Red & Black Revolution No3 is now
available as a PDF file
The Workers Solidarity Movement is pleased to announce that Issue 3 of Red & Black Revolution is now available on our web page as a PDF file. This means you can locally print out and if you wish copy and distribute a fully laid out version.
Issue 3 was first published in 1997 but as you will see from the contents list below many of the articles remain highly relevant. You can access the PDF file via http://flag.blackened.net/revolt/rbr/pdf_3.html
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Winning the Water War Last year the domestic water charge was abolished. In 'Winning the Water War', Dermot Sreenan, an activist in the Federation of Dublin Anti-Water Charges Campaigns examines the campaign and the demonstration of people power that brought about the downfall of this charge.
Italian Anarchism
...Get back to where you once belonged Italy is one of the historical strongholds of the anarchist movement. Donato Romito, the international secretary of the Italian Federation of Anarchist Communists (Fd.C.A), provides an overview of the anarchist movement in Italy today, the organisations and publications that comprise it and the direction it should take in the future.
Organising against Capitalism Many revolutionaries in recent years have been engrossed in analysing the mistakes of the past and the changing nature of capitalism. Andrew Flood a participant in the "Intercontinental Gathering for Humanity and against neo- liberalism" argues it is time to start moving on to the constructive work of building a new movement.
The Emergence Of Modern Irish Socialism 1885-87 Fintan Lane is a historian and left-wing activist. He is the author of The Origins of Modern Irish Socialism, 1881-1896 which will be published by Cork University Press on 1 May.
Anarchists and the trade unions
- Be active - be involved Trade Unions are important organs of the working-class. Gregor Kerr - a member of the Irish National Teachers Organisation who has been involved in campaigns against "social partnership" and in many strike support groups - argues that trade union involvement should form a central part of the political activity of all anarchists.
Review: Constructive Anarchism Despite its relevance, The Organisation Platform of the Libertarian Communists is as controversial as ever. Kevin Doyle reviews Constructive Anarchism, a new pamphlet from Monty Miller Press in Australia that has collected The Platform and some of the early responses to its proposals into one useful edition.
Review : The Labour Movement and the Internet The internet - viewed by some as the highway to the future, dismissed by others as an over - hyped toy with little practical value. Conor Mc Loughlin reviews a new book on the internet and its use by the labour movement.
After Apartheid:
Anarchism and the 'new' South Africa Just three years after the famous elections that ended apartheid in April 1994, South Africa's reforms are in crisis and dissatisfaction is rising. In a wide ranging interview we ask the Workers Solidarity Federation for their views on what has happened since the end of apartheid. Interview by Kevin Doyle.
PDF file at http://flag.blackened.net/revolt/rbr/pdf_3.html
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International Anarchism http://flag.blackened.net/revolt/inter.html
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