(iElIglneerlng Construction .. In-. 1 ;~U$l1'Y whlch 'ovértook a site "agreement whlch the CEGB

1· hlid bëen worklng on. The Nat- '1onal agreement, deslaned to .r~tify many of the problems whlch haye beleazuered con­ ·stnlctlon in the UK, sets out guldellnes for earnlngs based

. on ft cost .factor And Incenllve ,tablé, and the basls for discl- ~pllnary procedures. .

. A 'Sludy Group, made up nf contractors and national and' local trade union -, representa­ ~Ivcll._~~e.~~nl! e~en: s!x_ !"n.~t.b&.

20 • • n. 39 JanuarY/fAbruary 198~

· ·,IB'· nnoiner unusuat tenture or i Dra:!. This group revlews i bonus schem('s; demarcatlnn ~ and ether prnblcms and Iheir. •. J)o!:!;lble solutions. 1 {\l the .samo tlme, Drax, as; : wlth other multl-cnntractor : proJects,. has n- Proleet .Tolnt!· 1 COllnel'~ (P,TC) "<Vhlrh npPIlIlS/ national :tercr.ments and nr.

· ran~(,1l a SlIpplemenlarv Pro. 'ject A.r:reem('nt. Thr. P.TC 15! : marle IIp or cqunl numbnrs ofl · mnnaznment r('prr);rnlath'r);' , nnrl nnlnn omcl:ll~ wllh ShOp' · ,!OJ..!:.\\·;ml ~. •. '

'E'CHANGFJS' for infurmntion about [cho~ges, aub a c r Lp t J ons, and alsu pemphlols, write to the followi~g address, which is the onlt one dealing wilh eentraliuing cocro~ponilRncn and payments: ECHANGES ET MOUVEMENT BN Box 91 London wc IN 3 XX Grna t '0 r itain

IITTENTIllN1 TIME TO RCNEW YIJUn 5UIJSCIIIPrJlIN

Atz. C. Brendel BerllOlstr. 23A

3816 VM Amersfoort HollBnd

1111 aubvc r Lpb Iuns slort (In January IsL mul hAVI) tn bn 1"1)­

nOI,'scJ now, exeBpt r o e those p a Ld dur 111g tho aac nnd hal f of 1903. for one yeor (six iooue~ an~ lwu pamµhlnts): 75 rrAnch franco or nuu Lve Iont , /Ill p o ymen t s only by ballk or postal b r an-rf a r s or CIIf'IJUA~I: -nI t.hnr ln rranch franc!"l to Echanges et "'OIJVI'!IIIAnt ("o~lt:,l ordnrn t,Cl (;(;1' La C;ource 317001\0 r) - or in tounds St<lrI ill~1 t u Il. Sj'non -01' l'lrF.lctly in cash 111 IJny cur r encv , Cu r rnnt. ~u":scrip­ tion!! (not r armuud or not po.lrJ s Incn :Iuly 'U3) w111 cx- p Lr n with thA p r e s nn t !!1fIUl>. Thn nn x t, Ls nuu wlll bo nevArth"le!!s Gent to aVClrybuny, but. it ,~111 hl! thl:! la:;t. one for aubs c r Lbe r s hav l ru] no t cene'oIerf.

ATTENTION, C""NGE or 1l0IJIIESS

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A slight change in the postal acJdrrss postal code hes to bel London WC lN ,~C lV 6 XX. The postel add r e an in 75066 Periq Cedex 18 can still be used payments made et this eddrAss will be deloy.

in L und on • The ,3· XX instaad of rrancn: BI' 241, but lettera and ansblecod with Il

' .. INIEIINIITION/ll GET-rIJGLTIIEIi

A new internationAl meeting will take placR in 1964 only in /lutumn. Place anl' date arR not s~ttled. Twu pcupos-

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- 2 - a Le on the l'ollo~dllg s uu j o c t e for the agendal

- Classes ln tho prnsent crI sis of c~pltel - Whnt is claoo struggle t~day?

µossiblA partlciµants con write thAir own' ouggcstions for the agenda.

r"unaer ~ 1hè-·' ïriïditional system !~uslnR ovcrUme. ' ,.,

" . 'l'he "rnechantcnl trade shlfts are 6 am to 2,30 pm Me days Il week and 3 pm to mldnlght,

; four nlghts Il wcek, wlth people ' , changing shlfts every two weeks. · 'J'he shut prcmlum Is 20 per : cent of Ihe basle rate for 'morn- ; in~ shi fis nnd 30 per cent for · tho evenlng shlft. ; Of the mechanleal sector,: 87 1 pel' cent of tho workforce work 1 ! shllts l'nd 64 per : cent: al the' ; eleetrléal trades, A very small : porccntago of the civil cnzlneer- !

inll work Is doue ln shUts, glv- · ing a' total of 68 per cent of ail.: ; cmployccll : on sltc: dôl.ù.a lihlft WOI'J(,. " . . , Onu of the most erùelal tools

lor eoutrolllng Drll" : construc­ tlon 'has been the nllluagemcut Group. This Is almost IIko a"

· federal. body made' up 01' repre­ sentaUves of nU the main con-. .tractors and employers' Federa-

· tlons wlth .Mr Ron Burbrldge,' · dlrector. of projects for' tho; 'CEGB's construction. divfslon,; ;·a'cUng as ehalrman Mr Elston! 'rclers to the role of the gencrat·l Ing board ln tliis grouping as' ·that of ,Il ," benlgn dlctatèr," . : . 'l'he Management Group sets' 'up. jhe pelletes' and procedures. ,which are geared to 'harmonls- : Ille she employment, conditions' .and ' pny, enabling contractors . . from ·difTel'ent Indus trial scctors : i to manage thelr own labour ; forces in a compatible manner, j 1 . ~ Ait site eontrnctors lire re- , [qulred to pnrtlclpate <Iu the \ 1 group, the ~mall ccntractors . i havlng thclr role represented by ',' MI' Eiston, Mr Maurice Brunton, the sile manager, presents over- . all sile reports to l'hl' group meerlng, and once a collective ~ .1r,'j.'II\'1 . h~s hl"'11 tnkr-n, ail .. ,;_ ...... ~_-..:---' ..":" - .... _--_.~

'f:;i!,BY :making 'common çmploy'. :'jnent pelletes, the main alms ofl 1 !th~.gi'oup are to remove ll'ictlon: :. between'tradcs and the separate

PUBLIC/ITIONS

flepol'to of O!l!,"'hrUck (1902) end BelgiUlII (1903) mBfll1nqs with sOllle new toxt9 and currnuilondanco - (photocupy sant to anyons ank Lnq For il), in french.

WorkfJra' Councllu - Anton l'lInnokook - reprint of Lhe lnglioh edition - in l'our lJuoklots - the firnt onui Tho T89k i~ alrcady publiohad; the others will folluw in 1Y1l4. lhis buok Wil9 pdnlod in Australia ill 195U anu nav e r roprJnled ln L:ngll!1h s Lucu , llia lant booklut will COli tain tho la~Jt chup t o r e , IJ lJiography of Pennakouk and sumu Cl)tnlllenturlA9 on the huok - 511 p.

/ltl!iclilud vom ProletarIat, rrenkreichs J\nachroniotischor !iuziolislIIU9 Tho End of the Pnaceful ~"roletariat, Tho 'u'ut of üut.a rrench Socialism) - µalO­ phlet tu b~ published very soon, in GermAn, (6 DM), more about it in the next issue,

Elücheranqebut - in German - a short reviaw of the dif­ ferent available Echanges publications in English, rrench, and Lerman (free to he distributed in the book­ shops).

