The class strikes back : self-organised workers' struggles in the twenty-first century

Author(s)

• Azzellini, Dario
• Kraft, Michael Gerhard

Bibliographic Information

The class strikes back : self-organised workers' struggles in the twenty-first century

edited by Dario Azzellini, Michael G. Kraft

（Historical materialism book series, v. 150）

Brill, c2018

• : hardback

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-318) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The Class Strikes Back examines a number of radical, twenty-first-century workers' struggles. These struggles are characterised by a different kind of unionism and solidarity, arising out of new kinds of labour conditions and responsive to new kinds of social and economic marginalisation. The essays in the collection demonstrate the dramatic growth of syndicalist and autonomist formations and argue for their historical necessity. They show how workers seek to form and join democratic and independent unions that are fundamentally opposed to bureaucratic leadership, compromise, and concessions. Specific case studies dealing with both the Global South and Global North assess the context of local histories and the spatially and temporally located balance of power, while embedding the struggle in a broader picture of resistance and the fight for emancipation. Contributors are: Anne Alexander, Dario Azzellini, Mostafa Bassiouny, Antonios Broumas, Anna Curcio, Demet S. Dinler, Kostas Haritakis, Felix Hauf, Elias Ioakimoglou, Mithilesh Kumar, Kari Lydersen, Chiara Milan, Carlos Olaya, Hansi Oostinga, Ranabir Samaddar, Luke Sinwell, Elmar Wigand.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Note on Contributors 1 Introduction: A Return to the Shop Floor or How to Confront Neoliberal Capitalism Dario Azzellini and Michael G. Kraft Workers' Self-Organisation beyond and against Corporative Unions and the State 2 Workers' Struggles and Autonomy: Strategic and Tactical Considerations Mithilesh Kumar and Ranabir Samaddar 3 Autonomous Worker Committees in Marikana, South Africa: Journey to the Mountain Luke Sinwell 4 Greece: Grassroots Labour Struggles in a Crisis-Ridden Country Antonios Broumas, Elias Ioakimoglou and Kostas Haritakis 5 Fighting Against Capitalist Ownership and State Bureaucracy - Labour Struggles in Venezuela Dario Azzellini Non-Corporate Unionism and Social Movements 6 Revolts on Goose Island: A Long Fight Pays Off for Chicago Window Factory Workers Kari Lydersen 7 The Egyptian Workers' Movement: Revolt, Revolution and Counter-Revolution Anne Alexander and Mostafa Bassiouny 8 Bosnia and Herzegovina: From Workers' Strike to Social Uprising Chiara Milan 9 Sinaltrainal: Transforming the Workers' Movement in Colombia Carlos Olaya 10 A Fistful of Dollars? The Labour Dispute in the Babylon Cinema Hansi Oostinga Renewed Forms of Struggle and Workers' Self-Management 11 New Workers' Struggles in Turkey since the 2000s: Possibilities and Limits Demet S. Dinler 12 Recovered Imaginaries: Workers' Self-Organisation and Radical Unionism in Indonesia Felix Hauf 13 The Revolution in Logistics Anna Curcio 14 Sweat and Detergent not Bread and Roses: Behind the Shiny Surface of London's Financial Industry, Latin Cleaners Struggle for Dignity Elmar Wigand References Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BB26011138
• ISBN:
  • 9789004291461
• LCCN: 2017039174
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Leiden
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 321 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HD4855
  • DC23 : 331.88
  • DC : 331.88
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Labor movement -- History -- 21st century
  • LCSH : Labor unions -- History -- 21st century
  • LCSH : Works councils -- History -- 21st century
  • LCSH : Industrial relations -- History -- 21st century
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA60689706