solidarity Movement (AWSM) extends its support to bus workers in the Wellington region who are on strike today. After correctly warning the council months ago that changes to the...

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MACG join PUSH

This article was published in The Anvil Vol 7 No 2, Sep-Oct 2018. The Melbourne Anarchist Communist Group have joined PUSH! Organising and Educating to Build a United Front Against Fascism. As its name...

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SOLIDARITY WITH ALEX!

  A year ago AWSM conducted an interview with social activist Alex Pirie: https://www.anarkismo.net/article/30707?search_text=alex+pirie https://www.anarkismo.net/article/30753?search_text=alex+pirie...

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Obituary – Alexander Nakov, 1919 – 2018

  It is with great sadness that we have to report the passing of our [Anarchist Communist Group-UK] Bulgarian comrade, Alexander Nakov, who died in Pernik on 10th November 2018, aged 99 years. The...

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Vibrant Rally

  On Saturday, the 10th November, London saw a vibrant rally by London’s climate activists at Altab Ali Park on the Global Day of Solidarity to Save the Sundarbans. In response to the National...

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Thailand: Olympic 2020 partner Mitsubishi Electric humiliates workers

  An official partner of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, Mitsubishi Electric locked-out union members at its plant in Thailand and subjected them to degrading and humiliating treatment....

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