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Des Lrossen Planes Stimm und Gang Illu~ion - lheodor 5andnr - 17,00 DM further down abuve East Germany).

Uildungsplanung ais in German (seA

DISCUSSIONS ANn ReCTlrlCnTTON

GREAT URITniN The tAxt pUblished in Echenges n. 3~- 36 was trenslated and published in Italion with sorne adding in

Collngamenti (n. 10, Autumn '63)1 it is to be published as weIl in Spanisll in [teetera: A criticism of this

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• .: workCôr-èes:' prevent pay Ica p.; fl'ogglng, nncl secure acceptnblc producUvity, One rcsult Is that skilled workers ln dilTercnt groups enrn wlthln ' plus or minus 10 per cent of about .€200 a week. ' Tho . ,,'fOUp effcctl\'cly lays

down rates of pay, once the frnmowork has been agreed wlth the unions, common work­ Ing 'rules and dispute pro­ ecdures. F.VCI'Y mon th it monl­ tors total enrnlngs, honuses und ovcrtlme.und whcther pnyments m'II belng made for correct reasons. I~mploymcllt channes contemplated hy eontractors nnd cvery dispute nnd prnposnls for settlement come ber ore the group whlch enn admlnlstcr a severe l'np on uie knneklcs thnugh no Ilnanclnl prllnlty.

A wo\"klng group goes thrcunb contraetors' omployment con­ ditions wlth 1\ fine toolh comh. "Wo, arc tryln~ to avold dis­ alTeetlon, .. ·· s:tys Ml' Eislon, Among the items Includcd in employment harmonisation art' pay, travet, the use ,jf special ,clothlng' nnd timing of toa breaks.

Examples of the nrnhlems dcalt wlth by the gr()u!lln(.'ll~dl'd n tank erectlon com;)"In ... · which was 'pl'oposinlt il payment unacceptahle to the ~nIlJl. ('l'lin· panics outslde the engincl'r;!'I~ cmploycrs fcderatioll whose bonus payments noeded hrinr..

. Ing Into . line and a ccatlng , company whlch was requlred 10 : readlust tts worklng prnctlces. , Mr Neville Simms, a direcior of Tarmac Construction. snys the group WOl'K!; w~ll desp-te the odd burst nl Irritation on the part. ofl 'somo contractors. Il People 'have acccnted the responsibillty for maktnz il :work." ,

.... '].'he rolo of the management group dovetalls Into the

. TIlI!t1onnl Agrecment for 'the

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• ln Iiolland in 1983, tho siluotion ~'DS nxnc t Ly t bu ru­ verse: ln the cour c e uf an "officJnl" struggle 'thora were str ng (on/l ev en very strllng) autonomuus tondûnc19s et the base-levell but at th!? dr.ci e Ivo IIIUm,('nt' lhe lIIasr.:" es rlid not break thrClug" t hn barrJr.r l~hJch s np a r n Lnu tho b~urgeois ocdnr from thn pruleLûrlûn nrdor.

H l G It PRO DUC T l,V l T Y s'C 0 R E

(From The Financia"l Times, feb ruary Zd ,' 1984)'

; TUE SECOND' phase of Drax hns demonstrated remarkably

: good labour relatlons and ,sl\if.t patterns whlch have broken new ground for power station construcrton. The civil en­ gineerlng oporatlon suïïered n two-month s'brike ln 19;9, sparked by the shop steward ,ercdcnUa1s oC one men, but, ovoralt the hours 10-1lt ~hr()ugh labeur disputes have been vel'y smnll, Last year, for example, Ihey totalled less titan 1 per cent oC hOUTS workcd.' , 1'he . CEGn's' construction

divlslen 'hM begun to . detect ïalnt '. slgn., of the lnbour rumbllngs whloh 'frequC1ltly occur towaeds the, e·nd oC A hui'l<Jl.ng programme but s:I)'S It 15 determlned to kccp the Ild ' on them. 'l'hrce principal factors have

contrfbuted tu thls unusually hlzh prodllcUvity record, Tbese are doublè "day-shi~t worklng among l'he mcch:iarlc:rl and elec­ trlcal t-r.a·dc"si t'he tise oC what nrc tcrrncd th~ Mnnnr:el1lr.nt t;I'OIlP, the Study c:roilp and the mueh more Iamlllnr Proloct .Tolnt Councll (PJC); '~n'd 'the 10S1 ll!a,~IOIIII-I agreement {or ~ha cnglnccrlll1'g' ''',' eonstruoüon Indus.t'ry, ,"';,":" UndC'rlylnlt' all thls howevcr '

hns Itcon' Ihe willlnl!ncss Dt unions ',and Ihelr rcpl'cllcnta., 1 lvr-s, Ihe contractors and the ' CI'~(;B tn-spend R grcnt deal of ' lime on Ihl'! labour. relations .r:rollndwork for thé cnUre Drnx projcct, .. At. every Ievel ' people are rel,atfng 10 ,c~~h

--._"_.~.,, ...... __ ••••••• , 0"' ...... _ .. __ •••••• _ ••

orner," says Mr ueorec Benacl·· ; son, 'I'ransport , and General, Workers Union natlonal sccre­ lary .. {Ol" Conl:lructiori:'~,''' .. The ':gênerni ',f~cllng 19 thnt thcy ~~~: 011 nnrt oC Il Ica m." 'l'he gcnerating bonrd lnltl-

-ally dld not cnvlsanc the use of double dny·shlCls Cor the mech­ nnlca] and the elcctrlcal trades ' ln the run-up to phase two of DI':!X, but qulckly came to tho conclusion lhnt they could and should be Introduced. 'l'his was ncver attcmpted wlth the civil cn#!ineerlng' trades pnrtly because the beneflts would he less wlth such a group though .u ,l~ doublflll whelher agree­ ment could have been rcachcd

, ln ony case. ' , \ , , The: problem .wlth. normal Monclay 'ta Frlday Ilnd then Sundny wOl'klng wlth overttma ts thar' tt Is oxpcnslve 011 over­ tinte 'pnyments, that ovcrtimc 1s too ttrlng' 'for lndlvlduals who have ,lilr,cncly put ln a !l9-hour weck or elnht-hour day nnd Ihnt hlgh nbsentcclsm Is a fealure

; of Sunrlny worklnrr, Double dny·shlCls menus Casier con­ structlon.:

Twin lure' , , lt took 'six months oC negotla­

.tions- 'wlth Iho' mcchnnlcnl tl'adcs,., the twin Jure being '.mort! jobs than : under the 1 .normal overtlmc system and n ' .shitt: premlurn. It . adds : about' , 500' extrn .workers to the labour ~"fol'CO';~:but lotal 'manhours ' ~,~o.r,k!!ÇI~~t~, about the s,!lme as '

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tnxt ",aD glvon in Collogmenti 11/12 (Wlntcr '84)1 e,long enswer to this criticism drHws a murr cUlllplRtc and do­ tailed picture of th~ oconomicel situation and of tho class struggl~ in [ngland, in French.

