Mastodawn

Book Review of Keep Going: A Guide to Organizing When It’s Hard., by Ellen David Friedman. (PM Press, 2026.)
https://blog.pmpress.org/2026/03/19/ucore-school-struggle-and-strikes-in-the-us/

#directaction #frombelow #LabourMovement #Organize #rankandfile #Solidarity #Unions

When Workplace Organizing Gets Tough, Here’s How to Keep Going - PM Press

By Steve Early Beyond Chron March 16th, 2026 Review of Keep Going: A Guide to Organizing When It’s Hard., by Ellen David Friedman. (PM Press, 2026.) Six years ago, Labor Notes ran a contribution to its popular “Steward’s Corner” column by Ellen David-Friedman, a long-time labor educator and former organizer for the National Education Association […]

PM Press

Peter Riley 5d ago

https://portside.org/2026-03-16/why-labor-must-act-workers-unions-and-defense-democracy

#directaction #frombelow #LabourMovement #Organize #Rankandfile #Solidarity #unions

Why Labor Must Act: Workers, Unions, and the Defense of Democracy

When we look at the history of U-turns from democratic backsliding to democratic revival, the success rate is about fifty percent. That’s the finding that emerges from decades of research into how societies resist authoritarian consolidation—and it should unsettle us. Fifty percent is a coin toss. It means that roughly half the time democratic backsliding becomes permanent, and the institutions, rights, and freedoms people took for granted simply don’t come back.

Portside

Peter Riley Mar 7

( Siyavash Shahabi Iranian journalist and activist living in exile is a member of Iran Labour Confederation – Abroad, which through direct contact with different layers of Iran’s labor movement works to build bridges with international bodies and trade unions in other countries.
March 6, 2026)

https://dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/war-revolt-and-irans-unfinished-struggle/

#fromBelow #ILC #Iran #LabourMovement #Solidarity #unions

War, Revolt, and Iran's Unfinished Struggle - Dissent Magazine

The protests and repression that preceded the U.S.–Israeli bombing campaign exposed both the fragility of the Iranian governing elite and the organizational weakness of Iranian civil society—dynamics that will continue to shape the country in the months to come.

Dissent Magazine

Peter Riley Mar 4

https://www.iclcit.org/fora-on-the-new-work-bill-lets-get-organised-and-strike/

Spanish
https://organizacion-obrera.fora.com.ar/

#Argentina #directaction #FORA #frombelow #GeneralStrike #LabourMovement #Organize #Solidarity #Strikes #unions

FORA ON THE NEW WORK BILL: LETS GET ORGANISED AND STRIKE!

Javier Milei’s ultra-conservative government in Argentina has secured parliamentary approval for a new labour reform. In this case, the text

International Confederation of Labor

SpringGnoll Mar 4

#glutes #backside #underwear #woman #smiling #glasses #lowangleshot #confident #alluring #panties #female #brunette #tattoo #fit #pov #sensual #curves #indoors #ceilingfan #frombelow #LaylaLondon

Peter Riley Mar 3

Our #strike workers knew the production process better than Amazon; trusted in each other & the collective intelligence of the workforce to break with predictable mobilization models the bosses could have anticipated. #Organize a well-planned, surgical strike #frombelow

Alfonso Martínez Valero Amazon worker and Secretary of the #CGT union section at the fulfillment center RMU1.

https://labornotes.org/amazon-workers-spain-cgt-strategy

#labourmovement #organize #solidarity

In Spain, Amazon Workers Win with Quick-Hit Walkouts

At an Amazon fulfillment center in Spain, we used a flurry of brief walkouts late last year to force the company to improve wages and time off. We struck for three days in November and in December in a series of “flexible strikes,” timed to hit production with intermittent walkouts during the holiday “peak” season. On December 22, the union committee announced a settlement, negotiated through government mediators. The facility, RMU1 in the city of Murcia, employed 2,000 workers at the time, and our union the General Confederation of Labor (CGT) was one of four unions that represented them.

Labor Notes

vinyl-keks.eu Feb 25

From Below – The Deeds Of Monsters
(Hardcore Punk, Crust Punk / Refuse Records, Bitter Melody Records)
by Der Riedinger

#FromBelow, #Hardcore #Punk, #DBeat, #Crust, aus North Carolina, eigentlich aber zusammengesetzt aus Mitgliedern der aus NC stammenden #Catharsis, der ebenfalls aus NC stammenden #Bellafeaund der aus São Paulo kommenden #PointOfNoReturn. Ich mag diese Musik. Manchmal zumindest.
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Schwarzes oder limitiertes weißes #Vinyl erhältlich.

https://vinyl-keks.eu/from-below-the-deeds-of-monsters/

#review #music

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Peter Riley Feb 21

There is new experimentation, organizing, leadership and energy that heralds real hope. For clues on labor’s future, we should look beyond the lagging indicator of the BLS union membership numbers to the front lines, in workplaces and in the streets.
https://inthesetimes.com/article/union-membership-labor-bureau-stastistics

#FromBelow #LabourMovement #Organize #RankandFile #Solidarity