Books and films

အရှေ့ကနေဝန်းထွက်သည့်ပမာ / Example of a circle coming out of the east

This is a long Burmese novel by writer and politician Thein Pe Myint, which tells the historical background of the Burmese independence movement from 1934 to 1942. The background is formed by movements involving various layers, such as the Kamaryut labor movement, the Yangon poor movement, the university student movement, the peasant anti-landlord…

Handbook of Research on the Global Political Economy of Work

This 724-page Handbook develops a global and intersectional approach to the political economy of work, labour relations and workers. It examines exploitation, class formation, capital accumulation, migration, digital and reproductive labour, trade unionism, workers’ resistance and social movements.

Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech

The most urgent story in modern tech begins not in Silicon Valley but two hundred years ago in rural England, when workers known as the Luddites rose up rather than starve at the hands of factory owners who were using automated machines to erase their livelihoods.

Muiterij / Mutiny How our world is tilting

Mutiny' captures the excitement of world events today. In Europe, life is in turmoil even after the pandemic.

Fighting Times: Organizing on the Front Lines of the Class War

So I have been reading some 70s memoirs of class struggle unionism and just read this one. Highly recommend this book and especially the first 2/3 which show an attempt to build class struggle unionism on the shop floor.

In the Belly of the Beast”, History of Nehawu 1987-2017

NEHAWU was founded on 27th and 28th June 1987 by workers from the Education, Health, Government and Social Welfare sectors.

Anger, Hope – Action? Organizing und soziale Kämpfe im Zeitalter des Zorns

In this book, Slave Cubela presents a personal and political assessment of his work, primarily as an organizer. He seeks to discuss trade union organizing not in the abstract, but against the backdrop of social conditions in Germany, and to link the German context with global developments that are becoming increasingly explosive.

De Onmisbaren: Een ode aan mijn sociale klasse / The Indispensables: An Ode to My Social Class.

This is the story of your lives, your perseverance, and your sacrifice, of my struggle with that sacrifice. This is the story of a class that seemed to no longer exist.

The Syndicate Movement In Morocco

The Employees

The Employees is a novel by Danish writer Olga Ravn published October 1, 2020. The novel has since been translated into English by Martin Aitken.

Tell The Bosses We're Coming: A New Action Plan for Workers in the 21

How labor union organizing can help leverage today's movements, and why workers need unions more than ever before.

Dreams and Dust: Why the Labour Movement Must Be as Global as Globalisation / Drømme og støv

I hope that with this book I have shown that transferring resources to global self-defence is absolutely necessary, and that global trade-union federations such as UNI and local unions such as BJMF have already gained valuable practical experience that we can draw on in the work ahead. The global labour movement can create the solutions we need only if…

Solidarność 1980 - 1989. Polska droga do wolności

The 1980s were the most important decade in the history of modern Poland. It was then that a great uprising of Poles took place and a movement emerged which, after many years of difficult experiences, led to the end of the Polish People’s Republic, a communist semi-colony of the Soviet Union, and to the rebirth of a free Republic of Poland.

Can the Working Class Change the World?

In his timely and innovative book, Michael D. Yates asks if the working class can, indeed, change the world.

The Lucas Plan

The book tells the story of the Lucas Aerospace workers’ campaign to defend their jobs and transform the company from largely military production towards socially useful products. It traces the creation of the Shop Stewards’ Combine Committee, the development of the Alternative Corporate Plan, collective bargaining for employment security, wages and…

Die ideologische Ausrichtung der Lehrkräfte 1933–1945

The National Socialist Teachers’ League organized 97 percent of all educators. One third of them were members of the NSDAP.

De vuist van de vakbond / The union fist

When 300,000 people flock to Museumplein on October 2, 2004, for the largest trade union demonstration ever, the power of the trade union movement seems great. Although the demands to retain the schemes for early retirement are met, it turns out to be primarily a Pyrrhic victory.

The Egyptians: A Radical History of Egypt's Unfinished Revolution

On January, 25, 2011, a revolution began in Egypt that succeeded in ousting the country’s longtime dictator Hosni Mubarak. In The Egyptians, journalist Jack Shenker uncovers the roots of the uprising and explores the country’s current state, divided between two irreconcilable political orders.

The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone,

How did the iPhone transform our world and turn Apple into the most valuable company ever? Veteran technology journalist Brian Merchant reveals the inside story you won't hear from Cupertino-based on his exclusive interviews with the engineers, inventors, and developers who guided every stage of the iPhone's creation.

Bunt

A gripping, multi-threaded story of a rebellion that changed Poland. It begins at the moment when, after the bloody suppression of the strike in December 1970, the authorities promised a better life; access to consumer goods increased and the world seemed closer, and yet rebellion came.

Worker Control and Workplace Democracy: An Alternative Labour History

Edited by Dario Azzellini, this 352-page volume examines historical and contemporary forms of workers’ control, self-management and workplace democracy. It argues that the global financial crisis generated new shop-floor militancy, radical protests and workplace takeovers.

Fighting for Total Person Unionism

During the 1950s and 1960s, labor leaders Harold Gibbons and Ernest Calloway championed a new kind of labor movement that regarded workers as "total persons" interested in both workplace affairs and the exercise of effective citizenship in their communities. Working through Teamsters Local 688 and viewing the city of St.

Greves no Brasil / Strikes in Brazil: From 1968 to the Present Day. Testimonials from leaders.

This work contains the testimonies of twelve leaders from various professional categories and regions of the country, who played a leading role in important strike movements, starting in the late 1960s. Its reading is essential for all those who wish to reflect on the struggles of workers for a society with greater justice and equity.

Battlegrounds: Eastern European Workers and Social Dumping in Construction

Based on documentary accounts of conflicts at six Danish construction sites, the book examines the scale of social dumping and the conditions faced by Eastern European workers. It follows struggles over wages and working conditions involving construction workers, trade unions, foreign intermediaries and contractors, placing these conflicts in the context…

The Precariat and the New Class Struggle: Transformations of the Contemporary Working Class and Its Forms of Struggle / Przeobrażenia współczesnej klasy pracowniczej i jej form walki

Around the world, the situation of workers is deteriorating. Attacks on trade unions, the destabilization of labor relations, the dictatorship of flexibility, and pauperization are becoming widespread.

Bread, Freedom, Social Justice: Workers and the Egyptian Revolution

Accounts of the Arab Spring often focus on the role of youth coalitions, the use of social media, and the tactics of the Tahrir Square occupation. This authoritative and original book argues that collective action by organised workers played a fundamental role in the Egyptian revolution, which erupted after years of strikes and social protests.

Workers of Glass – The Making of Class among Paşabahçe Workers / Camın İşçileri – Paşabahçe İşçilerinin Sınıf Olma Öyküsü

송곳 / Awl

Awl is a Korean social webtoon that explores labor rights and union organizing in a large retail company. The story follows ordinary workers who face unfair dismissals, intimidation, and anti-union tactics by management.

Głową w mur

Kicking One’s Head Against the Wall by Krzysztof Wyszkowski is a fascinating collection of the author’s most important texts, originally published in *Gazeta Polska* between 2007 and 2011. This carefully curated selection is supplemented with key articles from earlier years, including pieces published after 1989 in the prestigious Paris-based journal…

Memetakan Gerakan Buruh / Mapping the Labor Movement

To illuminate this, the editors present a variety of cutting-edge perspectives—from reviews of globalization to the intricacies of labor organizations themselves. Thus, in this anthology commemorating Fauzi Abdullah, readers will find one of the most important pieces of Indonesian-language labor studies literature in recent years—a detailed map that also…