LA frondeur (Op 105 944U2 - Vitry Ccdox - rrûnce) sant a long latter answering to tho corresponuonce pub­ lished in [ch~nges n. 35-36 p. 3 & 4. AlI the letters exchnnged botwean (changes DI,d Le tr ondau r nr n Sllnt tu anyone asking for thorn. (lhe correspondenc~ deal~ with e p a r t Lcu La r point; t e r r o r Lsm , end a genaral olle; mi11- tantism. It is JndBod the somo discus~ion guing on frum different points of ViEIlli, revealing dnnp differonces), in french. Insécurit6 Sociele SOl1t e rActific'.1tiun tu ",hot ",as written in Echenges n. 37-38 p. 13 undnr lhn tJtlp "!:.!.! nanguion" end dealing witl! Il learlot on r.,ci~ml "Il y a de o Iun on plus d'étrangers dano le IIItllldp."(morl" and more foreignors in thn world): "Wo hove not al all partLci­ patad with the ",ri til1g ftnd distribution of thin let1r­ let ••• man t Lon l nq our r-os t.al add r as s wilhi)1JI; havil1g epked us for it. The grClup Ins~curit~ SucialR W~9 ef­ ff:lctively disbanded but a nel~ gruup lias beRn r sbu i Lt with most of th".! mamb e r s of tho F o r nu-r une, Ilgl'eElil1g with the tAxt "d'une prl!;un ••. l'outrA" (from uno prison. , • the othe!' onA"). (np 7.fJ3 7:'564 Peri!'l CAdex 12).

GIlUUPS-IJUBL 1 CAT 1 ON',- TII[ 1)11 Y -'j r ilUGGI.I: 'j-cnllfll'-il'IJIWENCE

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WE~T ~EH~nNY The quotad tnxts are no~ the Clnp. ",hich could be followod bllndlYI 11I09t of th"," comD rrum thn ll1rt wing

of the social damoc r ac y dnn l \119 ma Ln I y wi th tllIl drde­ gates criticizing thn union burAaucr~cy onri wnitil1g nat­ Lnne LLs e t Lona even if thoy are s t r onq l y c r Lt Lc a I of state central1st c oncnp t s , Un l1Iatter~ liko uo r k e r s ' c ondd t Lcns , fectory devolupl1lents, no ul.hn r cho Lce 19 given if we want more Lnf o r mn t Lon (aU t e x t s in G"rman).

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1. Crisis in thc Stocl lnduntryl -Rnv La r - Itodaktion (od.), Oronnpunkt Stah1kriDII, Duisburg 1901

-Oüning/llartlRann/Heffkes/Jiiger 5tahlkrislil - llegiona1- krisa, lIuisburg 19U3

-J. Esser Krisonl<ertell hat sich nicht gelohnt. IIrbed, Stahlkrise und IGI'I, inl Express 21 (1903) 2

-Th. Steegmann, lrFahrungen in der Stahlkrise , bel Krupp Hne Lnhuue en , in: Lxp r ae s 21 (19B3) 6

-111ego1, aber 1nqlttm - Noue KOlRpffurmen, ln: Ej­ pross 21 (DLlJ) IJ

-Stohllndu!ltrlol Kélhl!:lchlüg d r oh t , Ln s IIrboJtpoli- tilc 211' (11)(13) 1

-G. Preslsr,lIrlteri - CJI1 I.ehrlltllcl<, Ln t ttuv Lo r 6 (1983) 1

-S. Juhasz, WJr wullon dus nicht me hr mltmacholl _ odar? in: Ravier 6 (1903) 10

2. Crisls ln tho Shlpyllrds: -Id. Wolf, Land un l o r ? Dio Werftenl<riso, frankfurt s. 1'1. 1903

-II. tleselor/II. J. KrUlJor (odn.), ~t[Jll clir vur, d.l n Worftcn CJAllern un r , l l amb u r q 1903

-'hlerften e r ha Lt en - Neuss gesta1ten', in: Duh,"/ lIildubrandtil'lückonbnrger/Schmidt (eds,), Wachstum alternaliv. Kr! tlnche,) GawerkschaftsJehrbuch 1983/ 84, Oerlin 19B4 (texts on alternative productIon)

-110111 mue z b l e Iban l , inl express 21 (1903) 4 -SchiFFbaukrise, in: Expross 21 (1~1I3) 5 -Hoch einmal HDW - OeHetzung - Intervi~w mit Thoo Bock, in: Express 21 (19"3) 11

-Dar KarnpF um BUW, in: IIrlJeiteqlolitik 24 (1983) 3/" -fragen zur HDW - und IIG Weser - Beuetzung, ill: IIr- beiterpolitik 2·i (1903) 6/7

-J. l:Iüning IIlJW Hainbu r q 1 Der ers ta Tûg nnch dRr 8asetzung, in: Ravier 6 (1983) 10

-M. Schneider, 'Eh ~iB un~ auf die Stres70 h~tzen, warden wir die WerFt bo~etzenl', in: Ravier 6 (1903) 5

CAST GERMANY Dos Grosson Planes 5timm und C~ng­ Oildungsplanung aIs Illusiun - Th. Snndnr - Münster 198J - 17,BO DM.

The book e hous huw t hu !lOC 1 01 systom deve Lops in Caat

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abundantly clear to observera uF thosa strugglAs that thn les013l' of CIno of Lhe Inrgont uni unn invulved III lita conFlict loIélS e lIIéln oF absulute integrity and hOllenty in hi~ attitutlo as a worker (which can't bA sai~ ebout. aIL tr~de union leaders). Vot it was this same ratlical leader oF integrity (who W~!I insulted an~ viliFiod by tha entlro Outch "rightwing" press) who - no doubt UI1-

willingly - "rescued" the guvornment. It was his radi­ cation which helpad rastorn tho rank-and-filo's t.rust. 111 tho union: and this truDt ~rovonted thnm from cuntJnu­ ing tho filJht eFtur thé trlbunaln set up by thn govol'n­ IRlJnt., and sfter 6 woeke of :olrlko had forblrJdon !t'!! cont Inuunca , In Englo-nd, in 1972 und 01"0 lutnr on , workers: wont bnyond the dnc l n Lunn CllOCl1rninl.l nur:iol rll- 1ations whlch the tribunal had ruacnnd in ac cur danca with the l nd , Rel. Act. ln 1I011and in l'J03 thore WP.I'" demco s t r a t Lnq scenes when the unions ennounced t.u thoi l' rank-and-fila thnt th~'~L~uggle W~B not 90in9 tu bn cun­ t f nuau , IIlld yot. Lhn 'ronk-nnrl-f.tlo uboyod lhoUIl un Lon rlirectl VOIl 'p r ec Ls e I y hec auuo such di r nc t Lve s hOltl Il''oll eble to appear,to be encompasJIICJ working-clno!! rtolllando and c onc a r na , during the procpdJlIg wenl<n. 1 t. !lrIUIIIRd p a r adux Lc a Lj but t ha sucial reaUty Ls Full of s uc h para­ no xe e , Il W811 lita 1 ooder' s rlH.I1cnlislII which !HlvrHJ thR guvernmont, At the soma lime i t cun be e a Lrl Lhat ill I.he enrl tha stubborn attitude of thn governmant prel>fllltad any real cumn r umf s a (th" on) y p r opos e l , to cut nu Ln r i os by :\~ f ns t end oF 3.5;'; nlaant vlJry l1ttle indeed). rllC! 1'0- suJt was that whilst the unions had been Forced tu cun­ tinuo the struggle, thoy had not hed tu ylold to th" temptation of distancing lhemselves From the basa-lavaI, thereby 10s1ng face. Thoro weru articles at the tilDe in the Outch press which meinteJned thet PrJme ~Jnister Heath had lost th~ b~t­ tle with tr,e Eng1ish ndners in 1974 b ec aus a ho had stuck firlllly to his positions, and becausn the Engl1sh un i nns were more combi.ltive ,then the Outch. ,This was a double errorl HRetio did not dig his heels in ovor hir. posi­ tions: on the cuntrary, ho retrnated frOID them sevelal times, notebly in 1972 befurB the working-class. In 197~, he could ratreat no furthar becouuo his bac~ w~s up agaJnst the wall. He wer. deFeated by the entire English working-clûss struggling autonolIIously in a "wild­ cat" fashilln.

