Books and films

작가노동 선언 / Writers’ Labor Declaration

Writers active in various genres, including poetry, novels, web novels, columns and essays, translation, reviews and critiques, humanities and social sciences, children's and youth writing, playwriting, screenplays and screenplays, reportage, comics and webtoons, and drawings and illustrations, have come together to form a "union." Beginning with a small…

北京工人运动史 / A History of the Beijing Workers' Movement

"A History of the Beijing Workers' Movement" is divided into four parts, totaling more than 390,000 words. It takes history as its axis, combines historical analysis with theoretical discussion, and is rigorous, pragmatic, and richly illustrated.

工人运动与中国现代文学 / The Workers' Movement and Modern Chinese Literature

This book focuses on the significance and influence of the workers' movement on modern Chinese literature, bringing the extremely important working class and workers' movement in modern Chinese history into the scope of literary studies.

楊浦工人運動大事記 / Yangpo Artisans Movement Diary

The entire book is over 26,000 characters, and spans time.Started in 1863, entered the Yangshupu area, entered the concession area, and stopped in 2023.Convened the 18th national representative conference of the China Industrial Association. A 160-year history of Changhe's chronology, a chronological and lunar diary.

Narodziny Solidarności na Dolnym Śląsku / The birth of Solidarity in Lower Silesia

The first volume of the new popular-science series “Solidarity in Lower Silesia,” published by the Wrocław branch of the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) and Ossolineum, is devoted to a breakthrough event in Poland’s postwar history—the strikes of August 1980. It was then that genuine solidarity was born, giving rise to a great mass social movement.

Od aplauza do sindikata: Priručnik o radu u kulturi / From Applause to Unions: A Handbook on Cultural Work

We proudly and joyfully invite you to the presentation of the book From Applause to Unions: A Handbook on Work in Culture . It is intended for all underpaid and precarious cultural workers and artists who need a reminder of labor law issues, but also encouragement to organize together and fight for better working conditions .

Solidarność cukrowników. Zarys historii NSZZ „Solidarność” pracowników przemysłu cukrowniczego w Polsce w latach 1980–1990 / Sugar Workers' Solidarity: An Outline of the History of the Independent Self-Governing Trade Union "Solidarity" of

In the history of the Independent Self-Governing Trade Union “Solidarity,” sectoral sections played an important role alongside the regional structure, especially those bringing together enterprises of key importance to the economy of the Polish People’s Republic. In the food industry, a particularly significant role was played by workers from 79 sugar…

U taboru anarhista: Život Ivana Zeppa / In the Camp of the Anarchists: The Life of Ivan Zeppa

Far from anarchist circles and discussions with Swiss comrades, Ivan Zepp (1889–1967) spent his final years on the banks of the Drava River. Describing him as “the last anarchist in Osijek,” for the publicist and chronicler of the labor movement Lavoslav Kraus, Zepp represented an unusual kind of man after World War II.

Zápotocký: Příliš mnoho životů / Zápotocký: Too Many Lives

Antonín Zápotocký was one of the most prominent figures of the communist movement. He was connected with the party from its very beginnings and remained at the highest levels of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) until his death in 1957.

Соціалістичний активіст на промисловому підприємстві в умовах української буржуазної демократії / Socialist activist at an industrial enterprise in the conditions of Ukrainian bourgeois democracy

“Socialist Activist at an Industrial Enterprise under Ukrainian Bourgeois Democracy” is a memoir by Oleg Dubrovskyi that highlights the activities of a socialist activist and factory worker in the plants of Dnipropetrovsk between 1998 and 2003. The book describes attempts to organize socialist education and to fight for workers’ rights against delayed…

La Fabrique des insurgées / The Factory of Insurgent Women — 1869: la première grève d’ouvrières

A black-and-white graphic novel about the first strike by women workers in France. Lyon, 1869: in a silk-spinning mill, the ovalistes work twelve-hour days for miserable wages, live in unhealthy lodgings and are poorly fed.

The August Uprising, 1924: The Georgian Anti-Soviet Revolt and the Birth of Democratic Socialism

For three years after the Russian Revolution, Georgia was a democratic republic, until Stalin ordered the Red Army to invade and restore Russian rule. Communist attacks on political opponents, trade unions, cooperatives and even the church sparked resistance, culminating in an armed uprising across the country in August 1924.

Arbeiten um zu leben! / Work to live! On the history and current relevance of the struggle over working hours

Time has always been a contested territory, and its distribution is often understood as a "measure of freedom." How much time is spent on paid and unpaid work, and how much is available for personal use? This edited volume examines the trade union demand for reduced working hours since the 1970s from a sociological and historical perspective, drawing on…

Arbeitskämpfe an die Hochschulen! / Labor disputes at the universities! Employment conditions and strategies of trade union counter-power

The authors of this book combine academic analyses of working and employment conditions with strategic perspectives for trade union work at universities. More than 70 activists share their experiences in building counter-power in this difficult yet strategically crucial field for the renewal of trade unions, making it clear: labor struggles at…

Bottroper Kommunistenprozess vot dem Essener Schwurgericht 1919 / Bottrop Communist Trial before the Essen Assize Court 1919

In November 1918, following the Kaiser's abdication, the Weimar Republic and the Soviet Republic were proclaimed in Berlin. Workers' and soldiers' councils also formed in the western Ruhr region.

