Solidarity & More

In the early 1900s, working-class activists built an organisation aimed at developing an independent working-class education, in order to prepare the labour movement for power. What can we learn from it today? Colin Waugh (Independent Working-Class Education Network) See here https://workersliberty.org/node/14617

What can the breakup of Yugoslavia teach us about nationalism, Stalinism, and inter-communal conflict? Academic and writer Sarah Correia (London School of Economics) will give a talk, followed by discussion. See https://workersliberty.org/story/2019-06-05/break-yugoslavia

For more critical perspectives on Malm by speaker who gave this talk see here https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2021-04-13/how-class-struggle-shaped-fossil-fuel and here https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2022-03-27/argument-over-malm-much-ado-about-nothing And more critique and debate here https://www.workersliberty.org/malm-debate This session introduces Andreas Malm's book on fossil fuels,...

Deliveroo workers have organises a series of strikes against the food delivery company, demanding living wages and better conditions. This session discusses their struggle in the context of ongoing workers' fight backs in the "gig economy". With Tyrone Falls (Chair, Bristol Couriers' Network - IWGB) and Zack Murrell-Dowson (Chair, IWGB National Deliveroo Committee) Many articles have been written...

The future of the left in Israel, session at Ideas For Freedom 2019. The 2019 elections returned disastrous results for the left. Against a backdrop of rising nationalism, with Israel's right-wing government apparently intent on permanent annexation of Palestinian Territories, three speakers will discuss the prospects for building a Jewish-Arab left that can fight back against occupation, racism,...

With protests against LGBT+ education continuing in Birmingham, this session discusses how school workers, LGBT+ campaigners, and others can build alliances to fight for LGBT+ education in schools, and against bigotry. With Khakan Qureshi (Birmingham South Asians LGBT) and Duncan Morrison (National Education Union) See https://workersliberty.org/story/2019-04-17/speaking-out-lgbt-inclusive-educati...

\With the climate crisis becoming acute, discussions are developing about how governments should response. What kind of "Green New Deal" do we need to stop climate catastrophe, and how can workers' organisations fight for it? With Luke Neal (Workers' Liberty) and Abel Harvie-Clarke (UK School Climate Network, school climate striker) See Workers' Liberty's pamphlets at http://workersliberty.org/pam...

Are "identity politics" and class politics in conflict? Do struggles against particular oppressions threaten working-class unity? Are concepts like "intersectionality" useful? These questions, and more, were discussed, in this Session at Ideas for Freedom 2019. With Ralph Leonard (writer and activist), Christie Neary (Workers' Liberty) See http://workersliberty.org/story/2017-07-26/whats-wrong-ide...

'The Legacy of Rosa Luxemburg: Luxemburg and Luxemburgism'. A discussion at Ideas for Freeom 2019, led by Justine Canady and Martin Thomas. 100 years since her execution at the hands of proto-fascist paramilitaries enabled by the Social Democratic government, Rosa Luxemburg's legacy continues to be contested terrain for socialists. This session reviewed that legacy by looking at some of Luxemburg'...

'Zetkin, Luxemburg and the German Social Democratic Women's Movement'. Discussion at Ideas for Freedom, led by Kelly Rogers and Kieran Miles, based on Lambeth AWL's socialist feminist reading group. See chapter by Janine Booth in workersliberty.org/why-soc-fem

Richard Wilkinson introduces his latest book "The Inner Level: How More Equal Societies Reduce Stress, Restore Sanity and Improve Everyone's Wellbeing" , co-written with Kate Pickett, & discuss the relationships between inequality and physical and mental health, at Ideas for Freedom 2019. Check out this review by Todd Hamer workersliberty.org/node/33768 Note: the graph referred to at 3.17 can be f...

'The Tiananmen Square uprising: when Chinese workers and students fought for freedom'. A discussion at Ideas for Freedom 2019, led by Dr. Camila Bassi (Sheffield Hallam University, Workers' Liberty) 30 years ago, an uprising of workers and students faced the military might of the Chinese state. What were the demands of the uprising, and why was it crushed so brutally? What are the lessons for thos...

Climate change and socialist politics, document passed by Workers' Liberty conference, October 2008. More, a paper version of the WCA booklet, and a contents list, at https://workersliberty.org/climate-pamphlet

William Morris: ecology and the shift to socialism, part 6 of our series on the politics of the late 19th century socialist William Morris, February 2009, by Paul Hampton More, a paper version of the booklet, and a contents list, at https://workersliberty.org/climate-pamphlet

Urgent and radical action on climate change, motion submitted to Labour Party conference, 2018. More, a paper version of the booklet, and a contents list, at https://workersliberty.org/climate-pamphlet

Order Prevails in Berlin by Rosa Luxemburg, 14 January 1919

House of Cards by Rosa Luxemburg, 13 January 1919

What are the Leaders Doing? by Rosa Luxemburg, 7 January 1919

Our Programme and the Political Situation by Rosa Luxemburg, 31 December 1918

The Elections to the National Assembly by Rosa Luxemburg, 23 December 1918

What does the Spartacus League want? by Rosa Luxemburg, 14 December 1918.

The Socialisation of Society by Rosa Luxemburg, 4 December 1918

The Acheron in Motion by Rosa Luxemburg, 27 November 1918

A Call to the Workers of the World by Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Liebknecht, Franz Mehring and Clara Zetkin, 25 November 1918

The National Assembly by Rosa Luxemburg, 20 November 1918