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turned up at The lIayun bd th their vahicl e'_, and nr ovn round and ruund the µarliamant building, pickcting ~nd spraying whitn carbonic foam every~lore. 5cabs ltying to l<eelJ bU':iAS and cuachus muvI nq , fuund t hn Lr I/AhJclnn immobilisad by sa~utnga. Th!?re woro sillliler Lns t ancns during th!? ac t l unn in which union bosses dllmono;trat,ed their hastllit.y· t uuar ds booo-Ievp] devolopmonts. At one point, coach drivnrs in thp. Amstardam area blent on n t rLkn s q a Lns t Lh!'! IdishllS uf lhoir union, .. ,hosA altJ tucla was thô'lt bus s t r Lk e s in anothnr nr na g;1ing on lit thp GOlne t Ima , Wlre gl'lnorally sufflcient. St"lff at the Ch amb s r of (Ie"utiefi "rll,tlng prllss prevanted minisLorial documents ond the Ufflcial GezAtte frnm ellPAQrJng. Cronsroads ln IIll1st.nt'CtnlO IdlHe b r uuqb t ta a stnndst.ill by various other demunstrotors who stood to lose J.S~ of tholr salarias. ~evQral Lown!! were bereft of their street. light!ng. These ar n but a fF!bl ax arap Las of B whole sories of base-lovel inl t La t Lv as whiclt proved th,ü such sl.rugqles, (and they c on t l nue d in the suma vein for over 6 wqel<s) albeit fo~mally offlciQl ware totally other than official in'thRir ch~rnc:t~r, to­ telly difforcnt in their c on t un t , The s Lt un t Lon io: corn­ perablo with the minPls' strike in Rritain in 1972, which had been proclaimad by thn N.U.N. IIxnclItivn, but blhic:h vnry soon took on a ch,.r;;lc:tor which frightonnd the uniun bureaucracy as muct. as it dJd tho governmenl, Even whera tho union'; are oblignd to OCCflPt. theln, actions auch as thesn havn nuthing in commun bd th th!) tradi tional struggl AS in which thern a r s /lIronyr. t,honA who qj va thlJ o r de r s nnd tho puop La who cnmp Ly blit.h them. IJecause such actions in no Iday correspond wit,h the r u Le s of the bourgeois order, lhey l'rasent El t h r na t, t:l thr.t or­ dor, Flot necessarily a direct and c onc r e t e tIH~<tt. bu t by ail milans en indirect 0011 potentiel throat. lit th" sarno t.ime, thoy thrcHton tho tr~dfl union mouement, which formG part of thA bourgooin order. Ils a fllrmer rninister WIIS all!lolutAly right in s t u t.Lnq , "Tho trl.de un l nn rnovn­ mont hnd even more to 1000 thnn the governmAnt." Tho truth of this, and tho cu,nbi'llivenas!l uf tloll uo r k e r n , nxp Le Lns the t r nda uniuns' .at t Lt ude , It's not tlifficult to undar s t and tho dlveryeness arrd nuancas uhf ch nxist within this attitude. Thil mo r e cornmilted tha Plnk-and­ file of a uniun was fur aIl uut action, th!' mo r a Lmuo r « t unc a and puwer did thélt u,nl<-end-file IHIBurnfl, nnd Lhn more radical wen thrtt union cb Ld ç ad t.o ap un a r , 1 t wns

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OElGIUM Le t.ommun Ls te - Thil [;roupn Communisto lnternationalste (Op 54 8ru.s~ls 31 1060 Orus:;Als) publi5he'l t.1o~ saint' bul­

letin in french, Spanloh, nnt! PorlugUIl~,r! - n. 17 .\ 18 in french c ont.n I.n a lot uf th!?ul'nticnl t e x ts anrl a umn art.­ icles on the J:lelgian situOItiol1 - n. 1 in (nyl!:;h (Nov. '03) i5 a central review - with the ljLle - Ooath to Oernocrocy - Tho COlllllluni9l fl'nctions and Thoir lIislorical Necessities - Th~ ~'rR.';cnl Sit.uation - Th!' Ln t e r na t Lnna I» ist Communist Grouµ and the "Ccmmun l a t " fleuiAl,' - Ilqilln!'t the My th of the Democr~tjc lIights and Libl,'rtills - W.,.r and Veaca Against the ~roleturial.

CIINIIUII Les Paqps rJoiras - (LI' 1293, Succ La Cité Mont.réal, uué "2'~ 2n3 uc t ob e r '83, ~gainsl repression and war raCR.

British Columbia Dlack Uut -(80x 65896 Stetion r Vancouv­ er OC V5NSL3), in (nglish - Il wildcaL sLriko of B. C,' teachers which SORS "a groat leap ln militancy" summod up aG follows: "Two yBars o qo 8. 1.:. teachllrs vuteô 5'J~"; egainst. even sllokiny th!' leyal. right to strike. Il munth ago, putting e Ijfetlmo uf condilioning a~nnh 'profes-

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sional' r nap cn s Ib Ll Lt I'e s on hold thuy vc t e d thn flalnll per­ c'Ilnluga ln f uv u r of IJall<iny out wllhuul o!ikilly lorJul por'-. mission".

, SIJ,\lN Etcetera (corresponuence oF social uo r ) n , 1 - January '04 (llparluuo do (;0 fl'IIO!! 1363 - ünr cu Icna l , ill !Jpallish.

ln t.hn !lpnnloh u uc I u l i n t pllr:ldlno (ono yllnr or 1111':1 .. 1 .damuc r e c y ) ,- On th" s Lt u a't Lnn ln Sp a Ln - Til(l str.,lo\jy of mu I t Lnu t Lonn ï u IHl an anuuu r tu criais - 01scu!lsiun on tllA p r n s n n t a t uq e ur L"chllCllulJY alld u oc Lu l orgi\IlJ.!I',tiun.

1\ IIlel!!nll rlilrxlnlll - Lux t s of rra r x , üe Lnsk y , (lenllol<oek, IlUhlu, Ko r uh , rlultll:k - (flholucOflilHl ln !ipilld llh a t (lcuturu): Iln l'ur u tht! Il. 1 uf [lClll~L'tJ Wall uub Huhurl , a, n . Il c on t n Lu l rUI 0 p r o nun t.u t Lnn .. nef t nx Lu 011 Mllrx untl CUIIlIlIlIIII!11ll -, nrilf:11 - !lIt-Ill nnd nr t vnt n nr ouor t y - To­ un r ds a huuiun c nmmunLt v - 1~"I' onrl pnuc a ag::tln!;I, thr: p r u­ l nt u r Lu t - 1 taly 'HZ - NulefJ UII e rLn Ls ,

