The Class Strikes Back examines case studies of twenty-first-century workers’ struggles from both the Global North and South, highlighting the stories of workers fighting to organize and join democratic and independent unions.
The Class Strikes Back examines case studies of twenty-first-century workers’ struggles from both the Global North and South, highlighting the stories of workers fighting to organize and join democratic and independent unions.
Dario Azzellini, Ph.D. (1967), Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany and Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla (BUAP), Mexico, is visiting scholar at Murphy Institute/CUNY. He has published monographs, edited books and articles on social movements, social transformation, labour and migration studies, and Latin American Studies. Michael G. Kraft, Ph.D. (2004), Vienna University of Economics, is a lecturer on social movements and economic and social transformations. He has published on heterodox economics and neoliberalism, social struggles and workers’ self-management in Ex-Yugoslavia.
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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 ¿. 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
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 ¿. 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
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