Der Streik hat mir geholfen, als junger Mensch Kraft aufzubauen / The strike helped me build strength as a young person.": Migrant struggles against exploitation and racism

The migrant struggles for humane working conditions and fair wages are also a courageous fight against the injustices of capitalism and racism since the early 1960s. A high point of these struggles was a series of migrant strikes in the summer of 1973.

Die Fahrenden Gesellen: Junge Angestellte zwischen Gewerkschaft und Jugendbewegung (1909–1933) / The Traveling Journeymen: Young Employees Between Trade Union and Youth Movement

This study examines the development of the "Traveling Journeymen" within the German National Association of Commercial Employees (DHV). The organization was founded in the style of the Wandervogel movement.

Die Krise der Repräsentation in Gewerkschaften / The Crisis of Representation in Trade Unions: A Case Study on the Assessment of the Right-Wing Alternative Trade Union Center

In the context of/ increasing class disparities and the erosion of traditional political and trade union organizations, Sophie Schlingmann examines how right-wing populist movements strategically exploit these developments to mobilize segments of the workforce. The growing polarization of the political spectrum is further intensifying the perception of a…

Dieses verdorbene Herz / This Corrupted Heart: A Novel | The must-read of the year and the most captivating novel of the moment

Suddenly, Nayan Olak sees the mysterious Helen Fletcher back in town. Since the tragic death of his son, he hasn't risked love.

Focusing or Fragmenting Representation at Work?

Focusing or Fragmenting Representation at Work? reflects on how existing forms of workplace representation have changed in recent years and how new forms have developed.

Gewerkschaften in der Zeitenwende / Trade unions at a turning point in history

As a consequence of a redistribution of resources from the social to the military, attacks on the welfare state are to be expected. A social climate characterized by inflation, deindustrialization, and the dismantling of social welfare does not strengthen the demands of the trade unions.

Gewerkschaften neu denken / Rethinking trade unions

Trade unions in the twenty-first century face a dual crisis of legitimacy. They are struggling not only with structural shifts in power resulting from globalization, digitalization, and political change, but also with the loss of their capacity to shape society politically.

Gewerkschaften und ostdeutsche Transformation / Trade unions and East German transformation: Participation – codetermination?

The democratic revolution in East Germany and the subsequent political, economic, and social transformation presented the people of East Germany with numerous challenges whose effects are still felt today. The contributors focus on the agricultural, railway, and metal industries, examining the role of trade unions in managing these transformation processes.

Ich will meinen eigenen Weg gehen Bertl Lörcher Sozialist Antifaschist Gewerkschafter / I want to go my own way

Albert Lörcher, a furrier's apprentice from Munich, was just 20 years old when a special court in Munich sentenced him to eleven months in prison in August 1933. Bertl, as everyone called him, had joined the Socialist Workers' Youth while still an apprentice .

Im Morgengrauen der Digitalisierung / At the dawn of digitalization: IG Metall and the Second Industrialization (1950–1970)

In the 1950s and 1960s, the first computers and robots found their way into offices and factory floors in West Germany. Even then, the question arose as to how digitalization would affect the world of work and how trade unions would manage this transformation.

Mehr Zeit zum Leben Lieben Lachen / More time to live, love, laugh : On the struggle for free time

The promise of less work and more time for rest and enjoyment contains a utopian element: the vision of a life without toil and drudgery. It's no wonder, then, that the struggles for shorter working hours, more leisure time, more vacation, free weekends, and the greatest possible self-determination in shaping one's free time are what drive the masses so…

Nehmen wir das Leben wieder selbst in die Hand. Eine Einladung zum Kampf für das Gute Leben für Alle / Let's take our lives back into our own hands. An invitation to fight for a good life for all.

“What happens when a VW worker, an activist, and a mobility expert sit down at the same table? Quite a lot — and above all: sparks fly.

Prototyp 1928-33

A book of materials about a forgotten building of workers' education in Leipzig: The "School of Work" was a model project of workers' education under the direction of Gertrud Hermes (1872–1942). With the new building designed by architect Johannes Niemeyer (1889–1980), a modern space was created in Leipzig in 1928, intended for the communal living and…

Putsch statt Revolution Die Kommunistische Internationale in Mitteldeutschland / Coup instead of revolution - The Communist International in Central Germany 1921

On March 18, 1921, Bolshevik organizations such as the KPD, KAPD, and other left-wing radical forces in Central Germany launched a coup in the industrial region around Halle, Leuna, Merseburg, and the Mansfeld region, as well as in Hamburg. It ended in defeat and discredited the idea of ​​revolution in Germany for decades.

Richard Robert Wagner: Gewerkschaft, Bildung Und Die Politische Kultur Der Moderne in Wien

With this annotated selection of works by Richard Robert Wagner, an important contribution to the history of Viennese Modernism — and at the same time to the contemporary debate on democracy and emancipation — is made accessible once again. In the introduction, Johann Dvořák summarizes the key positions of the popular educator, trade unionist,…