Lattnr rrllili il !ipnnlnh Cnrnrnrln n r u s nn t Ly , tho mon t J,"por­ t an t ln 'ipaln Ih L1,o n t o r v u f "r ac onv ar s t on ' 1.0. of tlll) requil'ed c.pitalisl rentructuriny to Improvo tho µruduc­ t1vily ur WOl'k, ~n Lnc r u a n Ln q un'~lIIpluymlJnt wlrich 1,,­ c-r e a e n n public !lptlndi"lJ and conuaqunntly lownrs ut a general leve] the p r oduc t Lv Lt v of uo r k , The worl<oL"S an­ swer ta this restrucluriny followo tire CCllO as blUll as fur tire tac t t c e ilS fur lI'e demanda (to kflop lho uo r k Lnq tool), but e.,cll li IIIU, tho un Lun Finds l t nio r u and mo r e difficult to keep lhe control on t.ho protost fRovoIPl3nt. Workt>rs organisation againsl. rA~tl'ucturilllJ tends to bp.­ COIIIB more and lIIore autunomuus and their d~mends nn weIl. In dflrnansl:i'at.ions fur Ln s t anc e , placards don' t dumand "riyhl: tu uro r k " but "an Lndnf' Ln Lt e unomploy,"ent bAnefit". This me an s cvidently: r,'struclur1ng or unBlllployorsnt Ls your p r ob Lemj OUI' p r ob l nm 19 sirnply tu livA ilnrl WR uan t lu llvo.

fRANC[ Two among othAr stru9gleu in france shuwAd Jntoresting particular foa- turRs. Wa will cumB back on thesa

struggles in a ne~t bulletin. Only now some rernrcnces on elready publJshod articles (addl'ess f u r t h a r on), in f'rench.

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and ralurned to union qus r t e r s tl) tell hin c o l Lnnquns b,llat h:,,11 gonEl on. !jhurt,Jy af t n r thi!> tliA un l on "rl!r.oq- n Lz nd " t hn work-to-rulA, IJlIl. •• ror 24 huur s ~,n)yj lhlJ unions' l;;rctJr:!l I,olng tu girlll tinl!} ill u r du r lo pu t uu t tht: 1'11'11. 1 t b'1I0 li nn r l uuu 1 y l';,d cu Lcu Iu t.Lou , rl'fI l'id 1- wl)y ~"JI'lwl"1 Joft LlwlII III 110 lI11llIJt lIlI LllIll UCUI:",

"If you (t.h'l trorJo unlun IIIOv"llInnt.) wJthdl'l'l,' yroll!' fllr:II')­ nition of our slrug'lIB, we !l1l .. ll c cn t Lnue a l orrn , 1111'1 l u r ur. it will muun a b r nak with a J I fur,n:; uf t r uuo unjurt­ iOlll," !io t.hlJ uniun h ad a r u t.h Lnk ] il ,uncullul 1.11.11'111 ly r nc oqn I z ud tl,n b nnu-e Lnvn l nc t l 1111, rL'iJln uu r v l cu-i W'HII

c omn l n t u Iv d Lu r up t nrl , <111 ri' IJllr""II 111111J 111.1,"" nuu I I u ""l'­ vices tuo ~'el'EI J n co1II)l1 nt n ch.um , Ilrivors of Lo c a l allrl r mj i una l hUSAS BIIU of trill"!; CHIIIP out UliS t l' i k El 1 n th Il f' 0 1 l 0 W 111 ~I LI" ys. H, Il l' 0 .. II Il' " l' " t .1 L _ ing n t r Lkus whosn ul'f'uc L CIIIII!J,llIl.1d wltlr unan Iuruus ~'urJ..-I,II­ rule rollway s t r Lkn t,hrlluyhlJul, :111 uf 1I01lllllrl CflU!;~rJ t hn virtual Lnt ur r up t Lnn of al! public t r anaunr t, Thu s t r Lke then sprearJ tu PTT, to slreet cleaners, to the AIII~tprdalll t r am l lnes (rota ting .s t r Ik e ) , 1I0ttBrdN'l t r ams (tut.II strike), cus t oms of f Lc l n Ls (worl<-to-rule s t r Lka] , tu in­ tarcity telephonn cOllllllunications (JalIlIllBef in spito of autom .. tion), and t o o t hnr c:.tAguries. In theory this was oFficial action being lad by the un­ ions, but in rnality it WilO ronk-and-File actioll g01ng fer beyund tho limita of tradJtional union action. Ini­ tiatives were being taknn uL base-Ievei Ir/hicll LI,e union buraaucracy would nevcr of it's own volition hllve dcvol­ op e d , ror Elx"IIIple, the union wanted ta block off only one of the IfJl10S in the tunnel urida r- the po r t of lIutlor­ dam: t hu ~,orkers blockod thorn both off. Tow" lIa11 worknrs occupled the promislls for only a shurt tirna, but the union denuunced them immeuintely. The oFFice build­ ing oF the daily "De TelegraF", (which had annoyed the strikors in it's rnportage oF their strugglDs) was pick- eted For soveral huurs sa as to pravent the paper's de- IJvery lorries From l~aving. Amsterdam Exch~nga was oc- cuniod For several hours. The Amnterdalll fire brigade

- 1" - Rosistnnce (P.O. Oox 254 Stuyvesant Sl;.tion New York NY 1Q009 USA) task forco IJamphlet, in [ng1ish with the title: Oocumnnts end flnalysis of the Ille9!1 Front _ collAction of meterials from various clnndestinp organ­ isations wibh eddresses for contacta and sume informa­ tion on their repression but no crlticism at aIl on tha besis and the meaning of their activity.

1\ V[IIY h/f,Rr'l IIUTUMN IN HUlLlINO

Throughout most of flutumn uf lant yeer, public lira in 1I011and was virtually p a r a Ly s ud by n who10 5'H'i09 of strikos. ThA governmElnt wa!ô ettolllllting to cut salaries of civil servants, anu of ell omployees in thl' public s ec t o r , e ounc r I e , public t r onr-po r t , Atc ... Tho cuts in saler les of 3.5:' loJorQ Ln t.undad to annur n the SUCCl'S!; of a guvernment policy a Lme d at overcu'"illg the cr Ls Ln at the uxuans e of thE' wurl<1ng-closs whilst. onfllJl,IIlY in­ creases in profits and inueslmants. Ouring the woek~ end months, tho tradn union muvem~nt oPPO!lAd th!!! pol1cy wit.h l1ttlo moro Lhan uo r us , rh'JY had ev en annuunced that thoy would "ros!st"'and wuuld organi!lf! !1omothing ••• in the sacret hop€1 thet t.hla an­ n ounc nmr-n t, bluuld bn ennugh t o c aue e the gllVern,"nilt lu r s t r e at , Thoir "rnsistonce" romained in t hn I"illg!;, nnd thei r hopo sOlllewhat m Ls t ak en 1 but there Wt'S !1omF.thing the bur eauc r at s hadn' t count.od on: the c omb u t Lvnnns e of thelr membnrs, which took thenr cumplAtely by surprise. It aIl start~d on tho night of Sunday t.o Munllay, Uct.~bar 16tl, to lith. Thot night, raih,ay loJorkers pon t erl up notices aIl ovor Amsl.erdem Central Station. Thelle noticRs launched an eppe~l I.u engege in struggle. The st .. t Lonma o t a r w;,n infurn'ed at 3 e.III, Ile imnredietely telephoned the transport unions' office demandillg col­ laboration and help in removing the notices. Ile was told that nothing could be done, because it wan en un­ official striko. The unofficial strike came as no surprise to thosn dale­ gates who were too closo to the bose-lovel Ilot to know wha t Wél!l going on, and not t o have been aua ra of r ank - and-fila agitution. ThA preceding 2 lIIeeks thlly hacJ sµent themselves tirelessly in the altempt to ~Hrd off an epparently Inevitable battle. This work-to-rul~ strike unleashed itself spontAneouslYI busa-level dale-

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Cnntre do tri PTf (!lol'ting officns - Autumn '03) -Courant Alternatif - n. 31 -La s t strikos Jn titI'! snrting off!cp.s - e pFllllphlet from Insécurité Sociale - np.w seriRS - n, 1

Talbot-Poissy (c~r faclury in thA Paris suburbs) -Towards a cleph on ompluyment - leafl"ts - ctimmenlarios by Daniel lIichlsr, CfOT (sochl1st union) militant at lhn Rrnault fnclury _ flJns.

