In February 1984 the miners in Cortonwood, South Yorkshire learned that their pit had been earmarked for closure. After a pithead meeting they voted for a wildcat strike on March 5th. They were soon to be followed by 6000 other miners. No-one at the time realised that this would lead to the biggest confrontation in the class war in Britain since the Second World War.

Saturday 16 May in the workers’ demonstrations for jobs and the future of FIAT workers the anger of the Pomigliano and Nola workers exploded. The latter after a hard struggle ignored by the media were put in a “marginal department” in an agreement signed by FIAT and the unions. (1) Today the situation has worsened and the whole Pomigliano plant is in danger of closure as a result of the crisis in...

IBRP Introduction · We are very pleased to have received this translation (made by the comrades themselves) from the Alliance of Revolutionary Socialists (SRS) from Russia. Although we have some political differences the method of presentation of this description and analysis of the significant Kherson Revolt in February in the Ukraine is very similar to our own.

The anger of the workers in France is mounting as the consequences of the economic crisis begins to make itself felt. But this anger is also against the former “liberal” and radical measures of the government to lower labour costs. · One of the directors of the Continental firm in the department of L’Oise (a tyre factory which employs 1200 workers) was bombarded with eggs, the managers of Sony in...