-Courant fllternntif - n. 33 - Foreign wurk['l's at Talbot. -ConsidElratiolls on the rolbot-Poissy unokilled wurknrs' strike _ OecomlJor '03 - Jalluary 'Ul, - t nx bn frnll! "Le s Fusnoye~rs du Vieux Mundo" (nu alldress).

1 .II.L. (Lf bar t o r Len Lnf o r ma t Luu and cunn f dn r u t.Lunn ) feb­ r ue r y - March '011 - n , 511 (13 Run I.'iorrf! l11nnc 69000 Lyon), in french - ontung e r tt c Jun dnvotArJ tu puc Lf l nm and Illilitnrinm - short revh.!hl about vnr Lous "a Lt nr na t t v a uniuns" 5 1)111 El of the," al r e auy d Luc us s sd 1 n [chrlnges - Talbot-Poi!lsy - end or 0 dl!:lclJssl"n on Ihird ,"'nrl(1 ~nrJ anarchism - (tlon beginn.lny in n. 51, 52, 53).

Cour~nt 1\1ternaLif (bulletin of the U.L.L. - liburl.arian' Comntunist Organisatioll), ill l'ranch, (U.C.L.i[yrllg'HF lH' 213 51n50 Rclmrl Cedex). n. 3l' - tlov9mber '03 - Lung~ly - Bo.ly.lulII r.t.r,lko~. - att.er­ native IIIOVl'mnnt!:l. n , 31 - Oecllntber '03 - !iLrikes Jn thn !'ort.1ng officll!l _' Worknrs end robots - dl9cu~slun on whnl is golng on nt th€1 Gorcy Foundry. n. 32 - Jsnuary '0<1 - StrJkn in t hr- hnn l t h r.l1rvJ.cE's at Oordeaux - Th., s I t.uatlon in th!! Ardnlllle!l. n. 33 - februrJry '0<1 _ ror'.'igll uro r k e r n et. l a Jb o], - The opposit.ion in Oulgarif.l.

Le Oangui!Je (01' 2111 75623 l'aris Cndex 13), in frnnch _ issue n. 3 to be publlshed in 19011 - this group has open meetings on war, terrorism, racism, immlgreliun, etc.

Le Frondeur (Op 105 941102 Vitry Cedex), in Frnnch- leaflet on technology.

Subversion (L' (vElil International iete BI' 221 411604 St. Nazaire Cedex), in French. n. 3 - October '83 - We are ell ba~tards - General strike in BBIgium. n. /1 - December '03 - War suicide, how to use it.

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n , 5 - february '64 - North/South dialogua, they say it- Talbot redundancie9, un Goorge Urwell un~ 1904, supple- _ monts - translation of various articlAs mainly from (n­ glish groupn, lenflnl9 on genorel diucusslons or loc"l struyglEls.

from one othar one - taxt from InsUurité Soci<JIA BI' 755611 l'aris Cedex 12), in french, e xp La l n Lnq tho sp H t s or s ucc e s s Iva grlllll's: l'JC (Jeuno I aup o ) , Vololllé Co.}.mulli5lu (novululion ~jocJ.;lle), Guorre uo Classe. Thl'! group Insécurité Sucialo d Lv Lde d wi th important clJ oagreaUlonts on the Ld e nn ElXIJl'P.!lOOÙ in the pamphlet - Salariot ot luttos favendJcntivElS_ (sno Echllngus n. 35-36 p. 13) and tho lack or inlul'est ror ~.hat thl'y '~UI'II l.Iull1Y. NavurLllIllllus, s omu of Lh./.II wJII t.ry tü 1)0 ahnnd ,dth pub f Lsb Lnç ,

I~urkol'u CUnrl'l"ltad tu 1I111fJIISI in F r onch , pamphl!'t frolll l nn écur Lt é Suci>de - cu11ecllon ur t ax t s fOl'IIIP.l'Jy pub­ lished hy t.hJs group. fli"cusuiun uulwuon lhi!l gl·lIl.p ol1d L'Evuil Jrrt e r nu t l unn l In t n (sno abuvo) on L:hut! 1~;11'.

Ln Polit.Jqun nt L •• Lllnqull 1111'111111.111 - µi3U1phluL frulI' thtl sumo \Jruup ._ rl'lIl1ch t r uuu Lu tl un or u Gourgu 01'wu11 t nx t , This aho r t but vary c unv 1 nc ,Illy 1~lIxL har. tu Ill' road by all puup ï o 'usillg lin' will 1 tho fllIW Ulll'y GophJ!<tir. •• t nd pol­ i ticul longuoyo ..,:1 t hu o l rl onu. Yuu c an nn Ly urutnr u t ancr and uso it afLnr a lun9 appronticeshipi 50 yuu bfJcurno able a Lt ha r tu' Jugglp .. dlh umpty uo r ds ur lo cunve rsn wit.h othor Ln l t La t ed mumb a r s , This Lanqueqn i!l tha pro-

. tectlon for alitls", ami Lhey r o Lnf u r-c a e actro t he r , jus t L« fyiriy rociprocftlly at tho sama tlille.

A new auto~omuus union - Le Syndicat D'mocrat{gue des Bangulls (dornocratic b ank union) - (~1J13 1311 Ilua Lal'ûyetto 75010 Peris), in rr(1l1ch, a short hlstury: fuundfld in 1576 after the euiclJon out (If thu cnn union (nntionsl officinls) of thn maJorlty of tllB local POUplA of Lha ON.P b nnk (ono uf the bigge!1t nationalisad bankn in franco). ThIs new small p r u f e a e Lon a I union hall t r Lnd tu get it's 'recugnltlon' (what il. ncods t o have dolegates and to work lagally) uut in vain. Thoir ubstinacy to be 'recugnized' 1!'l e qu a I to tho illusion lhey c ou Iu koap democrecy guing Lnu Ldn lheir union. ~Jothing new wilh the dirty tricks playpd un thRIII by an alliunce of formor managoment end Il 19 uni un« t o el illlJ na t a this we~.k clllupeti-

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Primo MU99io (CP 10618 Mileno), in Italian,~. 1Q/20- TechnolQgy of the Social Con!rol - Workorism and Now Movoment in Germany - Giancarlo faine: mAterials for an intelloctual and po Li t Lc a I bioyraphy.

IInarchi!Jts and COlllmunists in the Councilo l'IoVlllnl!l1t at forino (Nautilus BP 175 75963 IJads Cedex 20). pum­ phlet ln french, Peil' Carlo l'Iesinl.

CeU tu fasclsts, in french, P. Togliatti (aé.mo pub H ub - e r) ,

PIJUINIJ Slllf,-I'lonIlQIIIRC'nt in F"IICttJl"1f.,~. - !:ollnc- tion of ror.ent articlos ur th~ undnr­ gl'ound p r nu s on the p r ub Lumu or !lell'­

rnanayalnonl and uo rke r s ' c ounc f La in 1903, (in f'rtlClch­ cupy at (chenges).

Ilubolnil< (c/o r ischur· ... ,4~ IluRnue de StnJ.1ngrud IIpµ ?18 93170 lIagnolel), 111 frnneh, Il .. Ll e t Ln of t hn c:llorclin<l­ t Iun c cuun Lt t na uf Su1hlsl'iLy unions in f r anc o Il. 1- tnxts on Stlltin f nc t u r y (GrJl'zow) nnrl t nn Ln o t nc Iwo r k s (NowéJ IIULfI) - Open letter of n !.Jroup of ofrlcnrn /ln" od­ d r u s a fruUI soldiers' cuunc f Ln in tha a r my ,

USII J.lrocessed WorJd (5!:i Sutler !jt, "pp 829 San F"rancisco cn 94104 U~A). in EnglJsh, n. 9 - Wintor '83 - lnt­ walling of owaraness - Downlimo­ lino you have reached disconnecled­ and fares - AecummendAd meuazines.

ters - bulllten~ - That office - The ngainst Pfairness"

Ilntiauthoritarian Anonymous (o .n , Box 97440). in English, An apology rrolll staged the faRt for life (leaflet).

firth Este\c (S928 Second lIue. Detroit NI 402~2), ln fngli!lh, Ilutumn '83 - Thoy' re at W:-lr ~ DOEl!' 1 sraiil des­ erue spncial criticiarn? - n wur)d i8 foltsring - The 'UO's ~o rar (J. Zerzen) - Confronting the Enemy (a ro~~ ponse on TI~e) di~co9sion of lime end elienation - ini­ t La t nd hy J. Zflrzan in fifth Estate !ïununor '03 - Culture as c~nnj~alism - Winter '84 - lanyuegel origins and muuning (J. Zerzan) continued on Primitive Society, Tech­ nology and the Crisis.

11331 Eugsne on the people who

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Rest ln Peace (SM Combustiun London WC1 N 3 xx) Un pacifism (CND Graanhem, etc.) in UK, ~ema edd~ass and in English as weil. CalI it Sleop prosents itself O~ follows: "A videotopn bf Isaac Cronin end TerraI Seltzer .,. is B glo~ul stra­ tegie ave Iut Lon of the social forces cnmp r Ls Lnq l:1O soci­ ety of tho ~pectoclo. It is conceivcd end executod rrom the point of view thnt if indlviduoln aro to geln con­ trol over thelr livos, thn b'orld of hierarchical powor must bEl destroyed," The pamphlet is thn text uf the videotopA. (same address and in English as weil)

Situ<ltiolll!?t Intornational I\llthology (Sl.1lI0 adu r ac s }, in Engli!:lh, cullection of more th~n 80 texls, leaflcts, ote. end intornal documonts of Situationist International.

Black Stur (P.O. Oox 153 Volverton Milton Keynos Oucks UK), in [ngli~h, Octobor '03 n. 1 for a froe co~nunist society - Positions. The riso of Parllamnntarism - La­ bour scnbs - Diography of Guy nlfred I\ldred.

ThO f.l'lnkruptcy of Sy"dicnlimll and I\narcloism (h1orklH!' fur l'rolet -r Lnn I\utonomy and Social Revolution) (BI'I Olob London WCl N 3 XX) in English, trannlation of a text writtnll in 1979 in Sapin.

II0l.LI\ND TIIll l.oon l'Jl Zand Exchnngo (Unn l'Iornol von Ho r ne r n t r e e t 15 1575 CC loon Op land Ilol.lllnd), ln [ngli!lh, rrvinw uf

Ll bn r l.e r Lau uuu l l e at l onn III Dutch lenvuilga (NOl'lh Hn l « lJlu", nncl TI,o Nulhorlolll19) - r uv Luu uf' I;ho ~uuk"/\ IIun­ drad Vnl;lrs or Ilnarcld!lm III Thn N(1tllcrlGIllJo lIonn ROUlour,

IT"LV CollOY"menti Wobbly (Vie Corr(!!llo 10 20149 rlilano), in Lt e Ll an , n.· lU­ /lutuflln '03 - frllm tho ollcial cunfllct

to the blocking of ~astlucturing - Crisis of tho modal end size of the posslbility - The inntability uf Stpte - England: again the worklng clans (translntion From Echanges n. 35-36) - n. 11/12 - Winter '84 - /lbsonce of movamnn t end end of the balonce of the pous r - The end­ Jess tolk - In the cu~resf1ondEJnce criticisl1l of the art­ icle on Englend in the previous issue (see anzwer to this criticlsm ln the special montion in Echongo9 ectJv­ itles).

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tor. To h~ bndly reprns90d doen not rnmova tho basic Bl1Ibiguity. (von so, thRir lit~raturo is worth rnading becauge it says 11I0r~ 011 actu~l strugglen.

L'Antenne (Op 122 750163 Po ris Codex HI), ln fronr.h, periodical lotter frum the nCorclc IntarnaLJonal d' Lnf urma t Lon Critiquen - Tho thirll latter bl"r, puhlishod to dna I with tlll~ march aqa i nn t r ac î sm (DocomlJer 1'JR3).

Spartacus (5 nue 5t. Croix de la Oretunnorie 75004 Peris), in french, ne.~ odi.Lion of the fllllo~,il19 bnok a t :Ial!ll'l (3'orotl Co,"onunislI1 and lIusnian llu',sli -s 11 - /lrthur Lahning: Anarchi9m and l'larxir,1II in the lIussian Ihwolu- tion - Victur rjorgol 16 Shoutdown in ('Ioscuw (1936) •.

L. fossoyeurs du Vioux 1'10nd~ (sBm[! lot of commnnted materials 011 Minguettos), Jloland, Talbot-Jloi!lsy, t;:Jnt to SAnd photocopie!'l.

ilddres!l), in F'rp.nch a Urlxton, Lyon (Leo etc. , • too impor-

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GilEI\ r Bnl TIIIN On thr :;;tru991P.!'1 in tho. p r I n L indur.- try du r Iriq tho pns t, mun t h s fi PI? arti­ cles in the l an t Laauus of blorkers'

Pleytime and in Class ,IIar (li,!? Bil,] l.iR nt l'' .. rrlnql:on). Cl'l";O "''l~ glvP"I I.hll s t.u r y uf FI ","n)'I, "li l, nIUlllflc.",t, s t r Lk a ln Sc o t l aml thlJt tr'ul< p Lart n j" lLf' n du r Imj IIlJq­ us t or thia yoar 1 (oPI'o!'llle Edllll,lIHlJh ,,'IIol'r I;hny <Ir" IlUl1rJJng n hUlJ" ul1 und c luun Lc n l cUlllplnx)1 ' nllt thn s t.o r t uF lIugll!.l !'I x n l nn l.rIn l n"" 011 Lltl' r~lInn Morrf11l pnl,rll-r.hn'"l c a l ,,111111 h[lt! 10""1"" rI .. d""rt f"r ~.'fll"­ ing to comply with il na t I onu l aqr nnmnn t un ",orklng ln b;:td wl'lat,hpr Iolhich h:'lcl honn impO!ll'cI hy I.Iw nmn Lovn r n ln the ~nginn(lring c cnn t r uc t Lon Lndus t r v Rnd tho ma l n union, lite e Lnc t r l e eL, Llp.ctrlJIllc JllUlllbillV :11111 ToloCllIIIIII'JIlic:n­ tlono IIniun ([[!'TU). Imlllndlr.'llJly 10[10 n Lnc t r l c Lnn .. l~tJrk­ lng for Metthob' IInlI 131lyinnorillg on tltn Shol1 n Ll. e walkad out in sympalhy end plckot~ persuadpr) som9 of lhe romalning 3,600 to slay out too. (rh19, by the w;:ty wao not the flrst slrike et tha SheU site - ln July 300 pipe fit.ters had s t nq e d 9 blf.!1'1< 10llg unofficlal s t r l kn in ayn,pathy blith 250 c o Ll aquns involvod ill 13 dmn:,rcatioll dispute at thR ad j ac nn]; Esso e t hann c r ack a r pl an t , ] The

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[[(JTU Lmme d Lu t e Ly cuncJamned the dispule and u r d e r nd the electrlclan9 Lack to work. Two days La t o r howavnr, ~d th Uni un/l'lan31)eUlp.nt t h r e a t s still bein\1 ilJnOrfHI, 2nO mon emp l oy ad by Luma s nt the Esso' c r ack o r "lant, 1J(!IJ;,n uno t'f Lc Lu I s t r Lk au - an net wh1cll led tu 1llU mun elllployf!d lJy ula Luun r~orla at the Oraofoot tanker torminal and 6 pipe fitters walking out in sympathy noxt lIay. üe np t t e cuntinuocJ t h r nn t s from un f nnn nnd UlilnngAlllllnt (the [sso sLrikol's WHre throatf!nod with the sack) the n t r.Lk a s hnld f.l r m 01,,1 lndonoJ nuurun r n wurfl nwollnd Il)' 300 urn Ltl c r s and pil'~ fitLnrn n"'l'loyoli h)' Juhn ü r oun [nlJinuol'­ ing At tho i.7UlI,OOU,UIJ0 p n t r u-e c l unu Lc e I clllllpl"x. fucrH' with sucl1 ~,idnspread s t r Lk a actiun l'iatthaw lIall capitu­ lalod throe days La t n r , a Ll lh!! 4UU n Lec t r Lc Lanu wl!rll taken nacl- and the nr l q Ln n l six un rn fully cunll,en!wtud fur t ho Lr duck ad w ,gIl5. /Il titis point lIllI [[l'rU, r o a l Is- ing that il had tu du s umn t h Lnu quickly to r e qn t n GOIIIO

k l n d of clor1~lJllity un lhn u t t n , j ump e d t n IIl1d c l u Jmud it ,WilS soeldnl) c uœp e n s a t Lun for it's mmnb e r a fur their t ilila out \ IInr.l th I '1 frlJlU t,hfl uni on uh Lc h t h r ouqliuu t tlll' d Ls nu t e ~'él9 b o r an qu Lnq wllrl,nrs LI! rnturn t u wlIl'kl"

Int.nrcom (son p an t i9!lUOS of [chnn\1As) (Rox Llde/Cl rlotropolitün Wharf, ~1""ldnlJ 'Jlall London l1), in lnylish. l'urt ut" thn t e x t c Jn unvu t nu tu tho u t nrne I prllldulIl ur o r qnn La a t l on , Ilot I.llfl ulIlf-ol'gillllaül.1un of uur kn r s ln t hu Lr s t r u qq l nn but to Tho Orgnn!sation of the "Lnt a r na­ tf nna I ravolutlonary mJJnlJ" with c cn t r Lhu t l nns from Jéllllp',; Idorkorr; Ilffinlty I;ruup (U~i/l) IInd l~illlcat. (GI') and o t n e r a , ulhu I, clin b a inrJned tlle Lnt nr e s t ur such d Le cuu­ s Luns for 8 mo de r u I,rulnli,riat WIIlHI r e f n r r Luq l:ulI!ltf.ntly to s Lt ua t t unn IIn,t r n l a t Lonn t hn L rORO!J1! !Iflvnllty yoar!'l ago ln li b uck uu r d cuunlry parful'Inll1\) II.!'! b ou r u c o Lu r uv « olutlon? t a nf La ts 0111' t nx t n tronolntec1 frolll'difrel'ollt f u r a Lqu q r uup a (french III!H'ir:urItu ~jucillio end L' Inter­ n a t.Lon e Ll s t e , [lIg11sh t:olllllluni.1L Uullotin Group (Box O!:) 43 Larll.JlomaklJrs 1I0w, LdIlIl.JurIJIt), USII l do o s and /lctlon ". O. Ilox 404\)[1 !lan frnnc1scu, Cil 9/11111 llSII» - 1 ntor­ au t i nq discussiun on "Soclalism and hune y" (on tho s umn subject, as a contribution, Sf!(I tllo Echanges pamphlet: "But thern ~nd how?" , in french ~nd Uutcl., Jr yUIJ Ara 1n­ t e r en t ad yOIJ c an !J1!lHI c ont r Ibu t Lona to In t e r c om , Co r « raspundence - 1\ Lon l'ulnt colle fur uu t uma t Lc pa r t Ic Lpu­ Li 011 in l n t.u r c mn (If vou agrea with) - c r Lt Lc a l iettnr 011 thi!! cudfl.

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A Libert~rien Translation 11roloct is projJouec1 byan /lmeric~n group: Keith Sorel cio Anti-/luthoritarian Studles 300 Eshelman Ilaii U.C. Berkeley ~erkelBy CA 94720 USA.

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Unpopular Books (Cl l'letropolitl:ln Wharf Wal'plng Wall London E1) can send different publications in English: l~h8t is c ommun Lsm (Barrot), The uo r Ld we must lailve (J. Camatte), I\galnst Domest~cation (J. Camatte). They indicate publications from the fullowing English groups: - Cllreler.s Talk - North St:,ffs Newsheet, n. Kniyht cio !Jtudenla Union Tho Universit,y, Keele, Staffs. - l'ractica] Anarchy - Clydesille Ana r ch Le t a , Box :5 llSO Great Western Road Glasguw. - Black Stnr - Old TynosidR Libartarian Pepur P.O. ~ox 153 Wolverton noad Glasgow. - ioliuarity - vol. 1 n. 4 cio 123 in [IIUlish, Editorial - The r o ad bl Il - The peace moveumnt (OuI: on

'CND Oircr.t Action - Un Castoriadia Ject a good lot ter frum J, King.

Lathom floed LOlldun CG ta 1990 - TIll! police tho street) - Inside and on tGn ~HUlfI nub-

Cless 0 War (Oox CW cio Little B Ltd, C1 l'lotropolitan Wharf, Wapplng Wall London (1), in [ngllsh, Cluss Bores? - The nociali9t parish and it'~ loftovern- ~oro monAy loas work.

Leeflets (Oox Ell'l WAW London ~IC1 N 3 XX), in rng1!oh Work makes free and beautirlJl - Class declaraLlun.

Stop tho City (Box STC cio fi (ndslelgh St Loridnn 'lle 1 ), in (nglish, µroteut leuflnts cumpalgning ayainnt WHr and profit and exploitatiun for 0 secund "e t op tlto city' dey of prote!it in londun (29/3/84) with the argumenL: "Peo_ pie cuma poor second to profits. This is the logical pAlce to tnke Uirect IIclion".

frontlina NAI~5 1\ Class Idar (Wi ldcnt cio The Autonomy Center 8/10 Great ACDats Strsat Manchester 4), in [ng­ lish, The Sig Lia at Warrington. Class struggle in Scotlend - nesidentiel Social Workers confrunt thair un­ ion.

Workars' jJleytime (LWG C1 Metropolit~n Wherf Wepping WeIl Lo~don (1), in English, December - Jenuery - Three articlp.s on thA strikes in the printing i!1dustry (stock­ post Messenger Oimbley end Sons Ltd. l'laxwell) - Know­ ing your unions - (lt's Bnough tl] make yuu waep) on the uni ons.